Phytoremediation potential of aquatic herbs from steel foundry effluent

Discharge of industrial effluents in aquatic environments is a serious threat to life due to toxic heavy metals. Plants can be used as cheap phytoremedients in comparison to conventional technologies. The present study was conducted to check the phytoremediation capability of two free-floating plant...

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Main Authors: N. Aurangzeb, S. Nisa, Y. Bibi, F. Javed, F. Hussain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Chemical Engineering 2014-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-66322014000400006&lng=en&tlng=en