Impact Of Heavy Metals On The Environment

Author : Jean-Pierre Vernet
Publisher : Elsevier Publishing Company
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Environmental health
ISBN : UCSD:31822016455701

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Impact of Heavy Metals on the Environment by Jean-Pierre Vernet Pdf

Highlighted in this compilation of papers is the role and importance of heavy metals in the environment. It provides up-to-date information in a field of active research and progress, where the focus is on effects and interactions between the environment and organisms, as well as contaminant dynamics. Several papers address the impact of heavy metals on our health. The influence of metals on plants is described in an exhaustive study on lichens, which have been widely used as biomonitors for environmental contamination by heavy metals. Metals are also accumulated by animals, as seen in a chapter which focusses on sediment/benthic organism interactions and biomonitoring in fish. Soil interactions are discussed, as well as regional studies of freshwater sediments and the marine environment. The final part of the book addresses a crucial problem: the management of stabilized municipal waste sludges. As a result, the most important and significant recent trends are included, emphasizing interactions with and impacts of heavy metals on humans, animals, plants and soils.

Author : Vinod Kumar,Anket Sharma,Artemi Cerda
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128216569

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Heavy Metals in the Environment by Vinod Kumar,Anket Sharma,Artemi Cerda Pdf

Heavy Metals in the Environment: Impact, Assessment, and Remediation synthesizes both fundamental concepts of heavy metal pollutants and state-of-the-art techniques and technologies for assessment and remediation. The book discusses the sources, origin and health risk assessment of heavy metals as well as the application of GIS, remote sensing and multivariate techniques in the assessment of heavy metals. The various contamination indices like contamination factor, geoaccumulation index, enrichment factor, and pollution index ecological risk index are also included to provide further context on the state of heavy metals in the environment. Covering a variety of approaches, techniques, and scenarios, this book is a key resource for environmental scientists and policymakers working to address environmental pollutants. Covers state-of-the-art techniques for the assessment and remediation of heavy metals Presents the interdisciplinary impacts of heavy metals, including human health, ecosystems and water quality Includes various contamination indices, such as contamination factor, geoaccumulation index, enrichment factor, pollution index and ecological risk index

Author : N. W. Lepp
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401173391

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Effect of Heavy Metal Pollution on Plants by N. W. Lepp Pdf

Trace metals occur as natural constituents of the earth's crust, and are ever present constituents of soils, natural waters and living matter. The biological significance of this disparate assemblage of elements has gradually been uncovered during the twentieth century; the resultant picture is one of ever-increasing complexity. Several of these elements have been demonstrated to be essential to the functions of living organisms, others appear to only interact with living matter in a toxic manner, whilst an ever-decreasing number do not fall conveniently into either category. When the interactions between trace metals and plants are considered, one must take full account of the known chemical properties of each element. Consideration must be given to differences in chemical reactivity, solubility and to interactions with other inorganic and organic molecules. A clear understanding of the basic chemical properties of an element of interest is an essential pre-requisite to any subsequent consideration of its biological significance. Due consideration to basic chemical considerations is a theme which runs through the collection of chapters in both volumes.

Author : Mazen Nazal,Hongbo Zhao
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781839681219

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Heavy Metals by Mazen Nazal,Hongbo Zhao Pdf

In recent years, urbanization and industrialization have produced large amounts of heavy metals, which are highly toxic to both humans and the environment. This book presents a comprehensive overview of heavy metals including their physiochemical properties, toxicity, transfer in the environment, legislation, environmental impacts, and mitigation measures. Written by experts in the field, chapters include scientific research as well as case studies.

Author : Lawrence K. Wang,Jiaping Paul Chen,Yung-Tse Hung,Nazih K. Shammas
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1420073192

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Heavy Metals in the Environment by Lawrence K. Wang,Jiaping Paul Chen,Yung-Tse Hung,Nazih K. Shammas Pdf

A successful modern heavy metal control program for any industry will include not only traditional water pollution control, but also air pollution control, soil conservation, site remediation, groundwater protection, public health management, solid waste disposal, and combined industrial-municipal heavy metal waste management. In fact, it should be a total environmental control program. Comprehensive in scope, Heavy Metals in the Environment provides technical and economical information on the development of a feasible total heavy metal control program that can benefit industry and local municipalities. The book discusses the importance and contamination of metals such as lead, chromium, cadmium, zinc, copper, nickel, iron, and mercury. It covers important research of metals in the environment, the processes and mechanisms for metals control and removal, the environmental behavior and effects of engineered metal and metal oxide nanoparticles, environmental geochemistry of high arsenic aquifer systems, nano-technology applications in metal ion adsorption, biosorption of metals, and heavy metal removal by expopolysaccharide-producing cyanobacteria. The authors delineate technologies for metals treatment and management, metal bearing effluents, metal-contaminated solid wastes, metal finishing industry wastes and brownfield sites, and arsenic-contaminated groundwater streams. They also discuss control, treatment, and management of metal emissions from motor vehicles. The authors reflect the breadth of the field and draw on personal experiences to provide an in-depth presentation of environmental pollution sources, waste characteristics, control technologies, management strategies, facility innovations, process alternatives, costs, case histories, effluent standards, and future trends for each industrial or commercial operation. The methodologies and technologies discussed are directly applicable to the waste management problems that must be met in all industries.

Author : J.W. Moore,S. Ramamoorthy
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461252108

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Heavy Metals in Natural Waters by J.W. Moore,S. Ramamoorthy Pdf

This series is dedicated to serving the growing community of scholars and practitioners concerned with the principles and applications of environ mental management. Each volume is a thorough treatment of a specific topic of importance for proper management practices. A fundamental objective of these books is to help the reader discern and implement man's stewardship of our environment and the world's renewable re sources. For we must strive to understand the relationship between man and nature, act to bring harmony to it, and nurture an environment that is both stable and productive. These objectives have often eluded us because the pursuit of other individual and societal goals has diverted us from a course of living in balance with the environment. At times, therefore, the environmental manager may have to exert restrictive control, which is usually best applied to man, not nature. Attempts to alter or harness nature have often failed or backfired, as exemplified by the results of imprudent use of herbicides, fertilizers, water, and other agents. Each book in this series will shed light on the fundamental and applied aspects of environmental management. It is hoped that each will help solve a practical and serious environmental problem.

Author : Vinod Kumar,Anket Sharma,Artemi Cerda
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128216606

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Heavy Metals in the Environment by Vinod Kumar,Anket Sharma,Artemi Cerda Pdf

Heavy Metals in the Environment: Impact, Assessment, and Remediation synthesizes both fundamental concepts of heavy metal pollutants and state-of-the-art techniques and technologies for assessment and remediation. The book discusses the sources, origin and health risk assessment of heavy metals as well as the application of GIS, remote sensing and multivariate techniques in the assessment of heavy metals. The various contamination indices like contamination factor, geoaccumulation index, enrichment factor, and pollution index ecological risk index are also included to provide further context on the state of heavy metals in the environment. Covering a variety of approaches, techniques, and scenarios, this book is a key resource for environmental scientists and policymakers working to address environmental pollutants. Covers state-of-the-art techniques for the assessment and remediation of heavy metals Presents the interdisciplinary impacts of heavy metals, including human health, ecosystems and water quality Includes various contamination indices, such as contamination factor, geoaccumulation index, enrichment factor, pollution index and ecological risk index

Author : Hosam El-Din M. Saleh,Refaat Aglan
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781789233605

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Heavy Metals by Hosam El-Din M. Saleh,Refaat Aglan Pdf

Fundamental societal changes resulted from the necessity of people to get organized in mining, transporting, processing, and circulating the heavy metals and their follow-up products, which in consequence resulted in a differentiation of society into diversified professions and even societal strata. Heavy metals are highly demanded technological materials, which drive welfare and progress of the human society, and often play essential metabolic roles. However, their eminent toxicity challenges the field of chemistry, physics, engineering, cleaner production, electronics, metabolomics, botany, biotechnology, and microbiology in an interdisciplinary and cross-sectorial manner. Today, all these scientific disciplines are called to dedicate their efforts in a synergistic way to avoid exposure of heavy metals into the eco- and biosphere, to reliably monitor and quantify heavy metal contamination, and to foster the development of novel strategies to remediate damage caused by heavy metals.

Author : Howard T. Odum
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781420032840

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Heavy Metals in the Environment by Howard T. Odum Pdf

Much of the convenience of modern life resides in sheet metal, the cowling shield of most machines and appliances. However, the load that this takes off human shoulders has to be carried elsewhere, and the Earth has borne the burden. Many of us woke up to the environmental cost when over a century of industrialization finally surpassed the capacity of nature to assimilate it. International in scope, Heavy Metals in the Environment: Using Wetlands for Their Removal discusses wetland functions and heavy metal contamination. It addresses such questions as: Can systems powered by sunlight handle toxins more effectively than systems running on fossil fuel? At what scale and by what means do we define efficiency? These questions resonate increasingly with a number of global challenges. As inescapable as climate change, you can no longer avoid airborne toxins, acid rain, and polluted water by moving away from them. When the time comes to rely less on fossil fuel-based technology, how will we clean up the aftermath of toxic misadventures? Written by a leader in the growing field of ecological engineering, Heavy Metals in the Environment: Using Wetlands for Their Removal presents scientific studies that illustrate how natural systems use wetlands to adapt to changes in the ecosystem. It focuses primarily on lead, one of the first materials used by developing civilizations and a metal used heavily in the industrial era. The goal: to achieve a better understanding of how natural systems use wetlands to adapt to wastes.

Author : Sanjay K. Sharma
Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781849738859

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Heavy Metals In Water by Sanjay K. Sharma Pdf

This book highlights the latest research on dissolved heavy metals in drinking water and their removal.

Author : Frederic R. Siegel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662047392

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Environmental Geochemistry of Potentially Toxic Metals by Frederic R. Siegel Pdf

Author : Ozgur Karcioglu,Banu Arslan
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781838807856

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Poisoning in the Modern World by Ozgur Karcioglu,Banu Arslan Pdf

Over 400 years ago, Swiss alchemist and physician Paracelsus (1493-1541) cited: "All substances are poisons; there is none that is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison from a remedy." This is often condensed to: "The dose makes the poison." So, why are we overtly anxious about intoxications?In fact, poisons became a global problem with the industrial revolution. Pesticides, asbestos, occupational chemicals, air pollution, and heavy metal toxicity maintain high priority worldwide, especially in developing countries. Children between 0 and 5 years old are the most vulnerable to both acute and chronic poisonings, while older adults suffer from the chronic effects of chemicals. This book aims to raise awareness about the challenges of poisons, to help clinicians understand current issues in toxicology.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:873951229

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Effect of Heavy Metal Pollution on Plants by Anonim Pdf

Author : Maulin P. Shah,Susana Rodriguez-Couto,Vineet Kumar
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780128231081

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New Trends in Removal of Heavy Metals from Industrial Wastewater by Maulin P. Shah,Susana Rodriguez-Couto,Vineet Kumar Pdf

New Trends in Removal of Heavy Metals from Industrial Wastewater covers the applicable technologies relating to the removal of heavy metals from wastewater and new and emerging trends in the field, both at the laboratory and industrial scale. Sections explore new environmentally friendly technologies, the principles of sustainable development, the main factors contributing to heavy metal removal from wastewater, methods and procedures, materials (especially low-cost materials originated from industrial and agricultural waste), management of wastewater containing heavy metals and wastewater valorization, recycling, environmental impact, and wastewater policies for post heavy metal removal. This book is an advanced and updated vision of existing heavy metal removal technologies with their limitations and challenges and their potential application to remove heavy metals/environmental pollutants through advancements in bioremediation. Finally, sections also cover new trends and advances in environmental bioremediation with recent developments in this field by an application of chemical/biochemical and environmental biotechnology. Outlines the fate and occurrence of heavy metals in Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) and potential approaches for their removal Describes the techniques currently available for removing heavy metals from wastewater Discusses the emerging technologies in heavy metal removal Covers biological treatments to remove heavy metals Includes the valorization of heavy metal containing wastewater

Author : G. Mance
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400934214

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Pollution Threat of Heavy Metals in Aquatic Environments by G. Mance Pdf

The role of the European Community in developing environmental legislation has focused the minds of pollution control agencies and industrialists on the need for, and the evidence to support, water quality standards. This is particularly so for the Dangerous Substances Directive which has led to European standards for cadmium, mercury and lindane. Additionally the United Kingdom has published standards for six other non-ferrous metals. In this book I have sought to review the aquatic toxicity information for these and other metals, not just by the collation of the results of all the published toxicity tests, but by the critical consideration of the test techniques. A surprising proportion of the reported toxicity studies for aquatic organisms are based on unsatisfactory chemical or biological methods. That such weaknesses persist at a time of limited resources for environmental research is disappointing, especially when sound metho dologies are extensively documented and widely published. Evaluation of the critically reviewed and vetted data indicates that many of the previously accepted generalisations about the toxicity of metals to aquatic life are invalid: for instance the assumption that salmonid species of fish are more susceptible to these metals than coarse fish, or that increased water hardness decreases toxicity. Too few studies have actually sought to test such hypotheses.