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Hard Bound Special Issue

HEAVY METALS AND ORGANIC POLLUTANTS

Green Remediation Processes

To be published in RASĀYAN Journal of Chemistry in December 2010

Editors 

LEAD EDITOR

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Dr Sandhya Babel
Associate Professor
School of Biochemical Engineering and Technology
Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology
Thammasat University
PO Box 22, Pathumthani 12121, Thailand

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Progress throughout the world indisputably relies on many industrial, agricultural and manufacturing processes.  These processes are however also the main generators of various types of wastes, process biological residues and wastewaters that are normally discharged as undesired materials. The presentation and discussion of original research information, critical reviews and case studies on the generation, characterization, monitoring and more importantly novel environmental friendly treatment technologies and processes of contaminated media are more than ever justified in order to design and implement proactive methodologies which foster sustainable development and environmental stewardship.
Rapid industrialization and urbanization have resulted in elevated emission of toxic heavy metals and organic pollutants (herein collectively referred to as “contaminants”) entering the biosphere. Various anthropogenic activities such as mining and agriculture have polluted extensive areas throughout the world.  The release of such contaminants in biologically available forms may damage or alter both natural and man–made ecosystems.  Wastewaters from various industries, such as metal finishing, electroplating, plastics, pigments and mining, contain several contaminants of health and environmental concern, such as cadmium, copper, chromium, zinc and nickel. Conventional methods for the removal of the contaminants from wastewaters and other contaminated media (soil, sludge and air) include chemical precipitation, electroflotation, ion exchange, reverse osmosis and adsorption onto activated carbon. 

But due to operational demerits and poor environmental sustainability, high cost of the treatment and the generation of toxic chemical sludges, some new technologies have been tried for a long time. The emerging concept of Green Chemistry has led to the identification of a number of microbial biomass types that are extremely effective in concentrating such contaminants. Green Chemistry (environmentally benign chemistry) is the utilization of set of principles that reduces or eliminates the use or generation of hazardous substances in the design, manufacture and application of chemical products. In practice, green chemistry is taken to cover a much broader range of issues than the definition suggests but may be lumped under the 12 principles which are related to prevention, atom economy, less hazardous chemical syntheses, designing safer chemicals, safer solvents and auxiliaries, design for energy efficiency, use of renewable feedstocks, reduce derivatives, catalysis, design for degradation, real–time analysis for pollution prevention and inherently safer chemistry for accident prevention.

The specific aim of this Special Issue of RJC is to present a rich mix of the original research work, case studies and critical reviews that best serve to help understand and keep pace with the issues related to and technical and research progress achieved in heavy metals and organic pollutants remediation/removal using techniques which fit under the concept of Green Chemistry and respond to at least one of the 12 principles.

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