Heavy Metals in the Environment: Origin, Interaction and Remediation: Volume 6

Excessive levels of heavy metals can be introduced into the environment, for example, by industrial waste or fertilizers. Soil represents a major sink for heavy metals ions, which can then enter the food chain via plants or leaching into groundwater. In Heavy Metal Ions in the Environment , the author looks at where heavy metals ions come from, how they interact with the environment and how they can be removed from the environment - by a process known as remediation. This book serves as a valuable addition to an increasingly important field of study, which is, at present, served by a limited number of archival texts.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0120883813
• ISBN13: 9780120883813
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.8"