Contaminants and clean technologies

Contaminants and Clean Technologies provides valuable information on environmental contaminants such as industrial pollutants, micropollutants, pesticides, endocrine disruptors, pharmaceuticals, toxins, and hormones. It focuses on the various types of environmental contaminants discharged from various sources; their toxicological effects in environments, humans, animals, and plants; and their removal methods. It also covers, comprehensively, information on the contaminants released by various industries and agricultural practices, which cause severe threats to the environment. Features of the book: Elucidates systematic information on various types of environmental contaminants, and their fate and consequences Discusses contaminants such as endocrine disruptors, pharmaceutical waste, andpersonal care products Provides an overview of physicochemical and biological treatment technologies for sustainable development Details recent research finding in the area of environmental contaminants and their future challenges

Chapter 1 Emerging Environmental Contaminants: Sources, Consequences, and Future Challenges / Pankaj Chowdhary, Vishvas Hare, Anil K. Singh, Preeti Chaturvedi, and Soumya Pandit -- Chapter 2 Biological Treatment of Sulfate-Rich Wastewater / Ariovaldo Jose da Silva, Bruna Sampaio de Mello, and Arnaldo Sarti -- Chapter 3 Wetland Plants: Recent Advances in Removal of Pollutants from Contaminated Site / Poonam and Mahesh Kumar -- Chapter 4 Toxic Contaminants in Herbal Medicines / Bhanu Kumar and Subir Kumar Bose -- Chapter 5 Toxicity Evaluation of Paper Mill Pollutants Using In Silico Toxicology Approach for Environment Safety / Anil Kumar Singh, Pankaj Chowdhary, and Abhay Raj -- Chapter 6 Effect of Arsenic on Human Health and Its Removal through Physiochemical Techniques / Vishvas Hare, Pankaj Chowdhary, Siddarth Boudh, Anil Kumar Singh, Sujata Mani, and Amit Kumar -- Chapter 7 Synthesis, Characterization, and Remediation Application of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles / Sandhya Singh, Gaurav Hitkari, and Gulam Abbas -- Chapter 8 Dyes: Industrial Applications and Toxicity Profile / Sujata Mani and Pankaj Chowdhary -- Chapter 9 Importance of Bacterial Biofilm in Bioremediation / Rishi Pramod…