Using calcium materials to reduce arsenate uptake by crops in upland, arable soils (IMAGE)

Pusan National University

Using calcium materials to reduce arsenate uptake by crops in upland, arable soils

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Researchers from Korea evaluate and compare the efficacies of calcite and phosphogypsum in reducing arsenic uptake in crops grown in upland soils that often contain arsenic ions as a pollutant.

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Professor Chang Oh Hong from Pusan National University, Korea

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