The concentrations of heavy metal ions found in waterways near industrial zones are often
exceed the prescribed limits, posing a continued danger to the environment and public …

Heavy metal contamination has been a serious threat to environment and human health.
Carbon-based materials, from biochar/activated carbon to modified materials (ie carbon …

China has gradually become the most important manufacturing and consumption centre for
perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in the world, and …

A total of 42 sampling sites were selected in the riverine network of the upper Han River
basin (approximately 95, 200 km2) of China. Over the time period of 2005–2006, 252 water …

A new composite adsorbent, iron oxide coated zeolite (IOCZ), was characterized and
employed for the removal of Cu (II) from aqueous solution using fixed bed column. Scanning …

Understanding the factors that controlling the agricultural soil heavy metals/metalloids
distribution is vital for cropland soil remediation and management. For this objective, 227 …

The deposition is an important process of microplastics transporting from atmosphere to
water and soil. But the spatial and temporal distribution of microplastics in urban …

Three indexing methods, namely heavy metal pollution index (HPI), contamination index (C
d) and heavy metal evaluation index (HEI), are commonly used for heavy metal evaluation in …

Wheat cultivars with low cadmium (Cd) accumulation (WCCA-Cd) are widely used on Cd-
contaminated farmland and can effectively reduce the grains Cd content to achieve the …

Disability adjusted life year (DALY) has been widely used since 1990s for evaluating global
and/or regional burden of diseases. As many environmental pollutants are hazardous to …