WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A husband and wife research team at Purdue University has pioneered the use of plants to help clean up soil contaminated with petroleum products. The Environmental Protection ...

Nickel contamination can render soils infertile at levels that are currently impractical to treat. Researchers at UMass Amherst are looking at how plants can help these soils and source nickel for the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about renewable materials and decarbonization solutions. Greenhouse phytoremediation survey study at the University of ...

Phytoremediation--the use of trees and plants to help clean up toxic waste sites--is not only a growing science; it's also a growth industry. One report estimates that the phytoremediation market in ...

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Parvez Haris receives funding from the UK Research Councils, The European Union. Pollutants in rivers and other water bodies are a serious problem for marine life as well as human health. However, ...