The Use of Plants for Remediation of Metal-Contaminated Soils

Vassilev, Andon; Schwitzguebél, Jean-Paul; Thewys, Theo; van der Lelie, Daniël; Vangronsveld, Jaco

doi:10.1100/tsw.2004.2

The Use of Plants for Remediation of Metal-Contaminated Soils

Journal Article · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2004 · The Scientific World Journal (Online)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2004.2· OSTI ID:1629134

Vassilev, Andon ^[1]; Schwitzguebél, Jean-Paul ^[2]; Thewys, Theo ^[3]; van der Lelie, Daniël ^[4]; Vangronsveld, Jaco ^[3]

Agricultural Univ. of Plovdiv (Bulgaria). Dept. of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry; DOE/OSTI
Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (Switzerland). Lab. for Environmental Biotechnology
Limburgs Universitair Centrum, Diepenbeek (Belgium). Centre for Environmental Sciences
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Biology Dept.

The use of green plants to remove, contain, inactivate, or degrade harmful environmental contaminants (generally termed phytoremediation) is an emerging technology. In this paper, an overview is given of existing information concerning the use of plants for the remediation of metal-contaminated soils. Both site decontamination (phytoextraction) and stabilization techniques (phytostabilization) are described. In addition to the plant itself, the use of soil amendments for mobilization (in case of phytoextraction) and immobilization (in case of phytostabilization) is discussed. Also, the economical impacts of changed land-use, eventual valorization of biomass, and cost-benefit aspects of phytoremediation are treated. In spite of the growing public and commercial interest and success, more fundamental research is needed still to better exploit the metabolic diversity of the plants themselves, but also to better understand the complex interactions between metals, soil, plant roots, and micro-organisms (bacteria and mycorrhiza) in the rhizosphere. Further, more demonstration experiments are needed to measure the underlying economics, for public acceptance and last but not least, to convince policy makers.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1629134

Journal Information:: The Scientific World Journal (Online), Journal Name: The Scientific World Journal (Online) Vol. 4; ISSN 1537-744X

Publisher:: HindawiCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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