“…The EDTA is the most commonly used chelant because it has a strong chelating ability for cationic heavy metals, EDTA leaching can be used to treat a broad range of soil types, and the EDTA is recoverable (Dermont et al, 2008). A number of previous studies have investigated the optimum operational parameters of soil washing with EDTA, including dosage, washing cycle, post-wash rinses (Andrade et al, 2007), regeneration of EDTA leachate (Di Palma et al, 2005;Lo and Zhang, 2005;Finzgar and Lestan, 2008;Cesaro and Esposito, 2009), and EDTA degradation (Finzgar and Lestan, 2008;Pociecha and Lestan, 2012;Voglar and Lestan, 2012a).…”