Heavy Metal Pollution Research: Recent Advances

by Arvind Kumar

ISBN: 9789383048991
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 11495.00
Biblio : xviii+312p., figs., tabls., ind., 23 cm

Author Profile

Dr. Arvind Kumar is Vice-Chancellor of Magadh University and had been Vice-Chancellor of Vinoba Bhave University. Dr. Kumar is recipient of several awards and medals including Prof. WA Nizami and Dr. SZ Qasim Gold Medals.

About The Book

Some 65 of the known 92 elements are metallic in nature. The term ‘metal’ designates an element that is a good conductor of electricity whose electrical resistance is directly proportion to absolute 0T. In addition, metals share some distinctive characteristics such as high thermal conductivity and high density. Metallic elements are intrinsic components of the environment. Some 19 heavy metals of the known 65 metals are toxic in nature and cause a great threat to the living as well as non-living world, and so man is no exception. Actually toxic heavy metals are present at <0.1% levels in the earth’s crust but anthropogenic activities such as smelting and mining of ores, releasing industrial wastes, use of metallic compounds in industries and in the production of vehicles and aeroplanes have released a large number of toxic metals and their salts into th environment. So, dispersion of heavy metals in environment has become a most challenging problem. If proper management and mass awakening right from grass root level to top policy makers have not been considered inevitable within time, no force on this earth can check the propagation of carcinogenic characters of the heavy metals. This book will be helpful in solving the crux of heavy metal pollution; as it is compilation of most advanced research articles of the scientists of repute in the concerned field. Besides, the book will be very much helpful for the students, research scholars, professors, scientists as well as for those who have interest in toxicology.

Table of Contents

"Preface List of Contributors 1. Heavy Metal Pollution: Toxic Effects and Control Strategies Arvind Kumar, C. Bohra and H. Ali 2. Heavy Metal Pollution in Marine and Estuarine Environment: The Case of North and South 24 Parganas Districts of Coastal West Bengal Sutapa Das, Abhijit Mitra, Kakoli Banerjee, Debarati Mukherjee and D.P. Bhattacharya 3. Heavy Metal Toxicity and Bio-accumulation:A Critical Appraisal Bharat Bhusan Patnaik, J. Hongray Howrelia and M. Selvanayagam 4. Heavy Metal Accumulation in Seaweeds in Polluted and Unpolluted Estuaries K. Sasikumar and A.N. Subramaniyan 5. Heavy Metal Levels in Freshwater Bivalve Mollusc,Lamellidens corrianus from Nandrabad Swamp Near Aurangabad S.S. Patil 6. A Review of the Heavy Metal Toxicity on the Freshwater Fishes M. Aruchami, A.A. Sivakumar and R. Thangam 7. Occurrence of Heavy Metals in Tapi River Water and Sediments at Bhusawal Region R.B. Dhake and S.T. Ingle 8. Bioaccumulation of Mercury in Uppanar Estuary, Cuddalore, Southeast Coast of India R. Rajaram and M. Srinivasan 9. Toxic Effect of High Chromium Intake on the Human Body and Chromium Removal from Water with Low Cost Adsorbents Jyotsna Lal and Kanchan Sachan 10. Metal Ion Stabilization of Alpha Amylase Activity in Opuntia vulgaris B. Nabi and K. Srikumar 11. Phytotoxicity of Copper and Lead in Leafy Vegetable Amaranth (Amaranthus oleraceous) M.I.S. Saggoo, N. Verma and P. Sharma 12. Bioaccumulation of Chromium Trioxide and its Effect on Blood Glucose, Glycogen Content and LDH Activity in the Fish, Tilapia mossambica R. Thangam and A.A. Sivakumar 13. Effect of Sublethal Concentration of Copper on the Selected Organs of an Estuarine Fish Mystus gulio (Hamilton) S.V.S. Amanulla Hameed, K. Muthukumaravel,A. Subramanian and N. Mayilvakanan 14. Impact of Textile Wastewater on Raphanus sativus Var. Pusa Reshmi: A Pot Experiment with Special Emphasis on Analysis of Heavy Metals Richa Marwari, T.I. Khan and H.S. Sharma 15. Bioaccumulation of Metals in Different Food Fishes in Wastewater Fed Wetlands Paulomi Maiti and Samir Banerjee 16. Cadmium Chloride Effects on Thyroid and Gonads of the Fish Channa orientalis (Sch.) S.V. Deshmukh and K.M. Kulkarni 17. Heavy Metal Concentrations in the Edible Crab Scylla serrata in the Malancha Region of Indian Sundarbans Kakoli Banerjee, Abhijit Mitra, Rajib Chakraborty, Anumita Das and Debarati Mukherjee 18. Histological Alterations in Tadpoles of Bufo Melanostictus, Exposed to a Sublethal Concentration of Chromium D. Anusuya, D.J. Prakash & I. Christy 19. Cadmium and Lead Level in a Semi-urban Area and their Poisoning Effect M.K. Paul and A.K. Misra 20. Impact of Cadmium Chloride on the Behaviour and AChE Activity of a Freshwater Fish, Oreochromis mossambicus, Peters. Lingaraj Patro, Meenakshi Mishra and A.K. Panigrahi 21. Bioaccumulation of Trace Metals in Marine Algae (Chaetomorpha) at Tharangambadi Coast, South East Coast of India P. Martin Deva Prasath 22. Acute Toxicity and Behavioural Responses to Nickel Sulphate to the Fish Heteropneustes Fossilis M. Choudhary and M.M. Jha 23. Removal of Heavy Metals from Electroplating Industrial Effluent Using Plants–Phytoremediation S. Anitha, V. Mahesh and C. Sheela Sasikumar 24. Concentrations of Heavy Metals in Penaeus spp. of Brackishwater Wetland Ecosystem of West Bengal, India A. Mitra, T. Mandal and D.P. Bhattacharyya 25. Chemical Impact on the Histological Studies on the Thyroid in the Freshwater Fish Channa orientalis (Sch.) S.V. Deshmukh and K.M. Kulkarni"