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This Special Issue entitled “Environmental Restoration of Metal-Contaminated Soils” focuses on the issues linked to soils contaminated with heavy metals and metalloids, dealing with current research activities around the world at the laboratory and field scale. These activities are the pillars for the application of strategies on a real-world scale, to remediate industrial soils affected by the problem. When an industrial soil contains pollutants, the main problem is the removal of these compounds. However, other features are present, linked to the health of the population living in its proximity. This Special Issue reports experimental run findings with the aim of removing heavy metals and/or metalloids from soil, making use of challenging techniques, and also demonstrating approaches for the assessment of the risks to human health.

Research & information: general --- seedling biomass --- heavy metals --- soil amelioration --- urban gardens --- pollution --- contaminated soil --- amendment --- edible plants --- metal --- citric acid --- EDTA --- electrokinetic remediation --- bioaccessibility --- bioavailability --- metals --- contaminated sites --- risk assessment --- natural sorbents --- ameliorants --- disturbed lands --- adsorption --- recultivation --- environmental remediation --- revitalization --- renaturation --- restoration --- rehabilitation --- reclamation --- heavy metals and metalloids --- removal techniques --- hydrophobic --- copper --- microfluidics --- pH change --- remediation --- seedling biomass --- heavy metals --- soil amelioration --- urban gardens --- pollution --- contaminated soil --- amendment --- edible plants --- metal --- citric acid --- EDTA --- electrokinetic remediation --- bioaccessibility --- bioavailability --- metals --- contaminated sites --- risk assessment --- natural sorbents --- ameliorants --- disturbed lands --- adsorption --- recultivation --- environmental remediation --- revitalization --- renaturation --- restoration --- rehabilitation --- reclamation --- heavy metals and metalloids --- removal techniques --- hydrophobic --- copper --- microfluidics --- pH change --- remediation

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This reprint reports on new advances in basic and applied research of soil pollution and remediation. A list of contaminants are targeted, including toxic metal(loid)s (e.g., Pb, As, Sb, and multi-metals), organic contaminants (e.g., organochlorine pesticides, phenanthrene, and petroleum), and antibiotics (e.g., sulfadiazine). The occurrence, environmental behaviors, and risks of these contaminants are explored. Special attention is devoted to techniques for the remediation of polluted soils, such as stabilization/solidification, photocatalytic degradation, and thermal desorption. This reprint provides new insights into soil pollution and remediation.

Research & information: general --- Environmental economics --- Pollution control --- miyun reservoir --- pollution assessment --- binary mixing model --- source appointment --- illegal use --- non-point source pollution --- agricultural use --- veterinary use --- Three Gorges --- sulfadiazine --- Cu2+ co-existence --- paddy soils --- adsorption --- soil properties --- β-CD modified BC --- stabilization/solidification --- response surface methodology --- synchronous adsorption investigations --- PHe --- primary explosives site --- heavy metal contamination --- antimony --- co-occurring metal --- Fe–Al-based amendment --- immobilization --- heavy metals --- input flux --- source --- management --- garland chrysanthemum --- lettuce --- antioxidant defense enzymes --- GSH --- PCs --- comprehensive evaluation method --- contaminated soil --- ex situ thermal desorption --- environmental impact --- resource utilization --- low-molecular-weight organic acid salts --- phosphate --- arsenic-contaminated soil --- microorganisms --- nano zero-valent iron (nZVI) --- biochar --- photocatalysis --- synergy --- TPH --- soil --- n/a --- Fe-Al-based amendment