The occurrence of new emerging contaminants in surface waters has recently grabbed
increased attention of the scientific community. The adoption of Advanced Oxidation …

Unlike organic contaminants, metal (loid) s do not undergo microbial or chemical
degradation and persist for a long time after their introduction. Bioavailability of metal (loid) s …

Scattered literature is harnessed to critically review the possible sources, chemistry,
potential biohazards and best available remedial strategies for a number of heavy metals …

Heavy metals in agricultural soils exist in diverse dissolved (free cations and complexed
species of positive, neutral, or negative charges), particulate (sorbed, structural, and …

The use of higher plants to remediate contaminated land is known as phytoremediation, a
term coined 15 years ago. Among green technologies addressed to metal pollution …

Pollution of soils with As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn, collectively termed heavy metals
(HMs), can threaten human health and ecosystem functioning. Therefore, polluted soils must …

Cadmium (Cd) is a heavy metal that is of great concern in the environment, because of its
toxicity to animals and humans. This article reviews recent papers showing how soil factors …

Mining, manufacturing, industrialization and the use of synthetic products have resulted in
heavy metal contamination of all the segments of environment. Due to their non …

Since their introduction in the late 1970s, sequential extraction procedures have
experienced a rapid increase in use. They are now applied for a large number of potentially …

Remediation of heavy metal contaminated soil with appropriate washing agents is crucial to
the decline in the harmfulness of contaminated soil by heavy metals to the environment and …