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Water and soil contaminated by arsenic: the use of microorganisms and plants in bioremediation
Owing to their roles in the arsenic (As) biogeochemical cycle, microorganisms and plants offer significant potential for develo** innovative...
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Holistic Approach to Remediate Heavy Metals and Radionuclides
The environment on this planet is under threat from a variety of contaminants, the most serious of which are heavy metal and radioactive pollution....
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Phytomanagement of a metal(loid)-contaminated agricultural site using aromatic and medicinal plants to produce essential oils: analysis of the metal(loid) fate in the value chain.
Phytomanagement uses plants and soil conditioners to create value on contaminated land while minimizing environmental risk. This work was carried out...
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Effect of Miscanthus × giganteus ash on survival, biomass, reproduction and avoidance behaviour of the endogeic earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa
To achieve the EU’s targets for reducing energy production from fossil fuels, the use of energy crops, such as Miscanthus × giganteus , is increasing...
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Capability of amendments (biochar, compost and garden soil) added to a mining technosol contaminated by Pb and As to allow poplar seed (Populus nigra L.) germination
The germination capacity of poplar seeds has never been studied in the context of metal(loid)-contaminated soils, even though poplars are present...
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Phytoremediation of Copper-Contaminated Water with Pistia stratiotes in Surface and Distilled Water
Copper contamination of industrial waste streams is increasingly common with copper used in an array of industrial processes. Phytoremediation of...
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Contrasting soil fungal communities at different habitats in a revegetated copper mine wasteland
Little is known about the responses of soil fungal communities to revegetation of mine wastelands, representing a major gap in the knowledge needed...
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Changes in Nutrients and Bioavailability of Potentially Toxic Metals in Mine Waste Contaminated Soils Amended with Fly Ash Enriched Vermicompost
Mine waste contaminated soils are classified as degraded soils with poor conditions such as low soil pH, low organic matter and high metal...
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Phytostabilisation of a copper contaminated topsoil aided by basic slags: assessment of Cu mobility and phytoavailability
PurposeBasic slags are alkaline by-products of the steel industry with potential properties to ameliorate nutrient supply and metal stabilisation in...
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Bioremediation of Heavy Metals
Human activities and industrial processes have led to worldwide heavy metal pollution. Several strategies have been developped for metal remediation....
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Mobility and phytoavailability of Cu, Cr, Zn, and As in a contaminated soil at a wood preservation site after 4 years of aided phytostabilization
The remediation of copper-contaminated soils by aided phytostabilisation in 16 field plots at a wood preservation site was investigated. The mobility...
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Effect of organic amendments on the mobility of trace elements in phytoremediated techno-soils: role of the humic substances
The efficiency of aided phytostabilization using organic amendments such as ramial chipped wood (RCW) and composted sewage sludge (CSS) was studied...
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Metal partitioning in plant–substrate–water compartments under EDDS-assisted phytoextraction of pyrite waste with Brassica carinata A. Braun
Soil amendment with chelating agents can increase metal uptake and translocation in biomass species through increased metal bioavailability together...
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Successes and limitations of phytotechnologies at field scale: outcomes, assessment and outlook from COST Action 859
PurposeMany agricultural and brownfield soils are polluted and more have become marginalised due to the introduction of new, risk-based legislation....
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Phytoremediation as a management option for contaminated sediments in tidal marshes, flood control areas and dredged sediment landfill sites
Background, aim and scopePolluted sediments in rivers may be transported by the river to the sea, spread over river banks and tidal marshes or...
