[CPEO-MEF] phytoremediation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Plants Perform "Green Clean" of Toxic Sites

Brian Handwerk
for National Geographic News
September 24, 2004

Many plants employ natural processes to clean contaminated soil and
groundwater. One such process is phytoremediation, by which plants
remove heavy metals, such as mercury and lead, from soil. Researchers
are now helping plants do a quicker, better job of rehabilitating
polluted sites through phytoremediation. 

...

Explosive Cleanup 

Sponsors of phytoremediation research include the U.S. Army and the U.S.
Department of Defense. Programs there have tapped plants to help with
the thorny problem of ordnance disposal. 

...

to read the article, go to
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/09/0924_040924_phytoremediation.html

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Lenny Siegel
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