Environmental monitoring and remediation

L. Campanella, R. Cresti, M. P. Sam-martino, G. Visco, Microwaves Assisted Photodegradation of Pollutant, SPIE Conf. Environmental Monitoring and Remediation Technologies, Boston, 1998, pp. 105-113. 

The use of integrated optic chemical sensors for environmental monitoring and remediation applications offers many advantages the most prominent is that they... 

While problems with these contaminants are of constant and increasing concern, they are not the only environmental issues. Many of the contaminants mentioned above are not found in the average system. Most are of analytical interest, and therefore are not highly visible. This does not diminish their importance related to monitoring and remediation. Toxicity is pernicious in the sense that toxic levels are often below the limits of detection by normal human senses, and the effects of many contaminants on the list are chronic in nature. 

L. Campanella, G. Favero, D. Mastrofini and M. Tomassetti. In T. Vo-Dinh and R. Niebner (Eds.), Respirometric biomonitor for the control of industrial effluent toxicity, Environmental Monitoring and Hazardous Waste Site Remediation, Proceeding Europto Series, SPIE, Washington, 2504, 1995, pp. 221-227. 

Kramer P.M., Weber C.M., Kremmer E., in I.R. Kennedy, K. Solomon, S. Gee, A. Crossan, S. Wang, F. Sanchez-Bayo (eds), 2007a. Rational Environmental Management of Agrochemicals Risk Assessment, Monitoring and Remedial Action. ACS Symposium Series 966, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC. 

O Connor CS, Lepp NW, Edwards R, Sunderland G. (2003). The combined use of electro-kinetic remediation and phytoremediation to decontaminate metal-polluted soils A laboratory-scale feasibility study. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 84(1-2) 141-158. 

This book provides new scientific information and critical overviews on how to monitor and remediate contaminated sediments. This book will be of interest to a broader audience of environmental chemists, analytical chemists, microbiologists and specially those that are aheady working in or planning to enter this field. 

The results of environmental monitoring and/or individual monitoring should be used for both steps of the application of remedial actions first, as input data to determine the remedial actions that should be taken, and second, once the remedial actions have been taken, to determine their efficiency and the need for further measures. 

The implementation of several techniques in environmental analysis leads to reducing and/or eliminating the amounts of toxic discharges into the environment. It could be observed that there is a constant need to develop techniques and devices that can detect and monitor the environmental pollutants in a sensitive and selective manner to enable effective remediation. Due to their integrated nature, biosensors are ideal for environmental monitoring and detection as they can be portable and able to provide selective, sensitive, and fast responses in real time. ... 

Once commissioned, even the best-planned industrial development requires monitoring and management to ensure that its operation continues to be environmentally acceptable. This applies equally to established industries. When unexpected environmental problems develop, a rapid response is required to assess the cause and magnitude of the problem and to devise remedial measures. 

No long-term research studies on the environmental fate of silver were identified. However, environmental monitoring being conducted in conjunction with remedial investigation/feasibility studies at NPL sites where silver has been found should add useful information regarding environmental concentrations, chemical species, fate, and transport of the compounds. 

Maldonado-Reyes, A., Montero-Ocampo, C. and Solorza-Feria, O. (2007) Remediation of drinking water contaminated with arsenic by the electro-removal process using different metal electrodes. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 9(11), 1241-47. 

Reisinger, H.J., Burris, D.R. and Hering, J.G. (2005) Remediating subsurface arsenic contamination with monitored natural attenuation. Environmental Science and Technology, 39(22), 458A-464A. 

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