Fate and Transport of Heavy Metals in the Vadose Zone
Contributors: Hussein Magd Eldin Selim (Editor); I. K. Iskandar (Editor)
Publisher: Ann Arbor press
Published: November 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781575040851
Subjects: Soil Pollution; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Soil Chemistry; Technology; Soils; Environmental Engineering & Technology; Agriculture & Farming; Chemistry; Environmental science; Pollution of land & crops; Soil science, sedimentology; Zone of aeration; Agriculture - General; Environmental aspects; Heavy metal content; Heavy metals
First sentence: Environmental contamination resulting from the extensive use of metals and semimetals in industry, agriculture, and in manufactured products has magnified the threat of toxicity for plants, animals, and society.