Bioremediation of the Soils Contaminated with Cadmium and Chromium, by the Earthworm Eisenia fetida

One of the most important environmental problems in the world is the soils contamination by heavy metals in the industrial areas, and especially the contamination of the agricultural lands. The use of earthworms to bioremediate the soils results in reducing the pollutants concentration through a b...

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Main Authors: Elham Aseman- Bashiz1, Hosseinali Asgharnia, Hossein Akbari, Leila Iranshahi, Gholam Reza Mostafaii
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 2014-07-01
Series:Anuário do Instituto de Geociências
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Online Access:http://www.anuario.igeo.ufrj.br/2014_2/2014_2_216_222.pdf