Soil pollution from monitoring to remediation - Duarte, Armando C.; Cachada, Anabela; Rocha-Santos, Teresa (London, United Kingdom Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, 2018)
Machine generated contents note 1. Soil and Pollution: An Introduction to the Main Issues Armando C. Duarte -- 1.1. General Aspects of Soil -- 1.2. Soil Pollution: Major Causes -- 1.3. Potential Effects on the Environment and Human Health -- 1.4. Strategies and Policies for Soil Protection -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 2. Distribution, Transport and Fate of Pollutants Eduardo Ferreira da Silva -- 2.1. Soil Pollution Overview -- 2.2. Factors Affecting Soil Pollutants Distribution, Transport and Fate -- 2.3. Soil Pollutants Transport -- 2.4. Methodologies for Modeling Pollutants Leaching and Transport: An Overview -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 3. Changes in Soil Ecosystem Structure and Functions Due to Soil Contamination Maria N. Gonzalez-Alcaraz -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Soil Ecosystem Structure -- 3.3. Soil Ecosystem Functions -- 3.4. Soil Ecosystem Services -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 4. Pollutants Transformation and Metabolite Accumulation in Soils Eduarda Pereira -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Transformation of Pollutants and Respective Formation of Metabolites in Soils -- 4.3. Conclusions and Perspectives -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 5. Organic Pollutants in Soils Nicola Senesi -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Sources, Behavior, and Fate of OPs in Soils -- 5.3. Analytical Strategies for Determining OPs in Soils -- 5.4. Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 6. Inorganic Pollutants in Soils Nuno Duraes -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Sources and Levels of Potential Toxic Elements (PTEs) in Soils -- 6.3. Methodologies for Monitoring PTEs in Soils -- 6.4. Case Study: Copper in Douro Vineyards Soils -- 6.5. Case Study: Sources and Spatial Distribution of Cr and Pb in Athens Soil -- 6.6. Case Study: Arsenic and Metal Soil Contamination in a Historical Mining Zone (Zimapan, Mexico) -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 7. Nanomaterials as Soil Pollutants Cornelis A.M. Van Gestel -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Routes of Entry of ENM into Soil During Nano-enabled Products Life Cycle -- 7.3. Fate in Soil -- 7.4. Bioavailability of ENM -- 7.5. Biological Interactions of ENM in Soils -- 7.6. Exposure and Hazard Assessment of ENM -- 7.7. Toxicokinetics of ENM -- 7.8. Trophic Transfer of ENM -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 8. Ecotoxicological Effects and Risk Assessment of Pollutants Christian P. Andersen -- 8.1. Soil Ecotoxicology in Risk Assessment: Applications and Developments -- 8.2. Frameworks, Legal Support, and Implementation of ERA -- 8.3. Future Perspectives -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 9. Human Health Risks and Soil Pollution Paul F.A.M. Romkens -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Human Health Risks from Soil Pollution -- 9.3. Factors Affecting Potential Human Health Hazardous Effects -- 9.4. Tools to Assess Human Health Risks -- 9.5. Inclusion of Site-Specific Bioavailability Measurements in Risk Assessment -- 9.6. Emerging Issues and Case Studies -- 9.7. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Further Reading -- 10. Strategies for Soil Protection and Remediation Amarilis de Varennes -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. Phytoremediation Techniques and Principles -- 10.3. Assisted Phytostabilization in Mine-Contaminated Soils -- 10.4. Industrially Contaminated Site Remediation -- 10.5. Sustainable Management Systems and Environmental Policies for Soil Protection -- Acknowledgments -- References.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Soil pollution