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Plants cannot remove heavy metals.

(a) True

(b) False

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This intriguing question originated from Microbes in Metal Containing Habitat in portion Microbial Transformation of Heavy Metals of Environmental Biotechnology

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Correct option is (b) False

Easy explanation: Plants can remove heavy metals for their immediate surroundings by a process called as phyto remediation, followed by a technique called as phyto-extraction for removal of metals by absorbing the heavy metals by the roots of the plants. These processes are really helpful of removal of heavy metals and it doesn’t cause any side effects to the environment.

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