Authors : Tambe S.S
Page Nos : 141-143
Description :
Environment means our surrounding i.e. everything around us that includes biotic and abiotic components with which we are always in contact. Land, surface waters, and ground water worldwide, are increasingly affected by contaminations from industrial, research experiments, military, and agricultural activities either due to ignorance, lack of vision, carelessness, or high cost of waste disposal and treatment. The rapid build-up of toxic pollutants (metals, radionuclide, and organic contaminants in soil, surface water, and ground water) not only affects natural resources, but also causes major strains on ecosystems. The Utilization of biological system to improve environmental quality through environmental biotechnology. Bioremediation as a method to solve environmental contamination, which uses living organism like microbes, plants etc. to clean up contaminated soil, air and water. Phytoremediation most effective technique used for removing hazardous substance from soil, surface or ground water contamination.
