Phytoremediation

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tsao, David (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2003.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2003.
• Series: Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology, 78
• Subjects: Biotechnology.; Chemical engineering.; Microbiology.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.

The environmental clean up industry has been estimated as having an annual turnover of $50 billion globally. With new regulations being written on addi tional chemicals that are just, now, becoming understood from a toxicological and environmental risk standpoint, this industry could expand even fur...

Table of Contents:

• Overview of Phytotechnologies
• Soil Plant Microbe Interactions in Phytoremediation
• The Effect of Plants on the Degradation and Toxicity of Petroleum Contaminants in Soil: A Field Assessment
• Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals from Soils
• Maintaining Hydraulic Control Using Deep Rooted Tree Systems
• Vegetative Covers for Waste Containment
• Regulatory Evaluation and Acceptance Issues for Phytotechnology Projects.