The potential of chitosan, a fishery waste-based material, as a soil amendment to clean-up
metal contaminated soil was investigated. Chitosan was treated using glutaraldehyde (GLA) …

The binding efficiency of chitosan samples for Ag+, Cd2+, Cu2+, Pb2+ and Zn2+ has been
evaluated in order to consider their application to remediate metal contaminated soil and …

The contamination of soils and waters by metals all over the world continues to present a
serious danger to the environment and human health. The development of innovative metal …

The bioremediation of water and soil, from heavy metal (HM) contamination, is a continuing
worldwide demand. Chitosan, as a promising bioactive polymer, was produced from grown …

Aiming to achieve heavy metal adsorption in water and soil environments, a montmorillonite
rich bentonite was graft-copolymerized with chitosan, and the obtained composite material …

Environmental biotechnology is the use of biotechnology to develop and regulate biological
systems for the remediation of environmental contamination. Nature has gifted ample …

Chitosan is of importance for the elimination of heavy metals due to their outstanding
characteristics such as the presence of NH 2 and–OH functional groups, non-toxicity, low …

Heavy metal pollution in water bodies is a global concern. The prominent source of metal
contamination in aqueous streams and groundwater is wastewater containing heavy metal …

Heavy metal pollution is a serious environmental problem in the world, especially in
developing countries. Among different treatment technologies, biosorption seems a …

Because of the dramatic develop of industry, heavy metal pollution has become a global
environmental considerations. The heavy metals in the soil and groundwater have …