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 ==== What is Phytoremediation ====
-Phytoremediation is the practice of using living plants to clean soil, air and water contaminated with hazardous substances. Plants can help clean up many types of contaminants including heavy metals, pesticides, explosives, and oil. However, they work best where contaminant levels are low because high concentrations may limit plant growth and take too long to clean up. Plants can also help prevent wind, rain, and groundwater flow from carrying contaminants away from the site to surrounding areas or deeper underground.
+Phytoremediation is the practice of using living plants to clean soil, air and water by absorbing or breaking down hazardous contaminants.
+Plants can help clean up many types of contaminants including heavy metals, pesticides, explosives, and oil. However, they work best where contaminant levels are low because high concentrations may limit plant growth and take too long to clean up. Plants can also help prevent wind, rain, and groundwater flow from carrying contaminants away from the site to surrounding areas or deeper underground.
 At its core principle, phytoremediation focuses on the ability of some plants to uniquely tolerate environmental pollutants.
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       * Biostimulation - pump the necessary solution into the aquifer
   - If the concentration of contaminants is too high, or the right mix of dechlorinators aren’t present, they would try bioaugmentation - injecting pre-grown dechlorinator cultures along with the necessary substrate.
+[[https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-04/documents/engappinsitbio.pdf|This older report]] provides some similar information.
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