TY - CHAP AU - Mir Mohammad Ali AU - Delower Hossain AU - Al-Imran AU - Md. Suzan Khan AU - Maksuda Begum AU - Mahadi Hasan Osman ED - Mazen Khaled Nazal ED - Hongbo Zhao Y1 - 2021-06-24 PY - 2021 T1 - Environmental Pollution with Heavy Metals: A Public Health Concern N2 - In recent years, urbanization and industrialization have produced large amounts of heavy metals, which are highly toxic to both humans and the environment. This book presents a comprehensive overview of heavy metals including their physiochemical properties, toxicity, transfer in the environment, legislation, environmental impacts, and mitigation measures. Written by experts in the field, chapters include scientific research as well as case studies. BT - Heavy Metals SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.96805 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.96805 SN - 978-1-83968-122-6 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-19 ER -