Decontamination of Heavy Metals
By Jiaping Paul Chen
- Release Date: 2012-12-18
- Genre: Environment
Description
Heavy metals, such as lead, chromium, cadmium, zinc, copper, and nickel, are important constituents of most living organisms, as well as many nonliving substances. Some heavy metals are essential for growth of biological and microbiological lives, yet their presence in excessive quantities is harmful to humans and interferes with many environmental
