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What is Phytoremediation?

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Phytoremediation is the use of plants to clean up environmental pollution.
Example:
Rice and Eichhornia (water hyacinth) tolerate cadmium by binding it to their proteins. These plants otherwise can also be used to remove cadmium from contaminated soil.
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