'Green Clean:' Researchers Determining Natural Ways To Clean Contaminated Soil
Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 17:36
in Earth & Climate
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at North Carolina State University are working to demonstrate that trees can be used to degrade or capture fuels that leak into soil and ground water. Through a process called phytoremediation - literally a `green` technology - plants and trees remove pollutants from the environment or render them harmless.