Mariana MINUȚ1, Mihaela ROȘCA2, Petronela COZMA1, Mariana DIACONU1, Maria GAVRILESCU1,3
Abstract. Rapid industrialization along with the use of modern practices in agriculture led to the discharge into the environment of various pollutants from which metals and metalloids are the most identified. The presence of metals in soil affects soil fertility, the growth and development of plants, and finally causing different negative effects on human health such respiratory problems, damage to endocrine and nervous systems and other dysfunction. Over time, various techniques have been used to remove pollutants from contaminated media, but most of these techniques are expensive, produce secondary contaminants and modify the structure and fertility of the soil. Thus, in recent years considerable attention has been accorded to biological methods. Plants and microorganisms may exhibit different behavior and degree of tolerance in the presence of metals.
Keywords: ecotoxicological tests, metals and metalloid, indicators of toxicity, phytotoxicity tests, tolerance
DOI 10.56082/annalsarsciphyschem.2021.2.7
*Corresponding authors: minut.mariana@yahoo.com; mgav@tuiasi.ro
1 “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, ”Cristofor Simionescu” Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Protection, Department of Environmental Engineering and Management,73 Prof. D. Mangeron Blvd, 700050 Iasi, Romania
2 “Ion Ionescu de la Brad” University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Iasi, Faculty of Horticulture, Department of Horticultural Technologies, 3 Mihail Sadoveanu Alley, 700490 Iasi, Romania
3 Academy of Romanian Scientists, 3 Ilfov Street, 050094 Bucharest, Romania
PUBLISHED in Annals of the Academy of Romanian Scientists Series on Physics and Chemistry, Volume 6, No2