Overview
- Remediation chemistry approach is applied to categorize the interactions encountered between humics, ecotoxicants, and living organisms in a polluted environment
- The scope of current remedial applications of humics is assessed to define promising directions of technological developments, and to formulate the research needs
- In situ remediation technologies are shown to be the most viable option for the application of humics as active agents in remediation
Part of the book series: NATO Science Series: IV: (NAIV, volume 52)
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Effective remediation of polluted environments is a priority in both Eastern and Western countries. In the U.S. and Europe, remediation costs generally exceed the net economic value of the land. As a result, scientists and engineers on both sides of the Atlantic have aggressively tried to develop novel technologies to meet regulatory standards at a fraction of the costs. In situ remediation shows considerable promise from both technical and economic perspectives. In situ technologies that deploy natural attenuating agents such as humic substances (HS) may be even more cost effective. Numerous studies have shown humics capable of altering both the chemical and the physical speciation of the ecotoxicants and in turn attenuate potential adverse environmental repercussions. Furthermore, the reserves of inexpensive humic materials are immense. Which suggests HS portend great promise as inexpensive amendments to mitigate the environmental impacts of ecotoxicants and as active agents in remediation. To elucidate emerging concepts of humics-based remediation technologies, we organized the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW), entitled "Use of humates to remediate polluted environments: from theory to practice", held on September 23-29, 2002 in Zvenigorod, Russia (see the web-site http://www.mgumus.chem.msu.ru/arw).
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Table of contents (21 papers)
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Front Matter
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Remedial properties of humic substances: general considerations and problems in addressing needs of environmental remediation
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Complexing interactions of humic substances with heavy metals and radionuclides and their remedial implementation
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Sorptive-partitioning interactions of humic substances with organic ecotoxicants and their implementation for remediation technologies
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Impact of humic substances on physiological functions of living organisms and on microbial transformations of ecotoxicants
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Use of Humic Substances to Remediate Polluted Environments: From Theory to Practice
Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the NATO Adanced Research Workshop on Use of Humates to Remediate Polluted Environments: From Theory to Practice, held in Zvenigorod, Russia, 23-29 September 2002
Editors: Irina V. Perminova, Kirk Hatfield, Norbert Hertkorn
Series Title: NATO Science Series: IV:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3252-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-3250-9Published: 24 March 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-3251-6Published: 24 March 2005
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-3252-3Published: 07 April 2006
Series ISSN: 1568-1238
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 506
Topics: Ecotoxicology, Analytical Chemistry, Applied Microbiology, Geochemistry, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution