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- This book deals with the integrated approach of bioremediaton to decontaminate the sites & effluents and to mitigate air pollution.
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Environmental contamination from both natural and anthropogenic sources is, today, a major environmental concern due to pervasiveness and persistence of many toxicants. It is considered as an inevitable evil of our progress and modernization. To decontaminate the soils, sediments and waters, polluted by anthropogenic activities, the scientists and technologists have evolved different technologies over the years. Although we have to pay high cost for physical and chemical environmental technologies, but they are not eco-friendly and safe. Hence, it was deeply realized to develop viable technologies employing microbes and plants to remediate not only metallic residues and radionuclides, but also the xenobiotic compounds like PCBs, PAHs, PCPs, petroleum sludge and the military wastes. No doubt, the scientists have also got some success in this endeavour and as the result, many companies are in place today to promote the sale of plant or microbe-based technologies to deal with specific environmental contamination challenges. Besides, these technologies are se- driven and do not disturb the sites in cleaning process.
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Front Matter
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Environmental Bioremediation Technologies
Editors: Shree N. Singh, Rudra D. Tripathi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34793-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-34790-3Published: 30 October 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07111-9Published: 14 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-34793-4Published: 05 February 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 520
Number of Illustrations: 58 b/w illustrations
Topics: Biogeosciences, Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology, Biotechnology, Waste Management/Waste Technology, Soil Science & Conservation