Phytoremediation

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• Science: Biology: Botany  (688)

Ecolotree, Inc. - - Describes and offers phytoremediation technology using trees.

Hyperaccumulators and Phytoremediation - - Metal-scavenging plants to cleanse the soil. Papers from Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, at USDA-ARS.

Phytonet Links - - Links to phytoremediation web sites.

Phytonet Newsgroup - - Electronic newsgroup network. Questions on phytoremediation, phytoextraction, bioremediation. Communication between scientists.

Phytoremediation and Reuse - - CH2M HILL capabilities in phytoremediation, plus general information on the technology.

Phytoremediation of Soil Metals--Chaney et al., 1997 - - Hyperaccumulators are able to phytoextract heavy metals from contaminated soils.

Phytoremediation Research Lab, University of California, Berkeley - - Multi-disciplinary research laboratory in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, particularly interested in improving the efficiency with which plants remove and detoxify toxic metals and metalloids.

Phytoremediation Research (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station) - - Phytoremediation is the use of green plants to remove, contain, or render harmless environmental contaminants. It is a promising technology that addresses clean-up of organic solvents, PCBs, heavy metals, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, explosives and energetics, or nutrients.