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Just thinking off the top of my head, bioaccumulation is a thing for sure but I don't know how much that it comes from soil. Mercury is naturally occurring in v
by takk309 5y ago
Just thinking off the top of my head, bioaccumulation is a thing for sure but I don't know how much that it comes from soil. Mercury is naturally occurring in various minerals, although not directly biologically available. Mercury fillings are the same way, not readily available for uptake by your body.
- culi 5y agoOne interesting technology used in phytoremediation for accumulated heavy metals in soils: plants. Many plants are known as "hyperaccumulators" of various metals. Medicago sativa (Alfalfa) and Dittrichia viscosa (Yellow Fleabane) for example were found to be suitable for mercury phytoremidiation in a study[1]. Lichen and mosses may also be suitable for above-ground bioaccumulation of mercury[2] [1] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269629648_Hyperaccumulators_of_mercury_in_the_industrial_area_of_a_PVC_factory_in_Vlora_Albania https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269629648_Hyperaccu... [2] https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-021-00146-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-021-00146-y