Integrated Remediation Processes toward Heavy Metal-Contaminated Environment
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Toxicity Reduction and Environmental Remediation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 September 2024 | Viewed by 4362
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental microbial technology; heavy metals removal; environmental remediation
Interests: microbial–mineral interaction; mine restoration; paddy soil bioremediation; metal(loid) transformation
Interests: heavy metal removal; soil remediation; antimicrobial resistance; antibiotic resistance gene
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the development of urban industrialization and the utilization of mineral resources, a lot of toxic pollutants (especially heavy metals) enter the water ecosystem, agricultural soil and atmosphere, which cause a serious threat to human health. Under the national dual carbon target, researchers are trying to exploit the integrated technologies for pollution removal and carbon reduction. To date, various remediation technologies (e.g., environmental microorganism, hyperaccumulator, functional materials, and multi-technology combination strategies) have been developed worldwide to deal with the contaminated water, soil, or even groundwater. It is expected that the dual carbon target associated with heavy metal remediation can be concurrently achieved by removing or stabilizing heavy metal in the environment, thus reducing their ecological risks. This Special Issue aims to receive submissions of high-quality, original, and previously unpublished research on the fundamental theory and engineering practice of the heavy metal remediation technologies, including, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Biogeochemical processes of heavy metal, including migration, transformation, fate, oxidation, reduction;
- Advanced heavy metal remediation technology (targeting, persistence, mechanism);
- Ecological safety assessment methods of remediation technology.
Dr. Liang Hu
Dr. Luhua Jiang
Dr. Zhigang Yu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- heavy metals
- soil remediation
- phytoremediation
- microbial technology
- bioavailability
- biochar
- risk assessment
- contaminated site