Effective Use of Green Plants in Remediation of Contaminated Environment with Heavy Metals and Persistent Organic Pollutants

B.B. Abubakar¹ , H.I. Mukhtar² , G.A. Yusuf³ , S.N. Halliru⁴

Section:Review Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.6 , Issue.4 , pp.10-15, Oct-2019

Online published on Oct 31, 2019

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Abstract :
Phytoremediation which is a green technology method for heavy metals, radionuclide and persistent organic pollutants remediation using plants to degrade, stabilize, and/or remove contaminants has got many attention nowadays. It is an environmental friendly, economical, cheap and low maintenance method. There are many species of plant having the ability to degrade heavy metals, radionuclide and other persistent organic pollutants in their growth medium. This paper reviewed on the effective use of green plants in remediation of contaminated environment with heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants. The paper also reported more than 15 plants species of different families for effective remediation of contaminated environment

Key-Words / Index Term :
Accumulation, contamination, concentration, environment, green plants

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