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Phytoremediation - Management of Environmental Contaminants, Volume 7 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
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Phytoremediation - Management of Environmental Contaminants, Volume 7 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
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The accumulation of large amounts of contaminants occurs in the
environment due to industrialization and various other
anthropogenic activities. Contaminants ultimately affect human
health worldwide. Organic, inorganic, and radioactive substances
are the prevalent forms of environmental contaminants and their
complete remediation in soils and sediments is rather a difficult
task. Concerns of their toxicities led to the emphasis on
development of effective techniques to assess the presence and
mobility of contaminants in air, water, and soil. Furthermore, the
ever-increasing concentration of toxic pollutants in the
environment is considered a serious threat to plant, animal, human,
and environmental health. Many technologies are in use to clean and
eliminate hazardous contaminants from the environment; however,
these technologies can be costly, labor intensive, and often
distressing to the general public. Phytoremediation is a simple,
cost effective, environmentally friendly and fast-emerging new
technology for eliminating toxic contaminants from different
environments. Phytoremediation refers to the natural ability of
certain plants and their associated microbiome (including
hyper-accumulators or bio-accumulators) to remove, degrade, or
render contaminants harmless. Through this technique, certain
species of plants flourish by accumulating contaminants present in
the environment. The unique and selective uptake capabilities of
plant root and shoot systems, effective translocation,
bioaccumulation, and contaminant degradation capabilities of the
accumulator plants are utilized in phytoremediation techniques.
Phytotechnologies involving the use of plants for contaminant
removal gained importance during the last two decades and
phytoremediation technology became an effective tool for
environmental detoxification because of plants ability to
accumulate the contaminants at very high concentrations.
Phytoremediation strategies can remove, degrade, or stabilize
inorganic and organic contaminants entering a multitude of
ecosystems using green plants and their associated microbial
communities. The development and use of phytotechnologies continues
to move forward at a steady pace. Researchers recognize the
potential of phytoremediation to offer a green, cost effective,
eco-friendly and feasible application to address some of the
world's many environmental challenges. This book provides
significant information to add to the previous volumes published on
the topic and can serve as the foundation for the development of
new applications that feature the integration of modern research
discoveries into new methods to remediate contaminated ecosystems.
Moreover, this volume brings recent and established knowledge on
different aspects of phytoremediation and nano-phytoremediation,
providing this information in a single source that offers a
cutting-edge synthesis of scientific and experiential knowledge on
polluted environments that is useful for policy makers,
practitioners and scientists, and engineers. Phytoremediation:
Management of Environmental Contaminants, Volume 7 highlights the
various prospects that are involved in current global
phytoremediation research. This book delivers a content-rich source
to the reader and can act as a platform for further research
studies. It should meet the needs of all researchers working in, or
have an interest in this particular field.
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