Soil, exposed to petroleum oil contaminants (in the form of petrol, diesel, gasoline, crude oil,
used motor oil), may cause potential damage to the environment, animal and human health …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are toxic, mutagenic and carcinogenic organic
compounds that are widely present in the environment. The bioremediation of PAHs is an …

An increase in energy demand leads to further exploration, transportation, and utilization of
petroleum, which creates severe soil contamination because of recurrent accidents and oil …

Pollution and the global health impacts from toxic environmental pollutants are presently of
great concern. At present, more than 100 million people are at risk from exposure to a …

Organic contaminated soils constitute an important environmental problem, whereas field
applicability of existing physical-chemical methods has encountered numerous obstacles …

Remediation of persistent organic pollutants in soil especially total petroleum hydrocarbon
(TPH) is of global concern due to its toxicity and health implications. Soil flushing has been …

Testing of sequential soil washing in triplicate using typical chelating agent (Na 2 EDTA),
organic acid (oxalic acid) and inorganic weak acid (phosphoric acid) was conducted to …

In recent years, surfactant-enhanced aquifer remediation (SEAR) has attracted increasing
interest duo to the high efficiency of removing non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) from …

Contamination of soils by persistent pollutants is considered an important matter of
increasing concern. In this work, activated persulfate (PS) was applied for the remediation of …

The recurrent dredging of marine sediments needs the use of ex–situ technologies such as
sediment washing (SW) to effectively remove polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons …