Journal article
Cleaning Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Contaminated Garden Soil by Phytoremediation
Environmental sciences (Ruse), Vol.1(1), pp.33-52
2013
DOI: 10.12988/es.2013.13004
PMCID: PMC3883314
PMID: 24409084
Abstract
A poplar planted system resulted in the complete removal of at least 19 of the 29 potential polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners detected in trace amounts (37.9 ng g
-1
in total) in a commercial garden soil, while the unplanted soil only had 2 congeners completely removed after 96 days. In addition, the most recalcitrant congener, PCB 52, only decreased by 0.1% in the unplanted reactors while declining by 22.3% in the planted system. There was also greater removal of a PCB 77 spike in the planted system when compared to the unplanted system, 17.2% in the planted system versus 2.8% in the unplanted system. The results suggest that phytoremediation may be an effective tool in cleaning commercially available garden soils that are lightly contaminated with PCBs.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Cleaning Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Contaminated Garden Soil by Phytoremediation
- Creators
- Richard E Meggo - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 4105 Seamans Center, University of Iowa, IA, 52242, USA, Phone: 319-594-4263; Fax: 319-335-5660Jerald L Schnoor - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 4105 Seamans Center, University of Iowa, IA, 52242, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Environmental sciences (Ruse), Vol.1(1), pp.33-52
- DOI
- 10.12988/es.2013.13004
- PMID
- 24409084
- PMCID
- PMC3883314
- NLM abbreviation
- Environ Sci (Ruse)
- ISSN
- 1314-765X
- eISSN
- 1314-765X
- Grant note
- P42 ES013661 || ES / National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences : NIEHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2013
- Academic Unit
- Civil and Environmental Engineering; Occupational and Environmental Health; Iowa Superfund Research Program
- Record Identifier
- 9983997974702771
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