The Environmental Pollution is the most important problem facing the mankind today due to unplanned urbanization, rapid industrialization, and uncontrolled use of hazardous chemicals in agriculture coupled with lack of treatment facilities. Fortunately lot of research is going on in various premier organizations to tackle this problem. ENVIRONMENT: Pollution and Protection tries to find solutions to some of the predominant environmental problems. The topics discussed in this book are quite diverse, ranging from treatment of heavy metals, various dyes and other hazardous chemicals using various technologies, to groundwater pollution and solid waste management including air quality impact assessment and environmental management. The issue of environmental pollution and protection is discussed in a lucid language with numerous figures and tables.

Preface / List of Contributors / Decolorization of Reactive Dye Remazol Brilliant Violet 5R (RBV5R) using Nanoscale Zero Valent Iron (NZVI) / Degradation of Trypan Blue Dye in Aqueous Solution by Photo-Fenton Reaction: Comparison between Two Sources of Light / Adsorptive Removal of Cr (VI) from Wastewater using Shale / Optimization of Freeze-drying Conditions for the Assessment of Mercury Removal Activity of Bacillus Subtilis (MTCC 2396) Used for Waste Water Treatment / Degradation of Thiocyanate from Wastewater by Advanced Oxidation Process / Towards Efficient PCB Management by Biodegradation of Waste Transformer Oil / Degradation of a Synthetic NAPL Containing Aliphatic Hydrocarbons and PAHs by Two Pure Bacterial Isolates / Characterization and Treatability Studies of Wastewater Being Generated During Coal Bed Methane Production / Cl/Br Ratio as a Parametric Indicator for Groundwater Quality Study / Toxicity Assessment of Arsenic in Groundwater in Katwa block II in Burdwan District at Cellular and Genetic Levels: An in vivo Approach / CALINE 4 Modelling Application for Future Air Quality Impact Assessment of National Highway (NH-233) in State of Uttar Pradesh / An Estimation of Pollutant Load from Industries of Durgapur, West Bengal / Plasma Pyrolysis of Plastic Waste for Safe Disposal and Energy Recovery / Characterization of Soils near a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Site in Durgapur, West Bengal / Effects of Fly Ash and Quick Lime in the Engineering Behaviour of Stabilized Contaminated Soil / An Effort Towards Improving Utilization Potential of Select Sludge Generated in Steel Plant / The Effect of Particle Loading on the Kinetics of Dilute Acid Hydrolysis of Parthenium Hysterophorus L. for Xylose Yield in the Production of Ethanol / Application of Remote Sensing and GIS on Landslide Hazard Zone Identification and Management.

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