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## Meet the editors

Dr. Muharrem Ince received his Ph.D. degree in analytical chemistry at Firat University, Turkey in 2008. From 2009 to 2012, he worked as a research analytical chemist at Mus Alparslan University, Turkey. He has been working at Munzur University since 2012. From 2013-2016, he served as a Head of Department of Chemical Engineering at Munzur University, Turkey. He is an Editorial Board member of several international journals as well

as an author and co-author of more than 30 papers published in respectable international journals. Currently, he serves as an Associate professor at Munzur University, Turkey. His expertise lies in: Analytical Method Development, Spectroscopic and Chromatographic Techniques, Environmental Sciences, Food Analysis and Toxicology, Green and Sustainable Chemistry, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.

Dr. Olcay Kaplan Ince received her BS from Hacettepe University and PhD in Analytical Chemistry from Firat University in Turkey in 2008. Since 2009 she has been a research analytical chemist at Munzur University in the Food Engineering Department. She was head of the Department of Food Engineering at Munzur University from 2014 to 2015. Since 2019 she has served as editor-in-chief of the *International Journal of Pure and Applied* 

*Sciences*. Dr. Ince is the author of more than thirty-five papers published in respectable journals. Her research areas include trace and toxic element analysis, analytical chemistry, instrumental analysis, problem solving in analytical chemistry, food science and chromatography, nanoscience, and citotoxicology.

Gabrijel Ondrasek, PhD, is employed at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Croatia, as a full professor and head of the Department of Soil Amelioration. His academic and scientific opus is orientated towards sustainable management of natural resources (water, soils) in the agro-environment, notably exposed to disturbed water balance on the soil–plant route, excessive salinity, metal contamination, and their environmental implications.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

Environment

*and Thiago Lopes Rocha*

**Preface XI**

Heavy Metal Pollution, Toxicity and Health Effects **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Organic Pollutants **23**

**Chapter 2 25**

**Chapter 3 49**

**Chapter 4 65**

**Chapter 5 87**

**Chapter 6 101**

Heavy Metal Removal Techniques Using Response Surface Methodology: Water/Wastewater Treatment

Ecotoxicology of Glyphosate-Based Herbicides on Aquatic

*by Bruno Bastos Gonçalves, Percilia Cardoso Giaquinto, Douglas dos Santos Silva, Carlos de Melo e Silva Neto, Amanda Alves de Lima, Adriano Antonio Brito Darosci, Jorge Laço Portinho, Wanessa Fernandes Carvalho* 

Water Resource Pollution by Herbicide Residues *by Kassio Ferreira Mendes, Ana Paula Justiniano Régo, Vanessa Takeshita and Valdemar Luiz Tornisielo*

Challenges for Assessing Toxicity of Nanomaterials *by Akanksha Gupta, Sanjay Kumar and Vinod Kumar*

*by Toan Vu Duc, Chi Do Thi Lan and Mai Ngo Tra*

in Soil of Some Areas in Vietnam

*by Nuriye Tuna Subasi*

and Harmful Effects on Human Beings

Residue of Selected Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

Formaldehyde Advantages and Disadvantages: Usage Areas

*by Muharrem Ince and Olcay Kaplan Ince*

## Contents



Preface

Over five sections, *Biochemical Toxicology - Heavy Metals and Nanomaterials* provides an overview of biochemical contamination, nanomaterials and toxic metals, and measurement techniques. It takes a broad view of organic and inorganic pollution and

The first section of this book addresses heavy metal pollution, toxicity, and health effects. The second section addresses organic pollutants. The third section addresses the relationship of heavy metals – nanomaterials. The fourth section addresses nanoscience and nanoengineering. The fifth section addresses environmental management and risk assessment. Chapters cover such topics as industrial pollution, aquatic pollution, pollution evaluation, health risk assessment, and environmental impact. The aim of this book is to explain and clarify important studies and compare and develop new and groundbreaking measurement techniques. This book addresses the needs of graduate and postgraduate students, as well as chemists, other professionals, and readers interested in heavy metals, organic pollutants, soil, water and air pollution, and nanomaterials.

This book is edited by Dr. Muharrem Ince, Professor Olcay Kaplan Ince from Munzur University Rare Earth Elements Research and Application Center, Turkey, and Professor Gabrijel Ondrasek, Department of Soil Amelioration at the

**Muharrem Ince and Olcay Kaplan Ince**

Munzur University,

**Gabrijel Ondrasek** University of Zagreb,

Turkey

Croatia

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture (UZFA), Croatia.

its effect on the ecosystem, and integrates a wide variety of approaches.
