Soil heavy metal pollution from Pb/Zn smelting regions in China and the remediation potential of biomineralization

X Luo, C Wu, Y Lin, W Li, M Deng, J Tan… - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Heavy metal pollution in coastal areas of South China: a review

SL Wang, XR Xu, YX Sun, JL Liu, HB Li - Marine pollution bulletin, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Coastal areas of South China face great challenges due to heavy metal
contamination caused by rapid urbanization and industrialization. In this paper, more than …

[HTML][HTML] Carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health risk assessment of heavy metals in drinking water of Khorramabad, Iran

AA Mohammadi, A Zarei, S Majidi, A Ghaderpoury… - MethodsX, 2019 - Elsevier
The continuous urbanization and industrialization in many parts of the world and Iran has
led to high levels of heavy metal contamination in the soil and then on the surface and …

Strong evidence for the continued contribution of lead deposited during the 20th century to the atmospheric environment in London of today

E Resongles, V Dietze, DC Green… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Although leaded gasoline was banned at the end of the last century, lead (Pb) remains
significantly enriched in airborne particles in large cities. The remobilization of historical Pb …

Trace metal contamination in estuarine and coastal environments in China

K Pan, WX Wang - Science of the total environment, 2012 - Elsevier
Rapid growth of the economy in China has been coupled with increasing environmental
pollution. The coastal and estuarine ecosystems in China are now facing increasing metal …

Lead (Pb) isotopic fingerprinting and its applications in lead pollution studies in China: a review

H Cheng, Y Hu - Environmental pollution, 2010 - Elsevier
As the most widely scattered toxic metal in the world, the sources of lead (Pb) observed in
contamination investigation are often difficult to identify. This review presents an overview of …

Health risks from the exposure of children to As, Se, Pb and other heavy metals near the largest coking plant in China

S Cao, X Duan, X Zhao, J Ma, T Dong, N Huang… - Science of the total …, 2014 - Elsevier
Coking influences environmental quality and poses high risks to human health as large
amounts of heavy metals and metalloids are emitted into the environment from coal during …

Preliminary assessment of heavy metal contamination in surface sediments from a river in Bangladesh

MS Islam, MK Ahmed, M Habibullah-Al-Mamun… - Environmental earth …, 2015 - Springer
Contamination of heavy metals in sediment is regarded as a major crisis globally, with a
large SHARE in developing countries, such as Bangladesh. The objective of this study is to …

Health risk assessment of various metal (loid) s via multiple exposure pathways on children living near a typical lead-acid battery plant, China

S Cao, X Duan, X Zhao, B Wang, J Ma, D Fan… - Environmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
Manufacture of lead-acid batteries is of widespread interest because of its emissions of
heavy metals and metalloids into environment, harming environmental quality and …

Lead isotopic compositions of selected coals, Pb/Zn ores and fuels in China and the application for source tracing

XY Bi, ZG Li, SX Wang, L Zhang, R Xu… - … science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Lead (Pb) pollution emission from China is becoming a potential worldwide threat. Pb
isotopic composition analysis is a useful tool to accurately trace the Pb sources of aerosols …