Water Pollution and Remediation: Heavy Metals, Paperback / softback Book

Water Pollution and Remediation: Heavy Metals Paperback / softback

Edited by Inamuddin, Mohd Imran Ahamed, Eric Lichtfouse

Part of the Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World series

Paperback / softback

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Pollution of waters by toxic metals is accelerating worldwide due to industrial and population growth, notably in countries having poor environmental laws, resulting in many diseases such as cancer.

Classical remediation techniques are limited. This books reviews new, advanced or improved techniques for metal removal, such as hybrid treatments, nanotechnologies and unconventional adsorbents, e.g. metal-organic frameworks. Contaminants include rare earth elements, arsenic, lead, cadmium, chromium, copper and effluents from the electronic, textile, agricultural and pharmaceutical industries.

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