Contents
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Nanotechnology in Agriculture, the Food Sector, and Remediation:
Prospects, Relations, and Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
Anna Gorczyca, Ewa Pociecha, and Ewelina Matras
2
Nanotechnology-Based Treatment Systems for Arsenic Sequestration
in Groundwater: Contamination, Challenges and Future Scope
of Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Ajay Kumar, Pankaj Kumar Gupta, and Sanjay Kumar Gupta
3
Development of Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) and Its Copolymers
as a Possible “Cure” for the Plastic Pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Ramamoorthi Sivashankari and Takeharu Tsuge
4
Advanced Technologies for Ecological Reconstruction and
Bioremediation of Degraded Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Marian Butu, Ioan Sarac, Mihaela Corneanu, and Monica Butnariu
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The Recent Strategies Employed in Chemical Analysis
of Contaminated Waters, Sediments and Soils as a Part
of the Remediation Process: Extraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Lucia Nemček and Ingrid Hagarová
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Fluoride Remediation Using Membrane Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Vijaylaxmi and Suphiya Khan
7
A Two-Stage Constructed Wetland Design Integrating Artificial
Aeration and Sludge Mineralization for Municipal Wastewater
Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Alexandros I. Stefanakis
8
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): Sources, Types, Impacts,
and Their Remediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Amtul Bari Tabinda Akhtar, Samra Naseem, Abdullah Yasar,
and Zunaira Naseem
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Emerging Microfiber Pollution and Its Remediation . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Sunanda Mishra, Prasant Kumar Rout, and Alok Prasad Das
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1
Nanotechnology in Agriculture, the Food Sector, and Remediation:
Prospects, Relations, and Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
Anna Gorczyca, Ewa Pociecha, and Ewelina Matras
2
Nanotechnology-Based Treatment Systems for Arsenic Sequestration
in Groundwater: Contamination, Challenges and Future Scope
of Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Ajay Kumar, Pankaj Kumar Gupta, and Sanjay Kumar Gupta
3
Development of Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) and Its Copolymers
as a Possible “Cure” for the Plastic Pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Ramamoorthi Sivashankari and Takeharu Tsuge
4
Advanced Technologies for Ecological Reconstruction and
Bioremediation of Degraded Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Marian Butu, Ioan Sarac, Mihaela Corneanu, and Monica Butnariu
5
The Recent Strategies Employed in Chemical Analysis
of Contaminated Waters, Sediments and Soils as a Part
of the Remediation Process: Extraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Lucia Nemček and Ingrid Hagarová
6
Fluoride Remediation Using Membrane Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Vijaylaxmi and Suphiya Khan
7
A Two-Stage Constructed Wetland Design Integrating Artificial
Aeration and Sludge Mineralization for Municipal Wastewater
Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Alexandros I. Stefanakis
8
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): Sources, Types, Impacts,
and Their Remediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Amtul Bari Tabinda Akhtar, Samra Naseem, Abdullah Yasar,
and Zunaira Naseem
9
Emerging Microfiber Pollution and Its Remediation . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Sunanda Mishra, Prasant Kumar Rout, and Alok Prasad Das
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