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ReviewEnvironmental science and pollution research international2020

Phytoremediation of toxic metals present in soil and water environment: a critical review.

Varinder Singh Kanwar, Ajay Sharma, Arun Lal Srivastav, Lata Rani

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Review in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 24 papers.

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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24 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Varinder Singh KanwarChitkara University School of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, 174103, India.
Ajay SharmaChitkara University School of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, 174103, India.
Arun Lal SrivastavChitkara University School of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, 174103, India. arun.srivastav@chitkarauniversity.edu.in.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0238-7395
Lata RaniSchool of Basic Sciences, Chitkara University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, 174103, India.

Funding

Department of Environment, Science & Technology, Shimla, Government of Himachal Pradesh (India) Env. S&T(F)/5-1/2018-8886
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heavy metals are one of the most hazardous inorganic contaminants of both water and soil environment composition. Normally, heavy metals are non-biodegradable in nature because of their long persistence in the environment. Trace amounts of heavy metal contamination may pose severe health problems in human beings after prolonged consumption. Many instrumental techniques such as atomic absorption spectrophotometry, inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry, X-ray fluorescence, neutron activation analysis, etc. have been developed to determine their concentration in water as well as in the soil up to ppm, ppb, or ppt levels. Recent advances in these techniques along with their respective advantages and limitations are being discussed in the present paper. Moreover, some possible remedial phytoremediation approaches (phytostimulation, phytoextraction, phyotovolatilization, rhizofiltration, phytostabilization) have been presented for the removal of the heavy metal contamination from the water and soil environments.

Indexed as

Metals, HeavySoil PollutantsBiodegradation, EnvironmentalHumansSoilWaterMetals, HeavySoilSoil PollutantsWaterHeavy metalImmobilizationPhytoextractionPhytofiltrationPhytoremediationRhizofiltrationToxicity

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