Remediation of Heavy Metals

ISBN-13: 9781119853558 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024

Spis treści

1. Release, Detection, and Toxicology of Heavy Metals: a Review of the Main Techniques and Their Limitations in Environmental Remediation2. Heavy Metals Contamination in the Environment3. A Brief Study of the Effects of Heavy Metals and Metalloids on Food Crops4. Impact of Heavy Metals on Human Health5. Different Approaches for Detecting Heavy Metal Ions6. Chemical Approaches to Remediate Heavy Metals7. Carbon-based Absorption Materials for Heavy Metal Removal8. Industrial Waste-derived Materials for Adsorption of Heavy Metals from Polluted Water9. Biological Remediation of Heavy Metals from Acid Mine Drainage10. Phytoremediation and Microbe-assisted Removal of Heavy Metals11. Recycling and Disposal of Spent Metal(loid)-laden Adsorbents12. Remediation of Heavy Metals in Environmental Resources Using Physical Methods

O autorze

Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian, PhD, is a faculty member in the School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University, India.Binota Thokchom, PhD, is a DST-Inspire faculty member at the Centre of Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India.Pardeep Singh, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, PGDAV College University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.Ali H. Jawad, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.Willis Gwenzi, PhD, is Associate Professor in Biosystems and Environmental Engineering, University of Zimbabwe, South Africa.