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PHYTOREMEDIATION: STATE OF THE SCIENCE CONFERENCE AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS. EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION AND SPECIAL COMMENTARY
Citation:
McCutcheon, S C. AND S A. Rock. PHYTOREMEDIATION: STATE OF THE SCIENCE CONFERENCE AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS. EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION AND SPECIAL COMMENTARY. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOREMEDIATION 3(1):1-11, (2001).
Impact/Purpose:
Elucidate and model the underlying processes (physical, chemical, enzymatic, biological, and geochemical) that describe the species-specific transformation and transport of organic contaminants and nutrients in environmental and biological systems. Develop and integrate chemical behavior parameterization models (e.g., SPARC), chemical-process models, and ecosystem-characterization models into reactive-transport models.
Description:
It is a pleasure to present six papers in this issue, selected from presentations at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Conference, Phytoremediation: State of the Science held May 1-2, 2000 in Boston, MA, USA. These papers highlight some of the many advances reported in representative areas of phytoremediation. In addition to introducing the six papers that have undergone the standard International Journal of Phytoremediation (IJP) review, this special commentary also briefly (1) reviews the beginnings of phytoremediation to put the need for the 2000 EPA Conference venue into context, (2) reviews other advances presented at the conference, (3) notes where additional review and synthesis is necessary in context with the reports from other phytoremediation meetings and future developments.