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Humans have a long history of making a big mess. Our legacy manufacturing activities, landfills, and leaky gasoline storage tanks have, in one place or another, leached harmful chemicals into the environment – and to us.
But an old friend is standing by to help clean up our mess.
Trees. Super awesome trees.
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IMAGE: A research team from the USDA Forest Service and the University of Missouri has developed a new contaminant prioritization tool that has the potential to increase the effectiveness of environmental. view more
Credit: Paul Manley, Missouri University of Science and Technology; used with permission
Rhinelander, Wis., April 28, 2021 A research team from the USDA Forest Service and the University of Missouri has developed a new contaminant prioritization tool that has the potential to increase the effectiveness of environmental approaches to landfill clean-up.
Phytoremediation - an environmental approach in which trees and other plants are used to control leachate and treat polluted water and soil - hinges on matching the capability of different tree species with the types of contaminants present in soil and water. Identifying the worst contaminants within the dynamic conditions of a landfill has been challenging.