Phytoremediation: An eco-friendly approach towards clean and green future

Soil contamination with toxic metals resulting from global industrialization is a serious environmental issue. Industrial activities such as mining of ore, discharge wastewater, excess application fertilizer and pesticide have led to environment heavy cadmium, lead, mercury, copper, arsenic, zinc etc. Complete degradation not possible thus they continuously accumulate in the leading great threat life on earth. Many human health risks are associated entry food chain. Thus, remediation contaminated sites essential reduce negative impact ensure safe for future generation. Conventional techniques involve use chemicals cleaning which reduces productivity soil. Phytoremediation an emerging technology that uses green plants clean up or remove contaminants environment. It known by various names agro-remediation, remediation, vegetative botano remediation. involves several mechanisms phytoaccumulation, phytostabilization, phytovolatilization phytodegradation. cost effective, socially acceptable friendly decontaminating metal polluted sites. important raise awareness this enhance its acceptability sustainable technology.