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[László Bottyán <bottyan.laszlo AT wigner.hun-ren.hu>]

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A Budapesti Neutron Centrum következő szemináriumát angol nyelven, hibrid 
formában szervezzük. Az előadás a világban jelentős károkat okozó 
talajszennyezés és az annak csökkentését hivatott lehetséges 
módszerek kérdéseit járja körül.

Címe:   “Soil pollution: a hidden reality”

Időpont: 2026. június 11. 14:00

Előadó: Szimona Zárzsevszkij (Budapesti Neutronközpont)

Helyszín: KFKI kampusz, 19. épület tanácsterem
MS Teams meetup link és egyebek: https://bnc.hu/seminars/

Kivonat / Abstract:

Soil pollution is a serious global problem posing significant health risks 
to ecosystems and living organisms due to the detrimental effects 
pollutants may exert on (a)biotic systems. Major causes of soil pollution 
are intentional anthropogenic activities like agriculture, industry, 
military, transportation, and waste(water) disposal, but also accidents 
like oil spills. Thus, the variety of soil pollutants is enormous, 
comprising of inorganic (e.g., metal(loids)s, cyanides, radionuclides) and 
organic (dioxins, BTEX, PAHs, PCBs, PFAS, DDT, etc.) pollutants. Various 
physical, chemical, and biological remediation methods can be applied 
alone or combined to tackle soil pollution. Chemical immobilization is an 
in situ, environmentally friendly and cost-effective remediation technique 
for non-biodegradable pollutants like metal(loid)s (e.g., Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, 
Pb, Zn, As and Sb). This method relies on the use of adsorbents, which, 
upon being mixed with the polluted soil, adsorb pollutants through various 
mechanism and thereby reduce their leaching, and hence environmental 
mobility and bioavailability, and in turn potential health risks. Although 
several factors affect adsorption efficiency (soil quality, pollutant 
properties, weather, vegetation, etc.), it can be enhanced by tailoring 
material characteristics of the adsorbent through e.g., surface coating 
and functionalization. In fact, adsorbent development for environmental 
cleanup applications is a hot research topic to date. At BNC, synthesis, 
characterization, and use of silica-based adsorbents for metal(loi)d 
removal from wastewater through adsorption have been investigated for 
several years already. Hence, with my expertise in adsorbent use for 
environmental remediation, I am going to contribute to this research 
during my postdoc here at BNC.

Minden érdeklődőt szeretettel várunk.

BNC Management

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The next seminar of the Budapest Neutron Center will be organized in 
English, in a hybrid format. Suil pollution is causing significant 
damage all around the world. The presentation will explore this topic 
and possible methods to reduce it.

Title:  “Soil pollution: a hidden reality”

Date: June 11, 2026. 14:00

Speaker:   Szimona Zárzsevszkij (HUN-REN EK Budapest Neutron Center)

Venue: KFKI campus, building 19, conference room

MS Teams meetup link and more: https://bnc.hu/seminars/

Abstract: see above

Everyone interested is welcome.

BNC Management