Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Heavy Metals - Their Environmental Impacts and Mitigation

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Academic Editor

Mazen Nazal
Mazen Nazal

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals,
Saudi Arabia

Co-editor

Hongbo Zhao
Hongbo Zhao

Central South University,
China

Published03 November 2021

Doi10.5772/intechopen.91574

ISBN978-1-83968-122-6

Print ISBN978-1-83968-121-9

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-1-83968-402-9

Copyright year2021

Number of pages280

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Open access  chapters

1. Environmental Pollution with Heavy Metals: A Public Health Concern

By Mir Mohammad Ali, Delower Hossain, Al-Imran, Md. Suzan Khan, Maksuda Begum and Mahadi Hasan Osman

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3. Concentrations of Heavy Metals as Proxies of Marine Pollution along Nellore Coast of South District, Andhra Pradesh

By Madri Pramod Kumar, Tella Lakshmi Prasad, Kothapalli Nagalakshmi, Nadimikeri Jayaraju and Ballari Lakshmanna

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4. Heavy Metal Contamination in a Protected Natural Area from Southeastern Mexico: Analysis of Risks to Human Health

By Claudia Alejandra Aguilar, Yunuen Canedo, Carlos Montalvo, Alejandro Ruiz and Rocio Barreto

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6. Role of Heavy Metals in the Incidence of Human Cancers

By Vincent Salvatore Gallicchio and Juley Harper

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9. Metallothioneins: Diverse Protein Family to Bind Metallic Ions

By Ettiyagounder Parameswari, Tamilselvan Ilakiya, Veeraswamy Davamani, Periasami Kalaiselvi and Selvaraj Paul Sebastian

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10. Removal of Heavy Metals from Wastewater by Adsorption

By Athar Hussain, Sangeeta Madan and Richa Madan

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12. Rare Earth Elements Biorecovery from Mineral Ores and Industrial Wastes

By Laura Castro, M. Luisa Blázquez, Felisa González and Jesús A. Muñoz

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15. Modern Technologies for Pest Control: A Review

By Meenu Agarwal and Ayushi Verma

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