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Soil Pollution Control and Remediation

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemoenvironment".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 3322

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Xiaoli Zhu

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School of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an 710127, China
Interests: remediation of heavy metal and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contamination; microbial remediation technology; environmental friendly biomaterials; biochar immobilized microorganisms; multiple combined remediation technology

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Due to intensifying agricultural, industrial, and commercial development, alarming amounts of toxic pollutants have been accumulating in the soils in recent decades. Consequently, soil has become a sink of various kinds of pollutants, including inorganic, organic and biological pollutants (such as heavy metals, microplastics, pesticides and antibiotic resistance genes, etc.). Soil pollution has adverse implications for food security, ecological sustainability, and human health. To achieve the United Nation's "2030 Global Sustainable Development Agenda", developing research on soil pollution control and remediation is becoming a frontier in environmental sciences. Thus, a platform to convey the most recent research findings is required for professionals and researchers working on pollutants across many disciplines.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) focuses on the current state of knowledge on this issue. We will accept manuscripts related to various disciplines, including soil pollutants’ toxicity, soil pollution monitoring methodologies, soil pollutants’ distribution and pathways, soil pollutant health-impact assessment, soil remediation techniques and materials, etc. In addition, papers dealing with new approaches to soil pollutant standards or risk assessment and management are also welcome. Research papers, reviews, case reports, conference papers, and other manuscript types are all welcome.

Here are some examples of topics which could be addressed in this Special Issue:

  1. Interactions between soil components and pollutants and their impacts on soil ecosystems.
  2. Soil pollutants’ dynamics and fate in soil–plant systems.
  3. Soil pollutant monitoring, modelling and risk assessment.
  4. Novel environmentally friendly soil remediation techniques and approaches.

Prof. Dr. Xiaoli Zhu
Guest Editor

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • soil pollution
  • soil pollution remediation
  • soil pollutants impacts
  • soil–plant systems
  • environmentally friendly soil remediation

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A Novel Adsorbent of Attapulgite & Carbon Composites Derived from Spent Bleaching Earth for Synergistic Removal of Copper and Tetracycline in Water
by Yuxin Ke, Xiaoli Zhu, Shaocheng Si, Ting Zhang, Junqiang Wang and Ziye Zhang
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(2), 1573; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021573 - 15 Jan 2023
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Simultaneously eliminating tetracycline (TC) and copper (Cu-II) from wastewater was investigated by applying a novel adsorbent fabricated by transforming spent bleaching earth (SBE) into attapulgite & carbon composites (A&Cs). Pyrolysis temperature for A&Cs preparation exhibited a positive effect on Cu(II) adsorption, while the [...] Read more.
Simultaneously eliminating tetracycline (TC) and copper (Cu-II) from wastewater was investigated by applying a novel adsorbent fabricated by transforming spent bleaching earth (SBE) into attapulgite & carbon composites (A&Cs). Pyrolysis temperature for A&Cs preparation exhibited a positive effect on Cu(II) adsorption, while the AC500 possessed the greatest performance for TC remediation. Interestingly, a synergistic effect instead of competitive adsorption occurred between Cu(II) and TC under the combined binary system, as both TC and Cu(II) adsorption amount on A&C500 increased more than that in the single system, which could be mainly attributed to the bridge actions between the TC and Cu(II). In addition, hydrogen bonding, ᴨ-ᴨ EDA interaction, pore-filling and complexation exerted significant roles in the adsorption process of TC and Cu(II). In general, this study offered a new perspective on the regeneration of livestock and poultry industry wastewater polluted with antibiotics and heavy metals. Full article
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Are Natural or Anthropogenic Factors Influencing Potentially Toxic Elements’ Enrichment in Soils in Proglacial Zones? An Example from Kaffiøyra (Oscar II Land, Spitsbergen)
by Joanna Beata Kowalska, Paweł Nicia, Michał Gąsiorek, Paweł Zadrożny, Michał Hubert Węgrzyn and Jarosław Waroszewski
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(20), 13703; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013703 - 21 Oct 2022
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Arctic soils may hold potentially toxic elements (PTE); PTE can provide evidence of past or recent pollution. In this study, five soil profiles located on Oscar II Land (Kaffiøyra) were studied to (i) evaluate the ecological status of Kaffiøyra’s soils based on the [...] Read more.
Arctic soils may hold potentially toxic elements (PTE); PTE can provide evidence of past or recent pollution. In this study, five soil profiles located on Oscar II Land (Kaffiøyra) were studied to (i) evaluate the ecological status of Kaffiøyra’s soils based on the determination of the possible accumulation of PTE using pollution indices; and (ii) determine the possible origin of PTE enrichment (local factors vs. long-range sources) depending on the distance from the sea. The soils were tested with standard soil science methods. The contamination of five soils was assessed by a wide spectrum of pollution soil indices: Enrichment Factor (EF), Geoaccumulation Index (Igeo), Potential Ecological Risk (RI), Pollution Load Index (PLI), and Probability of Toxicity (MERMQ). EF values calculated based on Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb and Zn content indicated an anthropogenic origin of the pollution. Values of Igeo showed the highest pollution with Cd, while CSI and MERMQ values indicated the highest Cd and Pb levels, but only in the soils located closest to the coast. RI values suggested that soils were under a strong or very strong potential ecological risk, whereas PLI confirmed the high probability of soil quality reduction. Enrichment with PTE has been conditioned by both local (natural) and long-distance (anthropogenic) factors. Among the local factors, parent material was highly relevant. The effect of long-distance anthropogenic factors, especially from European, large industrial centres, was manifested by the high content of PTE in soils located closest to the coastlines, delivered by a wet deposition and sea aerosols. The monitoring and assessment of arctic soil quality are useful practices for the verification of the sources of PTE pollution and the development of methods that can contribute to the protection and maintenance of these vulnerable ecosystems. Full article
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