Environmental Impact and Remediation of Heavy Metals

Edited by Hosam M. Saleh and Amal I. Hassan

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Abstract: Heavy metals are a group of metals and metalloids that includes transition metals, lanthanides, and actinides. When released into water, these elements have toxic effects on water quality and surface sediments, affecting environmental parameters such as pH and temperature. Therefore, metals that are harmful to aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems pose a significant threat to plants, animals, and human health. As such, there is increased interest in mitigating the harmful environmental impacts of heavy metals. This book provides a comprehensive overview of heavy metals, their impacts on water, soil, food crops, and cosmetics, and techniques for their remediation. It is organized into three sections: "Heavy Metals and Their Effects on the Environment," "Evaluation of Heavy Metals and Their Risks to Irrigation Water," and "Remediation of Heavy Metals."

JEL-codes: Q52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
ISBN: 978-1-80355-525-6
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Concentration Levels of Heavy Metals and Selected Ions in the Irrigation Water: The Case of Little Akaki River, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Mekonnen Maschal Tarekegn and Getaneh L. Lulseged Weldekidan

Distribution of Potentially Toxic Elements in Water, Sediment and Soils in the Riparian Zones around a Kraft Pulp and Paper Mill in Western Kenya

Elijah S. Omutange, Julius O. Manyala, Anne N. Wekesa, Odipo Osano, Thomas Munyao, Alfred A. Otieno and Lazare Etiegni

Effect of Mining on Heavy Metals Toxicity and Health Risk in Selected Rivers of Ghana

George Hadzi

Heavy Metal Contamination of Food Crops: Transportation via Food Chain, Human Consumption, Toxicity and Management Strategies

Vanisree C. R., Mahipal Singh Sankhla, Prashant Singh, Ekta B. Jadhav, Rohit K. Verma, Kumud Kant Awasthi, Garima Awasthi and Varad Nagar

Heavy Metal's Environmental Impact

Amal I. Hassan, Riyam N. Khalef and Hosam M. Saleh

Heavy Metals in Cosmetics

Tamara Attard and Everaldo G. Attard

Influence of Heavy Metals on Quality of Raw Materials, Animal Products, and Human and Animal Health Status

Anna Bartkowiak

Leaching Technology for Precious Heavy Metal Recapture through (HCI + HNO 3 ) and (HCI + H 2 SO 4 ) from E-Waste

Murugesan Manikkampatti Palanisamy, Akilamudhan Palaniappan, VenkataRatnam Myneni, Padmapriya Veerappan and Minar Mohamed Lebba

Microwave Vitrification of Hazardous Sludge by ??rnak Asphaltite Slime, Shale and Sewage Sludge - Landfill Management by Vitrified Char Sand

Yildirim Ismail Tosun

Phytoextraction of Zn(II) and Cu(II) by Canna indica: Related Physiological Effects

Josefina Plaza Cazon, Matias Gonzalez and Marcela Ruscitti

Quantification of Heavy Metal Levels in Sediments of the "Palizada" River in a Protected Natural Area of Southeastern Mexico

Carlos Montalvo, Claudia A. Alejandra Aguilar, Yunuen Canedo, Alejandro Ruiz, Brenda Zermeno, Ruby S. Sheila Gines and Rosa M. Ceron

Soil-Skeleton and Soil-Water Heavy Metal Contamination by Finite Element Modelling with Freundlich Isotherm Adsorption Parameters

Hoang Nguyen Van

Toxicants in Water: Hydrochemical Appraisal of Toxic Metals Concentration and Seasonal Variation in Drinking Water Quality in Oil and Gas Field Area of Rivers State, Nigeria

Morufu Raimi, Henry Olawale Sawyerr, Ifeanyichukwu Clinton Ezekwe and Salako Gabriel

Toxicity of Heavy Metals

Gabriel Mustatea and Elena Loredana Ungureanu

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