Dear Colleagues,

The Applied Sciences welcomes submissions for a Special Issue. This Special Issue will focus on new technologies in remediation of soils contaminated with heavy metals.

Heavy metal pollution is a major global concern as human activities such as ore mining and smelting, industrial activities, agriculture, and improper disposal of waste increase the input of this element to environmental components. The major purpose of environmental remediation is to restore contaminated sites or resources to reduce the negative impact of the pollutants on human health and the environment. There are various remediation technologies, e.g., thermal techniques, physical and chemical techniques, and biological techniques such as microbial degradation and phytoremediation; however, there are still multiple challenges associated with remediation as heavy metals are considered as potentially toxic to soil biota and plants, reducing the effectiveness and efficiency of the process. Global industrialization brings new threats with it such as antimony, cobalt, lithium or thallium; however, remediation strategies for more typical elements such as arsenic, mercury, lead or cadmium are still unavailable. A lot of attention has recently been paid to pollution stabilization in soil with different organic and inorganic amendments. Nevertheless, heavy metal immobilization in soil can be a “ticking bomb effect scenario” for future generations.

This Special Issue welcomes articles on these and other themes relating to soil heavy metal pollution and remediation.

Dr. Agnieszka Medyńska-Juraszek
Prof. Dr. Anna Karczewska
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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