Abstract

Contamination of freshwater resources continues due to domestic effluents, industrial discharges and use of chemicals in agriculture. Sugar manufacturing industry produces a large amount of wastewater that contains different chemicals and various heavy metals. Heavy metals are toxic to human and also cause water and soil pollution. The objectives of this study were: to find a cost-effective phyto-remediation and biosorption method to reduce heavy metal contamination, i.e., Cd, Cr and Pb by evaluating the potential of Euphorbia prostrate, an indigenous plant species, in in situ and ex situ experiments. Euphorbia prostrate were grown on different concentrations (100%, 50% and 0%) of wastewater in controlled conditions of 23

Keywords:

Biosorption, Euphorbia prostrate, heavy metals, phytro-remediation, wastewater contamination,

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