Projects: Agricultural Experiment Station Farm- DDT Remediation Field Trials
- Project Site
- Hamden, Connecticut, United States
- Organization
- Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
- Contact Person
- Jason C. White, Ph.D., jason.white@ct.gov
- Purpose of Project
- N/A
The site is an agricultural experiment station farm with residual levels of DDE from routine historical DDT application. I have been running field trials over the last 10 years as part of a research program on the potential phytoremediation of persistent organic pollutants like DDE/DDT. Zucchini and pumpkin were identified as plants that can accumulate significantly greater quantities of DDE in their roots and stems than other plants. Anecdotally, the highest soil DDE level in 2000 was 1ppm; this last field season, the highest level I could find was 0.4ppm.
- Project Durarion
- in progress since May, 2000
- Project Status
- Continuing
- Project Media
- Soil: clay
- Contaminant categories
- POP’s- Persistent Organic Pollutants
- Health/exposure concerns
- There are many health concerns over pesticide residues in soil and groundwater.
- Phytotechnology mechanism
- phytoextraction
- Plant Species
- Cucurbita pepo ssp pepo- Zucchini
- Remediation Enhancing Additives
- organic acids, fungi, surfactants
- Project Scale
- Pilot Scale
- Remediation Location
- In Situ
- Project Costs
- Included in cost of entire Exp. Station
- Secondary Value/Uses for Project Land and Plants
- other
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