The worldwide awareness of the deleterious effects of heavy metal pollution has resulted in
intensive research aiming at understanding metal interactions in soil and their removal in an …

Soils have been submitted to several contaminants that vary in concentration and
composition. Heavy metals can be widely spread and accumulated in those environments …

Heavy metal pollution is emerging with time and reduces the chances of healthy food
production from natural resources. Heavy metals are toxic in nature and caused various …

Soils polluted with heavy metals have become common across the globe due to increase in
geologic and anthropogenic activities. Plants growing on these soils show a reduction in …

Phytoremediation of heavy metals: Recent techniques Page 1 African Journal of
Biotechnology Vol. 8 (6), pp. 921-928, 20 March, 2009 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/AJB …

Such elements have an atomic density of more than 4g/cm3 or 5 times or more than water is
heavy metals, ie Nical (Ni), silver (Ag), cobalt (Co), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), lead (Pb) …

The environment has been contaminated with organic and inorganic pollutants. Organic
pollutants are largely anthropogenic and are introduced to the environment in many ways …

Heavy Metal (HM) contamination issues are becoming increasingly common in India and
elsewhere, Heavy metals are natural constituents of the environment, but indiscriminate use …

Soil is a complex structure and contains mainly five major components ie mineral matter,
water, air, organic matter and living organisms. The quantity of these components in the soil …

Pollution of the biosphere by the toxic metals is a global threat that has accelerated
dramatically since the beginning of industrial revolution. The primary source of this pollution …