Phytoremediation in Food Safety: Risks and Prospects
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2024
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Food and food products are essential commodities globally and the factors affecting its general acceptability need to be critically reviewed. Phytoremediation is one of the most cost-effective remediation options, but as a stand-alone technology, it is often not lucrative enough to make it appealing for farmers, especially in economically vulnerable regions. Phytoremediation is a costeffective and environmentally friendly technology, but if most of its postharvest protocols are not
handled professionally, it could become a threat to food safety. Plants possess the natural ability to accumulate nutrients and any contaminants present in the soil. However, this technology when used for remediation processes accumulates the pollutants from the soils through the root and mostly store these toxicants in the plants’ edible parts. When these are not checked or extracted from the plants, they pose a danger to human and animal health if they enter the food chain and are consumed. This book, Phytoremediation in Food Safety: Risks and Prospects, was conceived to provide in-depth information on the role of phytoremediation in food safety. Generally speaking, soil is polluted with both organic and inorganic contaminants and there is a need to employ an environmentally friendly technology in its remediation processes. Phytoremediation involves the use of green technology plant to remediate the polluted soils.
The book is divided into three sections. Section 1 is titled “Prospects of Phytoremediation for a Safe Environment and Safe Food,” section 2 is “The Risks of Phytoremediation in Food Safety,” and section 3 is “Bringing Safe Foods Home through Phytoremediation.” The chapters were contributed by 68 academicians, scientists, and researchers from nine different countries (the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Nigeria, India, the United States, Australia, Canada, Germany and Malaysia) across the world.
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Aransiola S.A., Maddela, N.R. (Eds.). (2024). Phytoremediation in Food Safety: Risks and Prospects, (1st ed.). CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, USA https://doi.org/10.1201/9781032683751