Heavy-metal (HM) pollution is considered a leading source of environmental contamination.
Heavy-metal pollution in ground water poses a serious threat to human health and the …

Water quality is a big concern for the humankind as it is the most important natural resource.
However, the non-controlled growth of rural and urban areas in rapidly developed countries …

The mining industry is the major producer of acid mine drainage (AMD). The problem of
AMD concerns at active and abandoned mine sites. Acid mine drainage needs to be treated …

Stability and sensitivity of toxic elements determination is still unsatisfactory in agricultural
product using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). A simple and low cost sample …

Excessive heavy metal (HM) in soil limit crop yields and reduce quality of crops and soil. In
this study, a 3-year field experiment was conducted to verify the effects of different …

Accumulation of heavy metals (HMs) in fish tissues is an important factor in monitoring the
health and safety of aquatic ecosystems. Furthermore, fish are important parts of aquatic …

Chelate-assisted phytoextraction by high biomass producing macrophyte plant Typha
latifolia L. commonly known as cattail, is gaining much attention worldwide. The present …

In this investigation, the ability and effectiveness of the aquatic macrophyte, Pistia stratiotes
L. to improve the quality of eutrophic waters were studied at a lab scale by testing across …

Land use change alters the accumulation of heavy metals (HMs) in soils and might have
significant influence on the assembly and functions of soil microbial community. Although …

The efficacy of source apportionment is often limited by a lack of information on natural and
anthropogenic contributing factors influencing soil heavy metal (HM) contaminations. To …