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Heavy Metals in the Environment
Impact, Assessment, and Remediation
- 1st Edition - November 21, 2020
- Editors: Vinod Kumar, Anket Sharma, Artemi Cerda
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 6 5 6 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 6 6 0 - 6
Heavy Metals in the Environment: Impact, Assessment, and Remediation synthesizes both fundamental concepts of heavy metal pollutants and state-of-the-art techniques and technolog… Read more
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Request a sales quoteHeavy 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
Researchers and policymakers dealing with environmental pollution and control. Students in environmental science disciplines
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- 1. Heavy metals in the ecosystem: Sources and their effects
- Abstract
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Metal and their essentiality for life
- 1.3 Sources of heavy metals in the environment
- 1.4 Toxicity mechanisms
- 1.5 Uptake and bioaccumulation of heavy metals in plants
- 1.6 Impact of heavy metals on human life
- 1.7 Analysis of heavy metals in environment
- 1.8 Nature and scope of heavy metal studies
- 1.9 Conclusion
- References
- 2. Chemistry of heavy metals in the environment
- Abstract
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Metals and their essentiality for life
- 2.3 Environmentally relevant most hazardous heavy metals and metalloids
- 2.4 Chemistry of chromium
- 2.5 Chemistry of zinc
- 2.6 Chemistry of copper
- 2.7 Chemistry of arsenic
- 2.8 Chemistry of lead
- 2.9 Chemistry of cadmium
- 2.10 Chemistry of mercury
- 2.11 Chemistry of nickel
- 2.12 Conclusions and future prospects
- References
- 3. Microbiome response under heavy metal stress
- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Soil ecosystems, soil microorganisms, and soil contamination
- 3.3 Heavy metals in soil and sources of heavy metal contamination
- 3.4 Effects of heavy metal contamination on soil function
- 3.5 Impacts of heavy metals on soil microorganisms
- 3.6 Impacts of heavy metals in soil on plants
- 3.7 Impacts of heavy metals on soil and human health
- 3.8 Conclusions
- References
- 4. Monitoring and impact assessment approaches for heavy metals
- Abstract
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Monitoring and investigation of heavy metals in the environment
- 4.3 Use of bioindicators and biomarkers for determination of heavy metal pollution
- 4.4 Heavy metal levels in hair and global health implications
- 4.5 Appraisal of different heavy metal pollution indices in surface water
- 4.6 Quantification of pollution indices in soil
- 4.7 Pollution indices in sediment
- 4.8 Conclusions and future prospects
- References
- 5. Heavy metal contamination indices and ecological risk assessment index to assess metal pollution status in different soils
- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Methodologies of different contamination indices
- 5.3 Computation of ecological risk assessment
- 5.4 Status of contamination indices in agricultural, urban, roadside, and industrial soils
- 5.5 Ecological risk assessment in agricultural, urban, roadside, and industrial soils
- 5.6 Conclusions and future prospects
- Abbreviations
- References
- 6. Combination of contamination indices and ecological risk assessment index for evaluation of pollution level in sediments
- Abstract
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Methodologies of different contamination indices for assessing sediment quality
- 6.3 Status of contamination indices in sediments
- 6.4 Status of ecological risk assessment in sediments
- 6.5 Human health risk assessment approaches for the appraisal of sediments
- 6.6 Sediment quality guidelines method
- 6.7 Heavy metal pollution in sediments
- 6.8 Conclusions and future prospects
- References
- 7. Use of multivariate statistical techniques to determine the source apportionment of heavy metals in soils and sediments
- Abstract
- 7.1 General aspects of environmental pollution
- 7.2 Analytic model design
- 7.3 Generating data matrix: uncertainties
- 7.4 Basic statistical models
- 7.5 Factor analysis—extraction of dominant variables
- 7.6 Conclusions and perspectives
- References
- 8. Human health risk assessment of heavy metals in different soils and sediments
- Abstract
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Sources of heavy metals
- 8.3 Heavy metal contamination of soils and sediments
- 8.4 Soil chemistry and potential risks of heavy metals
- 8.5 Transfer of heavy metals from soil to plants and their bioaccumulation in biota
- 8.6 Human exposure to heavy metals
- 8.7 Heavy metal bioaccumulation and biomagnification in human food chains
- 8.8 Monitoring and analyzing the toxicity of heavy metals
- 8.9 Remediation strategies for the removal of heavy metals from soil
- 8.10 Conclusions and recommendations
- References
- 9. Assessment of water quality using different pollution indices and multivariate statistical techniques
- Abstract
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Methodologies of different pollution indices employed for the assessment of water quality
- 9.3 Application of multivariate techniques for water quality assessment
- 9.4 Pollution status of heavy metals in water bodies
- 9.5 Conclusions and recommendations
- References
- 10. Heavy metal contamination in water and its possible sources
- Abstract
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Sources of heavy metals
- 10.3 Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in aquatic organisms
- 10.4 Monitoring and analysis of heavy metals in water
- 10.5 Human exposure and risks
- 10.6 Conclusions and recommendations
- References
- 11. Application of geographic information system and remote sensing in heavy metal assessment
- Abstract
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Geographic information system methodologies
- 11.3 Application of remote sensing in the assessment of heavy metals in sediments and water bodies
- 11.4 Remote sensing use in the evaluation of heavy metals in different soils
- 11.5 Conclusions and recommendations
- References
- 12. Remediation and detection techniques for heavy metals in the environment
- Abstract
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Sources of heavy metals
- 12.3 Remediation technique for heavy metal contamination in the environment
- 12.4 Conclusions
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 244
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 21, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128216569
- eBook ISBN: 9780128216606
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Vinod Kumar
Vinod Kumar is Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany and Environmental Studies at DAV University. Dr. Kumar has more than 70 research articles to his credit. He completed his Ph.D. from Guru Nanak Dev University. His area of interest is assessment of soil, water and sediment pollution, remote sensing, phyto-sociology, system modeling, and multivariate statistical techniques.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor of Botany, Government Degree College Ramban-182144, Jammu.AS
Anket Sharma
Anket Sharma is currently working as a Visiting Research Scientist at University of Maryland, College Park, USA & as an Associate Professor (Adjunct) at Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou, China. Dr. Sharma has more than 100 research articles to his credit. Dr. Sharma Completed his M.Phil and Ph.D. from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India.
Affiliations and expertise
Visiting Research Scientist, University of Maryland, College Park, USA and Associate Professor (Adjunct), Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou, ChinaAC
Artemi Cerda
Artemi Cerdà is a Professor in Physical Geography who has developed his research at the University of València, University of Amsterdam, Bar-Ilan University, and the Spanish Council for Scientific Research. Dr. Cerdà also develops research exchanges with the United States Forest Service and United States Geological Service, Swansea University, Michigan Technological University and The University of Melbourne. Since 2011 he has been the President of the Soil System Sciences Division of the European Geoscience Union. He was also Editor-in-Chief of Land Degradation and Development from 2012 until 2017.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, University of Valencia, SpainRead Heavy Metals in the Environment on ScienceDirect