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Submitted July 28, 2022
Published 2022-07-28

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Vol. 9 No. 2 (2022): Revista Colón Ciencias, Tecnología y Negocios

Phytoremediation as an alternative to remove heavy metals from soil:: A theoretical review


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Published: 2022-07-28

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Velásquez García, J. J., & Cobeña Navarrete, H. M. (2022). Phytoremediation as an alternative to remove heavy metals from soil:: A theoretical review. Revista Colón Ciencias, Tecnología Y Negocios, 9(2), 15–31. Retrieved from https://revistas.up.ac.pa/index.php/revista_colon_ctn/article/view/3104

Abstract

Currently, there are soil contamination problems in the world caused mainly by anthropogenic actions, generating an environmental impact on natural resources. Therefore, the present research aims to determine the plant species and seek a reduction or mitigation in the environment with the most remarkable phytoremediation capacity of soils contaminated with heavy metals.  Through a review of available and updated literature from the last ten years, the main results were a conceptualization of phytoremediation, the techniques used, the primary native plants with the capacity to bioaccumulate lead, and the advantages and disadvantages of this technique. We conclude that it is a technique that relates the native flora with the toxicity of metals because their versality to adapt to the environment. Corn is the plant with the highest removal capacity at 76.22 mg/kg of lead, and it is considered as a method that is not harmful to the environment. However, results are evident in the long term.

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