The potential of cattail (Typha latifolia) and water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) biomass to remove Pb Cd ions from metal solutions was determined. removal efficiency decreased with the increase in initial concentration aqueous solution but increased doses. biosorption unaffected by pH 5.0 6.5. Metal contact time then reached equilibrium about 45 min. Higher qmax (the Langmuir model) KF Freu...

The city of Sialkot in Pakistan is a hub leather tanneries, with approximately 260 tanneries operation and, while producing millions products per day, the discharges gallons untreated effluent into drains each day. In order to devise cost-effective system for treatment tannery wastewater, floating wetland (FTW) was established treat using local plant species through phytoremediation. efficiency...

Understanding mechanisms that control plant root metal assimilation in soil is critical to the sustainable management of metal-contaminated land. With the assistance of the synchrotron X-ray fluorescence technique, this study investigated possible mechanisms that control the localization of Fe, Cu, Mn, Pb and Zn in the root tissues of Typha latifolia L. collected from a contaminated wetland. Me...