In recent years, the conceptual advancement on green analytical chemistry (GAC) has
moved in parallel with efforts to incorporate new screening or quantitative low-cost analytical …

Urban agriculture, though often difficult to define, is an emerging sector of local food
economies in the United States. Although urban and agricultural landscapes are often …

Food production by urban dwellers is of growing importance in developing and developed
countries. Urban horticulture is associated with health risks as crops in urban settings are …

Urban soils are an essential element of the city environment. However, studies on urban
soils are scattered in terms of geographical distribution, sampling pattern, analytical dataset …

Urban soils act as the repository for a number of environmental burdens, including Pb.
Significant attention has been devoted to reducing Pb burdens to children with outstanding …

The increasing urbanization of an ever-growing global population is coinciding with major
global challenges that are threatening our food security. Urban agriculture is as a multi …

Lead has been used for thousands of years in different anthropogenic activities thanks to its
unique properties that allow for many applications such as the manufacturing of drinking …

The expansion of urban areas is occurring globally, but not all city neighborhoods are
gaining population. Because of economic decline and the recent foreclosure crisis, many US …

Urban agriculture represents many different things to different people in different places.
This chapter acknowledges the difference between urban agriculture in small and large …

Sample preparation techniques, measurement routines and custom calibrations were
developed and optimized for the quantification of Pb and additional heavy metals in dried …