“…More recently, hydroxyapatite, has been proposed as a inexpensive but efficient adsorbent for removal/remediation of soils polluted by Pb (Hashimoto et al, 2009;Slobodan, 2009), Zn and Cd (Chen et al, 2007;Zhu et al, 2008) and Cu-, Znpolluted wastewater (Qian et al, 2008;Wang et al, 2009). Besides phosphates, activated carbons are considered also an efficient treatment for the removal of many organic compounds and metals from both liquid and gas phases (Cheung et al, 2002;Danny et al, 2004;Xiao and Thomas, 2004;Chen et al, 2006), but expensive.…”