Heavy metals and pesticides toxicity in agricultural soil and plants: Ecological risks and human health implications

A Alengebawy, ST Abdelkhalek, SR Qureshi, MQ Wang - Toxics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Environmental problems have always received immense attention from scientists. Toxicants
pollution is a critical environmental concern that has posed serious threats to human health …

[HTML][HTML] Soil degradation in the European Mediterranean region: Processes, status and consequences

CSS Ferreira, S Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, G Destouni… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil, a non-renewable resource, sustains life on Earth by supporting around 95% of global
food production and providing ecosystem services such as biomass production, filtration of …

[HTML][HTML] Manure management and soil biodiversity: Towards more sustainable food systems in the EU

J Köninger, E Lugato, P Panagos, M Kochupillai… - Agricultural …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract CONTEXT In the European Union (EU-27) and UK, animal farming generated
annually more than 1.4 billion tonnes of manure during the period 2016–2019. Of this, more …

Microbial interventions in bioremediation of heavy metal contaminants in agroecosystem

V Pande, SC Pandey, D Sati, P Bhatt… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Soil naturally comprises heavy metals but due to the rapid industrialization and
anthropogenic events such as uncontrolled use of agrochemicals their concentration is …

[PDF][PDF] Effect of heavy metals on fishes: Toxicity and bioaccumulation

P Garai, P Banerjee, P Mondal, NC Saha - J Clin Toxicol. S, 2021 - researchgate.net
Heavy metal pollution is a serious problem for the environment due to their toxicity,
persistency, bioaccumulation, and bio magnifications property. Heavy metal contamination …

Soil science challenges in a new era: a transdisciplinary overview of relevant topics

J Rodrigo-Comino, M López-Vicente… - Air, Soil and Water …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Transdisciplinary approaches that provide holistic views are essential to properly
understand soil processes and the importance of soil to society and will be crucial in the …

Use of copper-based fungicides in organic agriculture in twelve European countries

L Tamm, B Thuerig, S Apostolov, H Blogg, E Borgo… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
The reduction of copper-based plant-protection products with the final aim of phasing out
has a high priority in European policy, as well as in organic agriculture. Our survey aims at …

[HTML][HTML] A spatial assessment of mercury content in the European Union topsoil

C Ballabio, M Jiskra, S Osterwalder, P Borrelli… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Mapping of surface soil Hg concentrations, a priority pollutant, at continental scale is
important in order to identify hotspots of soil Hg distribution (eg mining or industrial pollution) …

Potential accumulation of toxic trace elements in soils during enhanced rock weathering

X Dupla, B Möller, PC Baveye… - European Journal of Soil …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Terrestrial enhanced rock weathering (ERW) is a carbon dioxide removal technology that
aims at accelerating one of the most powerful negative feedbacks on Earth's climate, the …

[HTML][HTML] Soil pollution in the European Union–An outlook

DCS Vieira, F Yunta, D Baragaño, O Evrard… - … Science & Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Soil pollution in the European Union (EU) is poorly quantified, because of several years of
reduced attention and limited funding on soil research and monitoring. Moreover, issues …