reviewHeliyonMay 26, 2023GOLD OA

Past, present and future trends in the remediation of heavy-metal contaminated soil - Remediation techniques applied in real soil-contamination events

Estación Experimental del Zaidín · Misión Biológica de Galicia

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Abstract

Most worldwide policy frameworks, including the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, highlight soil as a key non-renewable natural resource which should be rigorously preserved to achieve long-term global sustainability. Although some soil is naturally enriched with heavy metals (HMs), a series of anthropogenic activities are known to contribute to their redistribution, which may entail potentially harmful environmental and/or human health effects if certain concentrations are exceeded. If this occurs, the implementation of rehabilitation strategies is highly recommended. Although there are many publications dealing with the elimination of HMs using different methodologies, most of those works have…

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Keywords
  • Environmental remediation
  • Environmental science
  • Phytoremediation
  • Soil contamination
  • Contaminated land
  • Environmental planning
  • Sustainability
  • Soil remediation
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