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RE: A research proposal on plant-microbe species in relation to heavy metals contents of soils around an iron smelting company.
Heavy metal pollution is a real problem world-wide (take water pollution in China for instance, close to places with heavy factories).
Therefore, studies such as the one you mention are important. But what will be the next steps. Classifying the species that can grow is a heavy-metal-enriched environment is good, but then?
You are right. The iron smelting company is a few miles away from my University. After classifying the microbes and plants in heavy metal enriched soil, we will be looking at the possibility of using the classified organisms as a starter culture in the remediation of heavy metal from contaminated sites. It is a lot of work but we will be taking it one step at a time. I will be posting updates as the research progresses. Thanks for reading through.
Thanks for the extra bits of info. Yes, this work will definitely be useful and help people from all over the world!