Assessment and Remediation of Soils Contaminated by Potentially Toxic Elements (PTE)

• Other Authors: Spagnuolo, Matteo (Editor), Adamo, Paola (Editor), Garau, Giovanni (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; History of engineering & technology; Environmental science, engineering & technology; surface geochemistry; geoprocessing; geogenic enrichment; Itacaiúnas river watershed; Carajás mineral province; urban soils; heavy metals pollution; soil contamination; pollution indexes; health risk; GFAAS; phytoremediation; phytoextraction; heavy metal; wastewater; sewage water; pollution; sustainability; spinach; cauliflower; lettuce; urban soil; parkland; contaminants; trace elements; metals; spatial autocorrelation; arsenic; chromium; copper; nickel; lead; zinc; WtE bottom ash; zinc recovery; rapeseed; sunflower; MIBA; soil remediation; mobilizing agents; microbial endophytes; lead pollution; potentially toxic element; gentle remediation options; organic amendments; Sb uptake; microbial activity; health risk assessment; Allium cepa root chromosomal aberration assay; bioaccumulation; genotoxicity; heavy metals; industrial effluents; firing ranges; Eisenia andrei; micro-X-ray fluorescence; SEM-EDX; Pb phosphates; pyromorphite; Echinochloa frumentacea; contaminated soils; toxic elements; adaptation; AOS; ascorbic acid; GSH; rhizosphere microflora; n/a
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Many soils worldwide are contaminated with potentially toxic elements (PTEs). These elements can be taken up by plant roots and accumulate in plants' organs, thus becoming a danger for the health of humans and animals. Therefore, it is still essential and urgent to understand the behavior of such contaminants in soil and find sustainable approaches to reduce the risk posed by their presence in soil systems. This volume contains ten original research articles. Four articles deal with the assessment of bioavailability of PTEs in contaminated soils, three articles report results on the application of phytoremediation to PTEs contaminated soils, one paper is related to the source-sink relationships of PTEs at basin scale, and two manuscripts address the issue of PTE contamination in urban soils.