Book chapter
Phytoremedial Potential of Perennial Woody Vegetation Under Arsenic Contaminated Conditions in Diverse Environments
Global Arsenic Hazard, pp.355-373
Environmental Science and Engineering, Springer International Publishing
2023
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Abstract
Due to carcinogenic and toxicological nature of arsenic (As) groundwater contamination, major agricultural, environmental and health issues are seen in many industrialized countries. About 170 million people in the world are affected by long-term exposure to arsenic-contaminated groundwater. Exposure of plants to arsenic, even at low concentrations, causes many major morphological, physiological, and biochemical disturbances. The traditional membrane filtration method, reverse osmosis method, precipitation method, ion exchange method, coagulation and flocculation method are commonly used remediation methods for As-polluted water, but these are expensive. Using perennial woody vegetation to remediate and stabilize heavy metal pollution such as arsenic is an efficient, environmental friendly and sustainable method. This chapter will briefly describe the role of woody vegetation in phytoremediation and/or detoxification of the harmful effects of arsenic under different environmental conditions.
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- Title
- Phytoremedial Potential of Perennial Woody Vegetation Under Arsenic Contaminated Conditions in Diverse Environments
- Creators
- Farah Ejaz (Author) - University of Agriculture FaisalabadMuhammad Talha Bin Yousaf (Author) - University of Agriculture FaisalabadMuhammad Farrakh Nawaz (Author) - University of Agriculture FaisalabadNabeel Khan Niazi (Author) - University of Agriculture FaisalabadSadaf Gul (Author) - University of KarachiIrfan Ahmed (Author) - University of Agriculture FaisalabadMuhammad Asif (Author) - University of Agriculture FaisalabadIrshad Bibi (Author) - University of Agriculture Faisalabad
- Publication Details
- Global Arsenic Hazard, pp.355-373
- Series
- Environmental Science and Engineering
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Identifiers
- 991013072611002368
- Copyright
- (C) The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter