Abstract:
There is an increased concentrations of heavy metals in the roadside soils due
the human activities. Soil and plant samples from the roadside areas in
Benghazi city were collected and analysed using Flame atomic absorption
spectrophotometry for their heavy metal contents. The total metal content of
Ni and Pb has been determined in soil surrounded the plant roots, plant roots,
and Leaves. In order to evaluate the performance of Piptatherummiliaceum to
extract the metals from soil, different factors such as Biological Absorption
Coefficient (BAC), Bioconcentration Factor (BCF), and Translocation factor
(TF) have been calculated. The results showed that Piptatherummiliaceumis
more suitable for phytostabilisation than phytoextraction. Phytoremediation as
a green technology has many advantages over the other methods of heavy
metals removal from soils.
