Remediation of Heavy Metals

Sustainable Technologies and Recent Advances

Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian, Binota Thokchom, Pardeep Singh, Ali H. Jawad, Willis Gwenzi

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781119853558
• eBook ISBN: 9781119853572
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Environmental Science
• Index: Biological Sciences

Remediation of Heavy Metals

Meet the challenge of contaminated water with a range of sustainable tools

The treatment of water which has been polluted by heavy metals is an increasingly significant environmental challenge in an industrialized global economy. The ongoing revolution in green technologies, however, has seen a range of sustainable methods emerge for treating water, soils, and other parts of the environment polluted by trace metals. By putting these methods into practice, environmental researchers and industrial professionals can improve water quality, and public health globally.

Remediation of Heavy Metals offers a clear, accessible reference on these methods and their applications. It offers an overview of the major effects of heavy metal contamination and works through each of the methods or protocols available to remediate soil and minimize pollution at the source.

Remediation of Heavy Metals readers will also find:

• Comparison of different approaches for heavy metal removal
• Detailed discussion of physical, chemical, and biological remediation methods
• Case studies demonstrating proper remediation

Remediation of Heavy Metals provides key knowledge for environmental scientists, environmental toxicologists, and other researchers or industrial professionals working in heavy metal removal, as well as advanced graduate students in these areas.

Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Sciences, SRM University-AP, Amaravati, India

Binota Thokchom, PhD, DST-Inspire faculty member at the Centre of Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India.

Pardeep Singh, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, PGDAV College University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

Ali H. Jawad, PhD, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Malaysia.

Willis Gwenzi, PhD, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Bio-economy e.V. (ATB), Potsdam, Germany, and Universität Kassel, Witzenhausen, Germany.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• List of Contributors
• Editors’ Biography
• Preface
• 1 Release, Detection, and Toxicology of Heavy Metals: A Review of the Main Techniques and Their Limitations in Environmental Remediation
• 2 Heavy Metals Contamination in Environment
• 3 A Brief Study of the Effects of Heavy Metals and Metalloids on Food Crops
• 4 Impact of Heavy Metals on Human Health
• 5 Different Approaches for Detecting Heavy Metal Ions
• 6 Remediation of Heavy Metals in Environmental Resources Using Physical Methods
• 7 Chemical Approaches to Remediate Heavy Metals
• 8 Carbon‐Based Absorption Materials for Heavy Metal Removal
• 9 Industrial Waste‐Derived Materials for Adsorption of Heavy Metals from Polluted Water
• 10 Biological Remediation of Heavy Metals from Acid Mine Drainage—Recent Advancements
• 11 Phytoremediation and Microbe‐Assisted Removal of Heavy Metals
• 12 Recycling and Disposal of Spent Metal(loid)‐Laden Adsorbents: Current and Emerging Technologies, and Future Directions
• Index
• End User License Agreement