Phytoremediation of Toxic Metals: A Sustainable Green Solution for Clean Environment
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Contamination of aquatic ecosystems by various sources has become a major worry all over the world. Pollutants can enter the human body through the food chain from aquatic and soil habitats. These pollutants can cause various chronic diseases in humans and mortality if they collect in the body over an extended period. Although the phytoremediation technique cannot completely remove harmful materials, it is an environmentally benign, cost-effective, and natural process that has no negative effects on the environment. The main types of phytoremediation, their mechanisms, and strategies to raise the remediation rate and the use of genetically altered plants, phytoremediation plant prospects, economics, and usable plants are reviewed in this review. Several factors influence the phytoremediation process, including types of contaminants, pollutant characteristics, and plant species selection, climate considerations, flooding and aging, the effect of salt, soil parameters, and redox potential. Phytoremediation’s environmental and economic efficiency, use, and relevance are depicted in our work. Multiple recent breakthroughs in phytoremediation technologies are also mentioned in this review.
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OpenAlex topics: Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance · Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment · Heavy metals in environment
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Affiliations
EON Group, Technical Service Division, Dhaka 1208, Bangladesh
Department of Fisheries and Marine Science, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Sonapur 3814, Bangladesh
School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Nathan, QLD 4222, Australia
Water Quality Research Laboratory, Chemistry Division, Atomic Energy Centre Dhaka (AECD), Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Shahbag, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
Department of Fisheries (DoF), Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
Technical Service Division, Opsonin Pharma Ltd., Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute, Riverine Station, Chandpur 3602, Bangladesh
Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh
Department of Pharmacy, BGC Trust University Bangladesh, Chittagong 4381, Bangladesh
Nutrition and Bromatology Group, Department of Analytical and Food Chemistry, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, University of Vigo, Ourense Campus, E32004 Ourense, Spain
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