Acute and diffuse contamination of soil by organic and inorganic pollutants causes wide
concerns and intentional or accidental introduction of these substances poses serious …

Heavy metals are among the most important sorts of contaminant in the environment.
Several methods already used to clean up the environment from these kinds of …

The contamination of the environment with toxic metals has become a worldwide problem.
Metal toxicity affects crop yields, soil biomass and fertility. Soils polluted with heavy metals …

▪ Abstract Contaminated soils and waters pose a major environmental and human health
problem, which may be partially solved by the emerging phytoremediation technology. This …

Soils have been submitted to several contaminants that vary in concentration and
composition. Heavy metals can be widely spread and accumulated in those environments …

This review concentrates on the description of various phytoremediation technologies,
paying special attention to removal of organics and the application of in vitro systems for …

Soil pollution, a very important environmental problem, has been attracting considerable
public attention over the last decades. Unfortunately, the enormous costs associated with the …

Phytoremediation is the use of plants to remedy contaminated soils, sediments, and/or
groundwater. Sorption and uptake are governed by physicochemical properties of the …

Despite having been published about two years ago for the first time, the continuous
demand for this book encouraged me to prepare this revised and enlarged edition. Many …

Phytoremediation offers owners and managers of metal-contaminated sites an innovative
and cost-effective option to address recalcitrant environmental contaminants. The use of …