Phytoremediation: A multidisciplinary approach to clean up heavy metal contaminated soil

V Shah, A Daverey - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2020 - Elsevier
Environmental pollution due to heavy metals is a growing concern worldwide. Human
activities such as industrial discharge, mining, smelting, hazardous solid waste disposal, etc …

Bioremediation of co-contaminated soil with heavy metals and pesticides: Influence factors, mechanisms and evaluation methods

H Zhang, X Yuan, T Xiong, H Wang, L Jiang - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Soil co-contaminated with heavy metals and pesticides has caused large global
environmental issues. The interaction of heavy metals and pesticides make the …

Remediation techniques for removal of heavy metals from the soil contaminated through different sources: a review

SS Dhaliwal, J Singh, PK Taneja, A Mandal - Environmental Science and …, 2020 - Springer
Heavy metal pollution is one of the serious problems and contaminates the environment by
different means with the blow of industries in several countries. Different techniques like …

[HTML][HTML] Biochar-facilitated soil remediation: mechanisms and efficacy variations

M Guo, W Song, J Tian - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Recent research suggests that biochar amendment is a promising approach to mitigate soil
contamination via immobilizing heavy metals and organic pollutants. Through intensive …

[HTML][HTML] Soil amendments for immobilization of potentially toxic elements in contaminated soils: A critical review

KN Palansooriya, SM Shaheen, SS Chen… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Soil contamination by potentially toxic elements (PTEs) has led to adverse environmental
impacts. In this review, we discussed remediation of PTEs contaminated soils through …

Soil and environmental issues in sandy soils

J Huang, AE Hartemink - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Sandy soils are widely distributed across the world. Due to the growing global population
and urbanization, these soils are increasingly used to provide food, feed, fiber, energy, and …

Prediction of mechanical properties of green concrete incorporating waste foundry sand based on gene expression programming

MF Iqbal, Q Liu, I Azim, X Zhu, J Yang, MF Javed… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Waste foundry sand (WFS) is a major pollutant generated from metal casting foundries and
is classified as a hazardous material due to the presence of organic and inorganic pollutants …

Remediation of cadmium and lead polluted soil using thiol-modified biochar

J Fan, C Cai, H Chi, BJ Reid, F Coulon, Y Zhang… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Thiol-modified rice straw biochar (RS) was prepared by an esterification reaction with β-
mercaptoethanol and used for the remediation of Cd and Pb polluted soils. Modified biochar …

A dual-response ratiometric fluorescent sensor by europium-doped CdTe quantum dots for visual and colorimetric detection of tetracycline

S Han, L Yang, Z Wen, S Chu, M Wang, Z Wang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Residues in animal food and drinking water caused by the abuse of antibiotics lead to cell
resistance and many chronic diseases in the human body. Therefore, it has become an …

Comprehensive review of the basic chemical behaviours, sources, processes, and endpoints of trace element contamination in paddy soil-rice systems in rice-growing …

W Ali, K Mao, H Zhang, M Junaid, N Xu… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Rice is the leading staple food for more than half of the world's population, and
approximately 160 million hectares of agricultural area worldwide are under rice cultivation …