Investigation of the Possibility of Phytoremediating a Soil Contaminated with Anthracene

• Main Authors: M. Ahmadi, Z. T. Alipour, A. Farrokhian Firuzi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Islamic Azad University 2013-11-01
• Series: Journal of Chemical Health Risks
• Subjects: hairy vetch, oat, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, sorghum
• Online Access: http://www.jchr.org/index.php/JCHR/article/view/190
• ISSN: 2251-6719; 2251-6727

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are one of the most important organic pollutants<br />frequently found in the environment. In this experiment, the effect of phytoremediation as a cost effective<br />method was studied on the concentration of anthracene (C14H10) which is one of PAHs. The effect of sorghum<br />(V1), hairy vetch (V2) and oat (V3) was studied under four concentrations of anthracene (S1, S2, S3 and S4) in<br />soil. In S1 level which pollution was the lowest, the three plants had the highest reduction rate. The reduction<br />rate was decreased by increasing the pollution level (S2 and S3),; the lowest reduction rate was observed in S4<br />level which had the highest pollution level. There was significant difference between the three plants and the<br />fallow. Generally, hairy vetch had the highest phytoremediating capacity and resistance compared with the<br />other plants.