Timeline of Phytoremediation
1940s-1999
1940s-1970s
Early 1990s
April 26th, 1994
Edgewood area of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Hartford County, Maryland was used as a disposal site for chemical warfare agents, munitions, and industrial chemicals
Phytoremediation was first tested as a means to clean lands damaged by chemicals and harsh toxins.
The first two Presidential documents were ratified addressing the use of native species in Federal Phytoremediation projects and their protection from their invasive or introduced species.
Spring of 1996
183 poplar trees were planted in a one acre area of J-Field.
February 3rd, 1999
The second document is Executive Order 13112 of Invasive Spcies
2000-2010
June 2000
January 30th, 2002
843 hybrid poplar trees were planted in Bancroft, WI in southern Portage County as a part of an enviornmental monitoring project conducted by the University of Wisconsin
The trees on the Oregon Poplar site had not only survived the volatile organic compounds they were exposed to, but they had also considerably grown.
July 2004- June 2006
William M. DeVita of the University of Wisconsin and enviornmental engineer Mark Dawson continued their study of groundwater monitoring regarding elevation and contaminants.
2007
Researchers at the University of Washington began development of a transgenic poplar for phytoremediation to detoxify trichloroethylene (TCE), vinyl chloride, carbon tetrachloride, benzene and chloroform.
2008
Sharon Doty published "Enhancing Phytoremediation Through the Use of Transgenics and Endophytes"
2010
The Edenspace Systems Corporation set up a site to remove arsenic from soil in closed portions of landfills.