One of the more elusive goals of bioremediation has been finding organisms that can destroy the high levels of explosives found in soils around munitions sites. Certain microbes can denitrify ...

In this issue, Meagher and colleagues show that genetically engineered plants can be used to detoxify a hazardous form of mercury that contaminates wetlands and coastal sediments (see page 213 ...

"Phytoremediation is only five or 10 years old," says Purdue horticulture Professor Peter Goldsbrough, "but there's a lot of hope that eventually plants can be used to restore sites and remove ...

They are nature's own remedy for contaminated soils, embodying the remarkable process of phytoremediation. This article gets ...