Heavy metal pollution has pervaded many parts of the world, especially developing
countries such as China. This review summarizes available data in the literature (2005 …

Heavy metal and pesticide pollution have become an inevitable part of the modern
industrialized environment that find their way into all ecosystems. Because of their persistent …

This study aims to analyze the pollution characteristics and sources of heavy metal elements
for the first time in the Zhundong mining area in Xinjiang using the linear regression model …

Increasing gold and mineral mining activity in rivers across the global tropics has degraded
ecosystems and threatened human health,. Such river mineral mining involves intensive …

The combined effects of antimony (Sb) and sodium diethyldithiocarbamate (DDTC), a
common organic flotation reagent, on soil microbial activity and speciation changes of heavy …

Potentially toxic elements in soils (SPTEs) from industrial and mining sites (IMSs) often
cause public health issues. However, previous studies have either focused on SPTEs in …

To investigate and assess heavy metal contamination on the farmland soils of a typical
mining city, the concentrations of Cu, Cd, Zn, Pb, As, and Cr were analyzed from four mining …

The accelerated development of urbanization in semi-arid areas is easy to cause varying
degrees of disturbance to its fragile aquatic ecosystem. To find a general method for …

The São Pedro da Cova waste pile (Porto, Portugal) is composed of coal mining residues
that have been self-burning since 2005 and is located close to an inhabited area and social …

Heavy metal contaminations may cause severe toxic impacts to ecological systems and
human health. Measurements of metals' bioavailable concentrations and toxicities …