Abstract
Soil and water pollution with heavy metals is a worldwide issue and is still unresolved. Phytoremediation is a new and rising technology that applies plants for cleanup lightly contaminated soils and water. Lasiurus scindicus have been chosen in this work for decontaminating soil and water from heavy metal (lead). This plant was grown in contaminated soil and water over a 105 day pot trial period. Accruement of the heavy metal was studied after 45, 65, 85 and 105 days in leaves and roots by AAS. It was observed that high accumulation level of lead in root after 45 and 65 days. The results conclude that the Lasiurus scindicus has phytoremediation potentiality and could be used in restoring soil polluted with Lead.
Highlights
The escalation of industrial, agricultural and activities has increased the risk of soil and water pollution by potentially toxic elements
For the treatment of waste water and waste soil collected over their different conventional method of treatment is regulated, but most of the heavy metal cannot be destroyed by this degradation method (Henry, 2012)
Soil and water pollution can have a big serious issue for ecosystems because, through the assimilation of these toxic elements by plants, heavy metals adversely effect on plants and animal health (Wuana and Okieimen, 2011)
Summary
The escalation of industrial, agricultural and activities has increased the risk of soil and water pollution by potentially toxic elements. As the rapid industrial growth is increasing day by day, the rate of generation of waste water and waste soil is enhancing simultaneously. Contamination of soil and water by Lead occurs through irrigation with wastewater, disposal of solid wastes, including sewage waste and industrial activity (Aransiola et al, 2013). Heavy metals have shown to very adverse effects on plant growth and soil that leading to decrease in plant productivity (Roy et al, 2005). Soil and water pollution can have a big serious issue for ecosystems because, through the assimilation of these toxic elements by plants, heavy metals adversely effect on plants and animal health (Wuana and Okieimen, 2011). Great efforts have been made to develop strategies for the remediation of this pollution using plants that can decontaminate the soil and water
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