Phytoremediation at hazardous waste sites
In the framework of the Joint Research Centre's Blue Seminars on aquatic processes and water technology, the JRC's Environment Institute is organizing a seminar on "Phytoremediation at hazardous waste sites". It will take place in Ispra, Italy, on 15 May 1996.
Phytoremediation is the use of vegetation for the in-situ treatment of hazardous wastes. Plants have shown the ability to withstand greater concentrations of organic pollutants than most micro-organisms. They can take up the chemicals quickly and convert them to less toxic metabolites. The seminar will present recent research results of pilot and full-scale applications in this field.
For further information, please contact:
European Commission
Joint Research Centre
Environment Institute
Dr. Giovanni Bidoglio/Dr. Ruzena Markos
I-21010 Ispra (VA)
Tel. +39-332-789383/789160
E-mail: giovanni.bidoglio@jrc.it or E-mail: ruzena.markosova@jrc.it
Further information, including abstracts of seminar topics and lists of past and future seminars, is also available on the World Wide Web at:
http://www.ei.jrc.it