Overview

Soil contamination is the presence of man-made chemicals or other alteration in the natural soil environment. This type of contamination typically arises from the rupture of underground storage tanks, application of pesticides, percolation of contaminated surface water to subsurface strata, leaching of wastes from landfills or direct discharge of industrial wastes to the soil. The most common chemicals involved are petroleum hydrocarbons, solvents, pesticides, lead and other heavy metals. This occurrence of this phenomenon is correlated with the degree of industrialisation and intensity of chemical usage. The concern over soil contamination stems primarily from health risks, both of direct contact and from secondary contamination of water supplies. Mapping of contaminated soil sites and the resulting cleanup are time consuming and expensive tasks, requiring extensive amounts of geology, hydrology, chemistry and computer modelling skills. This book presents the latest research from around the world in this field.

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Author:   Javier B Domínguez
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Weight:   0.766kg
ISBN:  

9781604563191

ISBN 10:   1604563192
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   01 June 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Preface; Complementary Approaches for Using Ecotoxicity Data in Soil Pollution Evaluation: Risk Based Versus Direct Toxicity Assessments; Validated Approaches to Restoring the Health of Ecosystems Affected by Soil Pollution; The structure and stability of microbial communities in metallophytic grassland soils that have been subjected to long term contamination by heavy metals; Contamination of Vineyard Soils with Fungicide-Derived Copper; Soil pollution and response of microorganisms to oxidative stress; Construction of an efficient bioremediation system for petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soils using specific hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria and bacterial biomass monitoring; Heavy metals in Mediterranean soils; The Role of Natural Self-Purification Processes in In-Stream on Site Clean-up Activities; Use of plant bioassays for the detection of genotoxic compounds in soils; Statistical approaches to establish background values of potentially toxic elements; Index.

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