Phytoremediation – Advantages, disadvantages, and the way forward
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Context: A study published in the JNKVV research journal in 2015 concluded that heavy metal pollution of soil is “emerging at a speedy rate” in India due to industrialization. These toxic heavy metals are then absorbed by food crops and other plants before they eventually make their way into our food chain, directly affecting human life along with ecology.
Toward more sustainable and eco-friendly technologies
- Many technologies have emerged to remediate this soil pollution but according to a paper published in the journal Agriculture, these methods have been deemed lacking in terms of sustainability as they come with a large cost and have adverse effects themselves.
- Turning toward more sustainable and eco-friendly technologies, scientists have developed methods of “Phytoremediation”.
Phytoremediation
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