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Remediation of soils contaminated with heavy metals with an emphasis on immobilization technology

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The major frequent contaminants in soil are heavy metals which may be responsible for detrimental health effects. The remediation of heavy metals in contaminated soils is considered as one of the most complicated tasks. Among different technologies, in situ immobilization of metals has received a great deal of attention and turned out to be a promising solution for soil remediation. In this review, remediation methods for removal of heavy metals in soil are explored with an emphasis on the in situ immobilization technique of metal(loid)s. Besides, the immobilization technique in contaminated soils is evaluated through the manipulation of the bioavailability of heavy metals using a range of soil amendment conditions. This technique is expected to efficiently alleviate the risk of groundwater contamination, plant uptake, and exposure to other living organisms. The efficacy of several amendments (e.g., red mud, biochar, phosphate rock) has been examined to emphasize the need for the simultaneous measurement of leaching and the phytoavailability of heavy metals. In addition, some amendments that are used in this technique are inexpensive and readily available in large quantities because they have been derived from bio-products or industrial by-products (e.g., biochar, red mud, and steel slag). Among different amendments, iron-rich compounds and biochars show high efficiency to remediate multi-metal contaminated soils. Thereupon, immobilization technique can be considered a preferable option as it is inexpensive and easily applicable to large quantities of contaminants derived from various sources.

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KHK acknowledges support made in part by grants from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (No. 2016R1E1A1A01940995).

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  1. Department of Energy and Mineral Resources Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea

    Zahra Derakhshan Nejad & Myung Chae Jung

  2. Department of Civil and Environment Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, 04763, South Korea

    Ki-Hyun Kim

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Derakhshan Nejad, Z., Jung, M.C. & Kim, KH. Remediation of soils contaminated with heavy metals with an emphasis on immobilization technology. Environ Geochem Health 40, 927–953 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-017-9964-z

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