Wang L.K., Chen J.P., Hung Y.-T., Shammas N.K. Heavy Metals in the Environment

Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 2009. — 492 p. — ISBN: 1420073168A successful modern heavy metal control program for any industry will include not only traditional water pollution control, but also air pollution control, soil conservation, site remediation, groundwater protection, public health management, solid waste disposal, and combined industrial-municipal heavy metal waste management. In fact, it should be a total environmental control program. Comprehensive in scope, Heavy Metals in the Environment provides technical and economical information on the development of a feasible total heavy metal control program that can benefit industry and local municipalities. The book discusses the importance and contamination of metals such as lead, chromium, cadmium, zinc, copper, nickel, iron, and mercury. It covers important research of metals in the environment, the processes and mechanisms for metals control and removal, the environmental behavior and effects of engineered metal and metal oxide nanoparticles, environmental geochemistry of high arsenic aquifer systems, nano-technology applications in metal ion adsorption, biosorption of metals, and heavy metal removal by expopolysaccharide-producing cyanobacteria. The authors delineate technologies for metals treatment and management, metal bearing effluents, metal-contaminated solid wastes, metal finishing industry wastes and brownfield sites, and arsenic-contaminated groundwater streams. They also discuss control, treatment, and management of metal emissions from motor vehicles. The authors reflect the breadth of the field and draw on personal experiences to provide an in-depth presentation of environmental pollution sources, waste characteristics, control technologies, management strategies, facility innovations, process alternatives, costs, case histories, effluent standards, and future trends for each industrial or commercial operation. The methodologies and technologies discussed are directly applicable to the waste management problems that must be met in all industries.Metal Research Trends in the Environmental Field
Toxicity and Sources of Pb, Cd, Hg, Cr, As, and Radionuclides in the Environment
Environmental Behavior and Effects of Engineered Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles
Heavy Metal Removal with Exopolysaccharide-Producing Cyanobacteria
Environmental Geochemistry of High-Arsenic Aquifer Systems
Nanotechnology Application in Metal Ion Adsorption
Biosorption of Metals onto Granular Sludge
Arsenic Pollution: Occurrence, Distribution, and Technologies
Treatment of Metal-Bearing Effl uents: Removal and Recovery
Management and Treatment of Acid Pickling Wastes Containing Heavy Metals
Treatment and Management of Metal Finishing Industry Wastes
Recycling and Disposal of Hazardous Solid Wastes Containing Heavy Metals and Other Toxic Substances
Management and Removal of Heavy Metals from Contaminated Soil
Remediation of Metal Finishing Brownfi eld Sites
Control, Management, and Treatment of Metal Emissions from Motor Vehicles