04447nam a22006495i 4500 978-3-031-53688-5 DE-He213 20251030111750.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240328s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031536885 978-3-031-53688-5 10.1007/978-3-031-53688-5 doi TA170-171 TD195.B58 TQ bicssc TEC010000 bisacsh TQ thema Heavy Metal Remediation [electronic resource] : Sustainable Nexus Approach / edited by Nitish Kumar. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024. X, 337 p. 40 illus., 35 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Earth and Environmental Sciences Library, 2730-6682 Heavy metals, in general trace elements, are one of the major environmental problems. Nowadays, increasing environmental and global public health concerns related with environmental contamination by heavy metals are well known. Moreover, human exposure has risen dramatically because of an exponential increase of their use in several activities such as agricultural, industrial, technological and urban applications. They are presented in soils, water and atmosphere and they are a serious risk for the food chain. Approximately 10 million contaminated sites have been reported globally, occupying approximately 49.42 million acres of land, of which >50% is contaminated with toxic heavy metals. This situation warrants immediate attention to limit the introduction of heavy metals into soil systems and to remove the prevailing heavy metals from polluted soils. However, the majorities of existing heavy-metal-removal technologies are expensive, inefficient, or generate secondary pollutants. Therefore, it is of great importance to develop cheaper, environmentally friendly and sustainable approaches (including the development of new immobilizing agents) to manage and rehabilitate heavy-metal-contaminated soils. In the light of the aforementioned facts, this book sheds light on this global environmental issue, and proposes solutions to contamination through multi-disciplinary approaches and case studies from different parts of the world. It addresses sustainable heavy metal contamination remediation strategies using the potential applications of recent biological technology such as biotechnology, bioremediation, phytoremediation, biochar, absorbent, genetic engineering, and nanotechnology approaches. This book is of interest to researchers, teachers, environmental scientists, environmental engineers, environmentalists, and policy makers. Also, the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of environmental microbiology, biotechnology, eco-toxicology, environmental remediation, waste management, and environmental sciences as well as the general audience. Environmental engineering. Biotechnology. 65162 Bioremediation. 66107 Biomedical engineering. Nanotechnology. Environmental health. 62224 Sustainability. 57661 Pollution. Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. 66109 Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering. Nanoengineering. Environmental Health. 62224 Sustainability. 57661 Pollution. Kumar, Nitish. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 69340 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031536878 Printed edition: 9783031536892 Printed edition: 9783031536908 Earth and Environmental Sciences Library, 2730-6682 69572 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53688-5 ZDB-2-EES ZDB-2-SXEE 58733 58733