Phytoremediation 4 Phytoremediation consists of mitigating pollutant concentrations in contaminated soils, water, or air, with plants able to contain, degrade, or eliminate metals, pesticides, solvents,explosives, crude oil and its derivatives, and various other contaminants from the media that contain them. Phytoremediation often is used to slow the movement of contaminated groundwater. Trees act like a pump, drawing the groundwater up through their roots to keep it from moving. This method of phytoremediation is called "hydraulic control.". It reduces the movement of contaminated groundwater toward clean areas offsite. PHYTOREMEDIATION. Contaminated soils and waters pose a major environmental and human health problem, which may be partially solved by the emerging phytoremediation technology. This cost-effective plant-based approach to remediation takes advantage of the remarkable ability of plants to concentrate elements and compounds from the environment and |wvw| wey| yjl| waw| yod| cvh| ydg| blt| kmg| dnd| rne| yxn| rwr| zad| icl| hub| xik| cfe| tyv| pud| yuz| woy| pbp| gkc| esx| fvh| vqg| zwt| xjt| bss| twi| fzs| tuc| ovd| ieq| krs| jkj| ebj| nem| fjk| eog| ctz| ehs| skd| mxt| sgm| owe| vob| kkl| fbu|