Using plants to remediate or manage metal-polluted soils: an overview on the current state of phytotechnologies

Soil contamination by metals threatens both the environment and human health and hence requires remedial actions. The conventional approach of removing polluted soils and replacing them with clean soils (excavation) is very costly for low-value sites and not feasible on a large scale. In this scenar...

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Main Authors: Clístenes Williams Araújo do Nascimento, Caroline Miranda Biondi, Fernando Bruno Vieira da Silva, Luiz Henrique Vieira Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Eduem (Editora da Universidade Estadual de Maringá) 2021-07-01
Series:Acta Scientiarum: Agronomy
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Online Access:https://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciAgron/article/view/58283