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Wastewater from textile industries is a potential source of organic dyes in natural water bodies. Environmental concerns of chemical methods for removal of dyes from wastewater are no more a viable solution, and there is growing concern to develop alternative approaches such as green chemistry and phytoremediation. This study reports the removal of organic dyes from wastewater using Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms (water hyacinth), as an easily available and fast-growing plant species. Growth of water hyacinth among individual cationic (rose bengal (RB), methylene blue (MB), crystal violet (CV), auramine O (AO), rhodamine B (RhB) and anionic (xylenol orange (XO), phenol red (PR), cresol red (CR), methyl orange (MO)) dye solutions and degradation of dyes were monitored. Results indicated that water hyacinth has good absorption and degradation potential for both types of dyes (cationic or anionic) and effectively removes dyes from solution. Water hyacinth can be used as a suitable and effective phytoremediate for removal of organic dyes from the wastewater.
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Sharma, R., Saini, H., Paul, D.R. et al. Removal of organic dyes from wastewater using Eichhornia crassipes: a potential phytoremediation option. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 7116–7122 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-10940-8
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