Advances in Technologies for Remediating Polluted Soils

Soil contamination, soil pollution, or land pollution as a part of land degradation is caused by the presence of xenobiotic (human-made) chemicals or other alteration in the natural soil environment. It is typically caused by industrial activity, agricultural chemicals or improper disposal of waste. The most common chemicals involved are petroleum hydrocarbons, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (such as naphthalene and benzo(a)pyrene), solvents, pesticides, lead, and other heavy metals. Contamination is correlated with the degree of industrialization and intensity of chemical substance. The concern over soil contamination stems primarily from health risks, from direct contact with the contaminated soil, vapour from the contaminants, or from secondary contamination of water supplies within and underlying the soil.Mapping of contaminated soil sites and the resulting clean ups are time-consuming and expensive tasks, and require expertise in geology, hydrology, chemistry, computer modelling, and GIS in Environmental Contamination, as well as an appreciation of the history of industrial chemistry.

In North America and Western Europe the extent of contaminated land is best known, with many of countries in these areas having a legal framework to identify and deal with this environmental problem. Developing countries tend to be less tightly regulated despite some of them having undergone significant industrialization.

In the present book, ten typical literatures about Technologies for Remediating Polluted Soils published on international authoritative journals were selected to introduce the worldwide newest progress, which contains reviews or original researches on Technologies for Remediating Polluted Soils . We hope this book can demonstrate advances in Technologies for Remediating Polluted Soils as well as give references to the researchers, students and other related people.

Sample Chapter(s)
Preface (93 KB)
Components of the Book:
  • Chapter 1
    Simultaneous addition of surfactant and oxidant to remediate a polluted soil with chlorinated organic compounds: Slurry and column experiments
  • Chapter 2
    Potential for native hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria to remediate highly weathered oil-polluted soils in Qatar through self-purification and bioaugmentation in biopiles
  • Chapter 3
    A review on sources of soil antimony pollution and recent progress on remediation of antimony polluted soils
  • Chapter 4
    Remediation of soil polluted with petroleum hydrocarbons and its reuse for agriculture: Recent progress, challenges, and perspectives
  • Chapter 5
    Toxicity and biodegradability evaluation of HCHs-polluted soils after persulfate remediation treatments
  • Chapter 6
    Remediation of real soils polluted with pesticides by activated persulfate and surfactant addition
  • Chapter 7
    Biostimulation potential of biochar for remediating the crude oil contaminated soil and plant growth
  • Chapter 8
    Valorization of steelmaking slag and coal fly ash as amendments in combination with Betula pubescens for the remediation of a highly As- and Hg-polluted mining soil
  • Chapter 9
    Co-application of biochar and microorganisms improves soybean performance and remediate cadmium-contaminated soil
  • Chapter 10
    Iron nanoparticles in combination with other conventional Fe sources remediate mercury toxicity-affected plants and soils by nutrient accumulation in bamboo species
Readership: Students, academics, teachers and other people attending or interested in Technologies for Remediating Polluted Soils.
Alif Chebbi
Department of Civil, Environmental, Architectural Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brescia, Via Branze 43, 25123, Brescia, Italy

Krish Jayachandran
Earth and Environment Department, Florida International University, USA

Jeffrey A. Coulter
Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA

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