Phytoremediation of Toxic Metals
Subtitle: Using Plants to Clean Up the Environment
Contributors: Ilya Raskin (Editor); Burt D. Ensley (Editor)
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Published: November 3, 1999
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780471192541
First sentence: The discovery of metal hyperaccumulating properties in certain plants has suggested that it may be feasible to use these plants for the cleanup of heavy-metal contamination in soil and water.