Inorganic and Organic Emerging Contaminants in Polluted Soils: Green Remediation Strategies

Dear Colleagues,

Soil contamination has been inherited from industrial development. The quality of soil is threatened by many human activities, including mining exploitations, transportation, improper management of waste, and intensive agriculture practices. Soil remediation is of paramount importance, since soil pollution greatly influences the quality of water, food, and human health. Many clean-up technologies have been used in the past, but today, remediation strategies are no longer exclusively based on eliminating the source of pollution, but also on blocking the pathways from contaminants to receptors or reducing exposure to contaminants in order to also recover soil quality. In recent years, knowledge of remediation technology has rapidly grown, and at present, many treatment processes appear to be feasible at the field scale. Innovative technologies, largely dependent on soil properties, such as in situ chemical oxidation, electroremediation, bio- and phytoremediation, etc., have been successfully applied.

In this Special Issue, we invite submissions exploring the development of technologies for green remediation that can tackle the issue of remediation of contaminated soils with the greatest attention to environmental quality, including the preservation of soil productivity. Survey papers and reviews are also welcome.

Prof. Dr. Mery Malandrino
Guest Editor

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• potentially toxic elements
• organic pollutants
• contaminants of emerging concern
• soil pollution
• remediation strategies