The rising shortage of water resources and the need to provide water in many regions like
Morocco around the world has been crucial and will become increasingly alarming in the …

Cadmium (Cd) is a non-essential highly toxic element that poses a potential health threat for
plants, humans, and animals at considerably smaller concentrations. Plants can uptake Cd …

Mining leads to excessive heavy metal contamination of agricultural products in Armenia
and can adversely impact human health. We quantify the concentrations of toxic heavy …

Societal actors increasingly expect multinational enterprises (MNEs) to positively impact the
host countries in which they operate. While these expectations have prompted IB scholars to …

Biochar and sulfur are considered useful amendments for soil cadmium (Cd) contamination
remediation. However, there is still a gap in the understanding of how combined biochar and …

Spatial distributions and sources of some commonly concerned heavy metal (loid) s (HMs,
As, Ba, Cr, Co, Cu, Ni, Pb, Mn, Zn, and V) in topsoil of Mianyang city, a typical medium-sized …

Background Human scalp hair is a validated bio-substrate for monitoring various exposures
in childhood including contextual stressors, environmental toxins, prescription or non …

This paper describes a former sterile dump site that is the result of mining and ore
processing. A large site located in the Baia Mare mining area (Romania) with a significant …

The study evaluated microbial and Potentially Toxic Elements—PTEs risks in high Andean
river water in Peru using Monte Carlo simulation. A total of 144 water samples were …

Background: Impaired cognitive function following exposure to heavy metals has emerged
as a significant global health concern. Nevertheless, the impact of combined exposure to …