ABSTRACT
The aim of this chapter is to give an overview of the principal analytical methods used in environmental sciences for heavy metals determination. The monitoring of trace metals in the environment has been a subject of great concern over the last decade and will continue to be as there is an ever-increasing amount of metals that have to be found in the environment. Of the 92 naturally occurring elements, approximately 30 metals and metalloids are potentially toxic to humans, Be, B, Li, Al, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, As, Se, Sr, Mo, Pd, Ag, Cd, Sn, Sb, Te, Cs, Ba, W, Pt, Au, Hg, Pb, and Bi.
