Soil Heavy Metal Pollution, Remediation, and Risk Assessment
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 15617
Special Issue Editors
Interests: heavy metal; soil remediation; effect assessment; immobilization; bioavailability
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Interests: sustainable remediation; green technology; trace element; toxicity; model
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We all depend on soil for a wide diversity of ecosystem services, for the production of food and water (provisioning service), for the control of climate and disease (regulating service), for global elemental cycles (supporting service), and for spiritual and recreational benefits (cultural service). Unfortunately, soil is a fragile resource. Anthropogenic activities are increasingly causing soil degradation and a decline in biodiversity which, in turn, threatens to diminish the capacity of the earth to sustain us. Often, soil can become contaminated with trace elements due to either accidental or deliberate release. In this Special Issue, we are therefore highly interested in contributions related to soil pollution control and sustainable remediation technology. In particular, we encourage our peers to submit their studies exploring the behavior, fate, bioavailability, and effects of typical metals in soil before and after remediation. We welcome all the topics that promote a qualitative and/or quantitative understanding of chemical and biological processes involved in the remediation of contaminated soils.
Dr. Erkai He
Dr. Hao Qiu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- soil remediation
- heavy metal
- bioavailability
- model
- toxicity
- risk assessment
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