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Heavy metal contamination of water and soil : analysis, assessment, and remediation strategies /
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 ava...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
Apple Academic Press,
[2014]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxx, 354 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781482239652 1482239655 1306502152 9781306502153 |