Evaluation of metal contamination and phytoremediation potential of aquatic macrophytes of East Kolkata Wetlands, India.

Amina Khatun Sandipan Pal Aloke Kumar Mukherjee Palas Samanta Subinoy Mondal Debraj Kole Priyanka Chandra Apurba Ratan Ghosh

Published in: Environmental health and toxicology (2016)

Bioaccumulation factor and translocation factors of these two plants revealed that S. articulatus was comparatively more efficient for phytoremediation, whereas phytostabilization potential was higher in C. esculenta.

Keyphrases

human health
risk assessment
health risk
heavy metals
drinking water
wastewater treatment
single cell
climate change
plant growth