Abstract:Heavy metals (HMs) affect more than 500 million hectares worldwide. These elements lead to a decrease in world plant production and provoke deleterious effects on human health. Phytoremediation is a technique that conserves and remediates soil contaminated by these pollutants. The literature indicates that phytoremediation is operationally simple and economically viable, however, there is scarce literature on this subject in Brazil. In this way, we assess a simulated case study to crop plants sugarcane (Saccha… Show more
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