Impact of Heavy Metals on the Sustainable Environment—2nd Edition
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Health, Well-Being and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 9
Special Issue Editors
Interests: advanced ceramics; nanomaterials; corrosion mechanisms; wear mechanisms; mechanical characterization; sintering; microstructural characterization of ceramics; manufacturing; forming of ceramics
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2. Faculty of Environmental Management, Technology and IT, Public International Business College Mitrovica (IBCM), Bislim Bajgora nn, 40000 Mitrovica, Kosovo
Interests: heavy metals; soil, water and air pollution; pollution prevention; statistical and environmental modelling; materials; risk assessment; green transition and technology; environmental monitoring and controlling; circular economy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Today, the contamination of natural habitats by heavy metals has become a severe hazard. Heavy metals are one of the most serious environmental pollutants as they create complex, long-term environmental problems, particularly in areas with high anthropogenic pressure. These pollutants are being discarded into the atmosphere, water and soil and accumulated by plants and internal human tissues due to rapidly growing agricultural activities, the metal industries, waste disposal, traffic emissions and expanding industrialisation. Heavy metals are non-degradable and can easily persist in the environment and have subsequently received a lot of attention in terms of their environmental consequences, toxicity to human health and pollution prevention, as have novel treatment methods that enhance environmental sustainability and provide effective support for seeking the ‘best’ environmental management options.
This Special Issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050), entitled “Impact of Heavy Metals on the Sustainable Environment”, will publish a collection of papers that aim to explore a wide range of topics related to the impact of heavy metals on the sustainable environment, including (but not limited to) the following:
- An evaluation of heavy metals’ mobility in the environment.
- Heavy metal pollution and its health risks.
- Risk assessment of heavy metals in the air, water, plants and related soils.
- Environmental sustainability and the prevention of heavy metal pollution.
- Advances in heavy metal remediation: methods, tools and technology.
- Monitoring and the impact of assessment approaches for heavy metals.
- Statistical and environmental modelling of heavy metal pollution.
- Heavy metals’ impact on the circular economy.
- Cross-cutting aspects and sustainability.
We are pleased to invite you to contribute relevant manuscripts to this Special Issue. Both original research papers and reviews are welcome. The keywords listed below represent a few of our research priorities.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Lidija Ćurković
Prof. Dr. Mihone Kerolli Mustafa
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- heavy metal
- mobility
- soil pollution
- water contamination
- air pollution
- plant accumulation
- health risk
- environmental monitoring
- risk assessment
- heavy metal remediation
- environmental sustainability
- environmental modelling
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