Preface

Environmental pollution is not a new phenomenon. Different studies are currently being carried out around the world to explain many of the impacts caused by exposure to certain pollutants. However, such studies in the first instance are not carried out at the required speed, which allows the avoidance of some of these impacts. And in other cases, there is no follow-up to the problems caused by pollution, due to the lack of infrastructure and economic resources. The purpose of evaluating the level of contamination in the environment is to find a strategy for mitigating or preventing impacts and/or looking for mechanisms to remediate contaminated matrices. In this sense, this book aims to contribute by presenting new studies aimed at determining levels of environmental pollution in various parts of the world. It also shows new alternatives for the remediation of contaminated matrices.

The editors wish to thank PRODEP (Program for the Development of Teachers) and CONACyT (National Council of Science and Technology) for constant support in the financing of publications.

**II**

**Chapter 8 145**

**Chapter 9 161**

**Chapter 10 173**

**Chapter 11 189**

Arsenic Phytoremediation: Finally a Feasible Approach in the Near Future *by Cristian Mateo, Micaela Navarro, Cristina Navarro and Antonio Leyva*

Bioremediation of Heavy Metals

*by Shuisen Chen and Ming Zhong*

*by Francesca Bosco and Chiara Mollea*

Mycoremediation in Soil

*by Medhat Rehan and Abdullah S. Alsohim*

Bioremediation of Petroleum-Contaminated Soil

## **Hugo Saldarriaga-Noreña and Mario Alfonso Murillo-Tovar** Autonomous University of State of Morelos, Mexico

## **Robina Farooq and Sara Riaz**

COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan

> **Rajendra Dongre** RTM Nagpur University, India

**1**

Section 1

Environmental Pollution

Section 1
