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Phytoremediation in China

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Phytoremediation

Part of the book series: Methods in Biotechnology ((MIBT,volume 23))

Abstract

There is an old saying in China &“food is heaven for people while soil is the mother for food.” Soil is considered to be one of the most important natural resources that people are dependent upon. However, more and more anthropogenic and natural factors are speeding up soil contamination, which poses a potential threat to human health and the environment. The situation is getting worse in some parts of the People’s Republic of China although the trend has been slowing down in recent years. The main contaminants causing degradation of the soil in China include heavy metals, radionuclides, and organic pollutants. In this chapter, the focus is on soil contamination by heavy metals and other inorganic pollutants in China, and the state-of-the-art green remediation technologies for them.

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This work was funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, P. R. China (Grant Number: NKBRSFG 1999011808) and by a Leverhulme Trust, UK, Research Fellowship.

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