Food security is a high-priority issue for sustainable global development both quantitatively
and qualitatively. In recent decades, adverse effects of unexpected contaminants on crop …

Rice is one of the principal staple foods, essential for safeguarding the global food and
nutritional security, but due to different natural and anthropogenic sources, it also acts as …

Nonferrous metallurgy is causing significant concerns due to its emissions of heavy metals
into environment, degrading environmental quality, and consequently posing high risks to …

Soil has a considerable effect on human health, whether those effects are positive or
negative, direct or indirect. Soil is an important source of nutrients in our food supply and …

Rice is the main staple carbohydrate source for billions of people worldwide. Natural
geogenic and anthropogenic sources has led to high arsenic (As) concentrations in rice …

Oiltea camellia shells are a substantial agricultural waste in southern China, but their
resource utilization has not been given due attention. In this study, we prepared oiltea …

The health risk of soil heavy metals pollution has been gaining increasing public concern.
However, many countries have not set their own health risk assessment (HRA) framework …

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 …

Heavy metals in lake sediment have become a great concern because their remobilization
has frequently occurred under hydrodynamic disturbance in shallow lakes. In this study …

Arsenic (As) is recognized as a persistent and toxic contaminant in the environment that is
harmful to humans. Biochar, a porous carbonaceous material with tunable functionality, has …