Persistent organic pollutants accumulation in plants poses a risk to human health
2013
Key concepts
Scholarcy highlights
- Persistent organic pollutants accumulation in plants poses a risk to human health
- POPs can be transported to plants through soil and air by abiotic or biotic processes
- Several POP-degrading endophytic bacteria were isolated from plants grown in POP-contaminated soils and inoculated successfully into plants
- Plant colonization by endophytic bacteria can be applied to degrading and reducing the concentration of Persistent organic pollutants in plants
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