Heavy Metal Toxicity: Environmental Concerns, Remediation and Opportunities

Dr. Rajeev Pratap Singh works in the area of waste management and has worked on various kinds of wastes, i.e., fly ash, sewage sludge, tannery sludge, palm oil mill waste, contaminated water irrigation, etc. He has many publications in reputed journals on waste management and similar topics. He has been honored with several international awards including “Green Talent” Award from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany; Prosper.Net Scopus Young Scientist Award; DST Young Scientist Award; and Water Advanced Research and Innovation (WARI) Fellowship, a fellowship supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF), University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), and the Robert Daugherty Water for Food Institute (DWFI). He has coauthored 4 books and more than 40 highly cited research and review articles on solid waste management. Dr. Amrita Srivastava holds PhD from the Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University and works at Central University of South Bihar, Gaya. She works in the area of microbial secondary metabolite applications. Her major interest is in the characterization of microbial secondary metabolites called siderophores. Recently, she has started working on heavy metal stress, specifically arsenic and cadmium stress. The focus of her work lies in the extraction and purification of microbial secondary metabolite siderophores and their application for heavy metal mitigation in crops, bioremediation, and various symbiotic/antibiotic interactions mediated by them. This includes antifungal and anticancer properties of siderophore and physiological effects on plants and other microbes. She has published 23 research and review articles in journals of international repute, edited 1 book, and authored over 13 book chapters.Dr. Pooja Singh holds a PhD from the School of Industrial Technology, University Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia; an MSc (Biotechnology) from Devi Ahilya University, Indore; and an MTech in Biotechnology from Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal, MP. She is currently a faculty member at ICST, SHEPA, Varanasi. Her current research interests include enzymes, biopulping of oil palm biomass, and vermicomposting using various types of wastes. She has published 18 papers in various reputed international journals, 5 book chapters, and 1 edited book.

• Chapter 1 - Cadmium toxicity in plants: uptake, translocation and phyto-remediation strategy.- Chapter 2 - Heavy metal/metalloid contamination: Their sources in environment and accumulation in food chain.- Chapter 3 - Heavy metal/metalloid contamination: Impact on human health and mitigation strategies.- Chapter 4 - Heavy Metal Pollution in the Environment: Impact on Air Quality and Human Health Implications.- Chapter 5 - Heavy Metals Contamination in Surface Water Bodies through Construction & Demolition Waste: a case study of city of lakes - Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.- Chapter 6 - Soil Deterioration and Risk Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination.- Chapter 7 - Heavy metal contamination in ground water: Environmental concerns and mitigation measures.- Chapter 8 - Effect of Heavy Metals on Roadside Vegetation.- Chapter 9 - Heavy Metal Pollution in Atmosphere from Vehicular Emission.- Chapter 10 - Life Cycle Assessment of Heavy Metal Toxicity in the Environment.- Chapter 11 - Metalliferous soil remediation through heavy metal resistant plant growth-promoting bacteria: prospects and paradigms.- Chapter 12 - Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals - Reaction mechanisms and selected efficient technologies of heavy metals contamination.- Chapter 13 - Industrial Wastewater Treatment Strategies.- Chapter 14 -  Brassica Juncea L.: A Potential Crop for Phytoremediation of Various Heavy Metals.- Chapter 15 - Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals.- Chapter 16 - Bioremediation of mining sites - sustainable approach to restore healthy ecosystem.- Chapter 17 - Industrial Pollution Management Approach.- Chapter 18 - Harnessing Green Energy Along with Precious Metal Recovery from Wastewater in Bio-electrochemical Systems: A Win-Win Scenario.- Chapter 19 - Minimization of Cadmium Toxicity in Wheat by Exogenous Application of Hydroxamate Siderophore. Chapter 20-Microbial remediation of Heavy Metals