Abstract
There is a duality in plant tolerance and response to heavy metal stress. On one hand tolerant plants having heavy metal hyper accumulation potential could be beneficial in phytoremediation for clean-up of soil and water; on the other hand tolerant food crops, if exposed to heavy metals in their growth medium, may be dangerous as carriers of toxic metals in the food chain leading to food toxicity.
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Golan-Goldhirsh, A. (2006). PLANT TOLERANCE TO HEAVY METALS, A RISK FOR FOOD TOXICITY OR A MEANS FOR FOOD FORTIFICATION WITH ESSENTIAL METALS: THE ALLIUM SCHOENOPRASUM MODEL. In: Twardowska, I., Allen, H.E., Häggblom, M.M., Stefaniak, S. (eds) Soil and Water Pollution Monitoring, Protection and Remediation. NATO Science Series, vol 69. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4728-2_31
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