Heavy Metal Contamination of Water and Soil: Analysis, Assessment, and Remediation Strategies

Heavy Metal Contamination of Water and Soil: Analysis, Assessment, and Remediation Strategies
ISBN-10
1482239655
ISBN-13
9781482239652
Category
Science
Pages
386
Language
English
Published
2014-02-06
Publisher
CRC Press
Author
Elham Asrari

Description

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. Although adverse health effects of heavy metals have been known for a long time, exposure to heavy metals continues and is even increasing in some areas. Remediating heavy metal contaminated soils and water is necessary to reduce the associated health and ecological risks, make the land resource available for agricultural production, enhance food security, and scale down land tenure problems. This book discusses the causes and the environmental impact of heavy metal contamination. It then explores many exciting new methods of analysis and decontamination currently studied and applied in the field today.

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