Includes bibliographical references and index.

Metal research trends in the environmental field / Yuh-Shan Ho and Mohammad I. El-Khaiary -- Toxicity and sources of Pb, Cd, Hg, Cr, As, and radionuclides in the environment / Ghinwa M. Naja and Bohumil Volesky -- Environmental behavior and effects of engineered metal and metal oxide nanoparticles / Bernd Nowack -- Heavy metal removal with exopolysaccharide-producing cyanobacteria / Roberto De Philippis and Ernesto Micheletti -- Environmental geochemistry of high-arsenic aquifer systems / Yanxin Wang and Yamin Deng -- Nanotechnology application in metal ion adsorption / Xiangke Wang and Changlun Chen -- Biosorption of metals onto granular sludge / Shu Guang Wang [and others] -- Arsenic pollution : occurrence, distribution, and technologies / Huijuan Liu [and others] -- Treatment of metal-bearing effluents : removal and recovery / Ghinwa M. Naja and Bohumil Volesky -- Management and treatment of acid pickling wastes containing heavy metals / Lawrence K. Wang, Veysel Eroglu, and Ferruh Erturk -- Treatment and management of metal finishing industry wastes / Nazih K. Shammas and Lawrence K. Wang -- Recycling and disposal of hazardous solid wastes containing heavy metals and other toxic substances / Lawrence K. Wang -- Management and removal of heavy metals from contaminated soil ; Remediation of metal finishing brownfield sites / Nazih K. Shammas -- Control, management, and treatment of metal emissions from motor vehicles / Rajasekhar Balasubramanian, Jun He, and Lawrence K. Wang.