Phytoremediation
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The in situ use of plants to stabilise, remediate, reduce, or restore contaminated sites, including terrestrial and aquatic sites. The process can be applied to both surface and ground waters, and includes all of the biological, ecological, chemical, and physical processes involving vegetation that affect remediation of contaminated substrates.; A general term used to describe various mechanisms by which living plants alter the chemical composition of the soil matrix in which they are growing. Essentially, it is the use of green plants to clean-up contaminated soils, sediments, or water. The word "phytoremediation" is from the Greek prefix phyto- meaning "plant" and the Latin root word remidium- meaning "to correct or remove an evil". In soil, the "evil" could be anthropogenic (man-made) contaminants such as organic solvents, heavy metals, pesticides, or radionuclides.
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