Phytoremediation

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-021007",
  "term": "Phytoremediation",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Low-cost remediation option for sites with widely dispersed contamination at low concentrations.\n\n2. Describes the treatment of environmental problems (bioremediation) through the use of plants that mitigate the environmental problem without the need to excavate the contaminant material and dispose of it elsewhere. See EPA Citizen's Guide to Phytoremediation (PDF) [http://www.epa.gov/tio/download/citizens/citphyto.pdf] (2p, 7K).\n\n3. The use of plants to uptake, store, degrade, immobilize, transform, or volatilize harmful substances in order to mitigate damage to human health or the environment.\n\n4. A practice used to reduce soil contaminant loadings through the use of plants selected to uptake or breakdown the contaminants. In cases where plants cannot metabolize and breakdown the contaminants, vegetative matter might need to be removed for further processing or disposal.\n\n5. Describes the treatment of environmental problems (bioremediation) through the use of plants that mitigate the environmental problem without the need to excavate the contaminant material and dispose of it elsewhere. See EPA Citizen's Guide to Phytoremediation (PDF)",
  "subject": "Ecosystems",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Environment",
    "School Siting Guidelines Glossary",
    "USDA National Agricultural Library Thesaurus",
    "EPA Guidance for Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary at http://www.epa.gov/owow_keep/NPS/chesbay502/pdf/chesbay_glossary.pdf; Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/phytoremediation/"
}