Abstract
REMOVAL OF ARSENIC BY PHYTOREMEDIATION
Abdul Majid Teewno*, Sajid Hussain Mangi, Abdul Aziz Chan, Shafique Ahmed Chandio and Hajra Kharal
ABSTRACT
Water is the most essential and basic natural resource for survival of all life. Globally, water is contaminated with arsenic, which cause toxic effect to all well beings. Currently, high concentration of arsenic is reported in most regions of the world. To deal with the arsenic contamination endeavors are made by scientists through the world and different methods have been investigated for the removal of arsenic from water. One of these endeavors is the Phytoremediation method for removal of arsenic from water. This method involves plants for the removal of arsenic from water. It is considered ? clean, cost effective and non-environmentally disruptive technology, as opposed to mechanical cleanup methods such as soil excavation or pumping polluted groundwater. In this study Eichhornia Crassipes plants are selected for phytoremediation of arsenic in water. The maximum efficiency of 98 % for arsenic removal was observed.
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