Smelting activities pose serious environmental problems due to the local and regional heavy
metal pollution in soils they cause. It is therefore important to understand the pollution …

Driven by the growing demand for food products of animal origin, industrial livestock and
poultry production has become increasingly popular and is on the track of becoming an …

Today, soil metal pollution has become a significant environmental issue of great public
concern. This is because soil is both a major sink for heavy metal (loid) s (HMs) released …

Unlike organic contaminants, metal (loid) s do not undergo microbial or chemical
degradation and persist for a long time after their introduction. Bioavailability of metal (loid) s …

Globally, substantial quantities of organic amendments (OAs) such as plant residues (3.8×
10 9 Mg/yr), biosolids (10× 10 7 Mg/yr), and animal manures (7× 10 9 Mg/yr) are produced …

Mining, manufacturing, industrialization and the use of synthetic products have resulted in
heavy metal contamination of all the segments of environment. Due to their non …

Soil enzyme activities are greatly influenced by soil properties and could be significant
indicators of heavy metal toxicity in soil for bioavailability assessment. Two groups of …

Soil degradation and/or contamination have significant influence on the quality of food. In
such cases immobilization of contaminants in soil may often be applied. In this context …

Soil pollution with heavy metals is a worldwide environmental problem. Phytoremediation
through phytoextraction and phytostabilization appears to be a promising technology for the …

We applied a multi-level approach assessing the quality, toxicity and functioning of Pb, Zn
and Cd contaminated/remediated soil from a vegetable garden in Meza Valley, Slovenia …