Is phytoremediation a sustainable and reliable approach to clean-up contaminated water and soil in Alpine areas?

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 842-856

  Schwitzguébel, Jean Paul ^a   Comino, Elena ^b   Plata, Nadia ^c   Khalvati, Mohammadali ^d  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c EPTES Sarl   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpine regions; Contaminated soils; Industrial wastewater; Mycorrhizal fungi; Petroleum hydrocarbons; Phytoremediation; Sulphonated aromatic compounds; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM; PHOSPHATE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRACE ELEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIODEGRADATION; BROWNFIELD SITE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CLEANUP; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DETOXIFICATION; DYE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD SAFETY; FUNGUS; IMMOBILIZATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LAND DEGRADATION; MYCORRHIZA; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; PHOSPHATE; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TRACE ELEMENT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; XENOBIOTICS;

AGRICULTURE; BIOREMEDIATION; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD SAFETY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PLANT; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD SAFETY; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MYCORRHIZAE; PETROLEUM; PHOSPHATES; PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SULFONIC ACIDS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

FUNGI;

EID: 79960077330     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0498-0     Document Type: Review

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