Environmental Pollution and Remediation

This book presents state-of-the-art environmental remediation processes. Environmental protection and management is a global concern, especially in the context of industrial regions. Over the years, several conventional, engineering-based physicochemical decontamination methods have used in the remediation of polluted sites. However, these methods are expensive and have limited efficiency. Drawing on research and examples from around the world, this book offers a comprehensive review of and insights into green technologies and sustainable remediation alternatives. It discusses the emerging importance of nanotechnology, chemo and biosensors, indicator species, microbe-based remediation of organic compounds, and ex-situ remediation methods. Addressing the growing global need for a holistic overview of the environmental remediation of polluted sites, it will appeal to teachers, researchers, scientists, capacity builders, and policymakers. It also serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of biotechnology and environmental sciences.

Autorentext

Dr. Ram Prasad is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Botany, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, India. His research interests include applied and environmental microbiology, plant-microbe interactions, sustainable agriculture, and nanobiotechnology. Dr. Prasad has authored over 150 publications, including research papers, review articles, book chapters and books. He has five patents issued or pending, and has edited several books. He has also served as an Assistant Professor at Amity University, India; Visiting Assistant Professor at Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, USA; and Research Associate Professor at the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, China.

Inhalt

Nanotechnology in agriculture, the food sector and remediation - prospects, relations and constraints.- Nanotechnology based treatment systems for Arsenic sequestration in groundwater: Contamination, challenges and future scope of studies.- Development of Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) and Its Copolymers as a Possible Cure for the Plastic Pollution.- Advanced technologies for ecological reconstruction and bioremediation of degraded land.- The recent strategies employed in chemical analysis of contaminated waters, sediments and soils as a part of the remediation process: Extraction.- Fluoride remediation using membrane processes.- A novel Constructed Wetland design with artificial aeration and sludge mineralization for municipal wastewater treatment.- Persistent organic pollutants (POPs): Sources, types, impacts and their remediation.- Emerging microfiber pollution and its remediation.- Environment remediation tools- chemo and biosensors.- Adsorptive chromatography: A sustainable strategy for treatment of food and pharmaceutical industrial effluent.- Remediation of heavy metals through genetically engineered microorganism.- Heavy metals removal processes by sulfate-reducing bacteria.- Biological implications of dioxins/furans bioaccumulation in ecosystems.- Role of micro-organisms in remediation of environmental contaminants