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Phytoremediation is regarded as the cheapest and environmentally most friendly technology for cleaning up soil. The most widespread and most profitable technique is phytoextraction, used mainly for removing heavy metals and radioactive elements from thesoil. Over 400 plant species have been identified as natural metal hyperaccumulators representing about 0.2 % of all angiosperms. Unfortunately, most of these plants are characterised by slow growth and limited biomass production. The species belonging to the family Brassicaceae are considered to be useful for phytoremediation of heavy metals from soils. The studies reveal the usefulness of white cabbage for purification of the soil from Zn, Cd by phytoextraction. The selected metals were determined in samples of soil, leaves andstems of cabbage grown in these soils, taken from pot (Krakow). Metals were determined using AAS (atomic absorption spectrometry) techniques such as:flame AAS (Zn, Cd),electrothermal AAS (Cd).Obtained results confirm the possibility of using white cabbage in phytoextraction of heavy metals from soil

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• mgr inż. Marzena Szczygłowska link open in new tab