Phytoremediation, a biotechnology with important applications

Abstract

The pollutants found in the environment, of natural origin and as a result of human activity,generate a negative impact on ecosystems. The resolution of this type of problems through the application of environmentally friendly technologies are of extreme necessity, one of these technologies is phytoremediation. Pollution with different types of substances has become a phenomenon of great importance because it affects air, water and soil, also disturbing all the ecosystems that develop in them, including humans.