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Prospects for the phytoremediation of organic pollutants in Europe

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  1. GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Institute of Soil Ecology, D-85758, Oberschleißheim, Germany

    Peter Schröder

  2. Department of Chemical and Life Seiences, University of Greenwich, SE18 6PF, Woolwich, London, UK

    Patricia J. Harvey

  3. Lausanne (EPFL), Laboratory for Environmental Biotechnology (LBE), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Jean-Paul Schwitzguébel

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Schröder, P., Harvey, P.J. & Schwitzguébel, JP. Prospects for the phytoremediation of organic pollutants in Europe. Environ. Sci. & Pollut. Res 9, 1–3 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02987312

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