Sustainable ex-situ remediation of contaminated sediment: a review

Y Zhang, C Labianca, L Chen, S De Gisi… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Routine waterway dredging activities generate huge volumes of dredged sediment. The
remediation of dredged contaminated sediment is a worldwide challenge. Novel and …

Geochemical distribution and environmental assessment of potentially toxic elements in farmland soils, sediments, and tailings from phosphate industrial area (NE …

B Boumaza, R Kechiched, TV Chekushina… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigates the extent and spatial distribution of Potentially Toxic Elements
(PTEs) in the Djebel Onk phosphate mine area in south-eastern Algeria, as well as the …

Phosphate mining pollution in southern Tunisia: environmental, epidemiological, and socioeconomic investigation

Y Hamed, F Khelifi, B Houda, AB Sâad, K Ncibi… - Environment …, 2023 - Springer
The present study tends to close this gap of knowledge by introducing new data based on
cross-sectional surveys operated through two steps, a specific questionnaire at local …

Application of the analytic hierarchy process to weight the criteria used to determine the Water Quality Index of groundwater in the northeastern basin of the Sidi …

K Ncibi, R Hadji, M Hamdi, N Mokadem… - Euro-Mediterranean …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Sidi Bouzid and El Hjal Wadi basins together comprise one of the most
important agricultural regions in Central Tunisia. Exploitation of the groundwater in this …

Bioaccessibility of potentially toxic metals in soil, sediments and tailings from a north Africa phosphate-mining area: Insight into human health risk assessment

F Khelifi, AG Caporale, Y Hamed, P Adamo - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The risk assessment of phosphate mining/processing industrial activities on the environment
and human health is crucial to properly manage and minimize the risks over time. In this …

Trace metal elements in phosphate rock wastes from the Djebel Onk mining area (Tébessa, eastern Algeria): A geochemical study and environmental implications

B Boumaza, R Kechiched, TV Chekushina - Applied Geochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Algeria is one of the phosphate-rich countries where many deposits are found in the
Tébessa region which are currently being mined from the Kef Essenoun quarries. The …

Environmental and human health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in soil, sediments, and ore-processing wastes from a mining area of southwestern …

F Khelifi, A Melki, Y Hamed, P Adamo… - … Geochemistry and Health, 2020 - Springer
The occurrence and bioaccessibility of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in soils and
sediments are investigated by many studies, especially in territories exploited by mining and …

[HTML][HTML] Wastewater resources, agricultural practices management strategies, soil salinity predictions and artificial recharge in the Middle East-Saudi Arabia: A review

Y Hamed, Y Ayadi, R Khalil, A Al-Omran, F Lebdi… - Journal of the Saudi …, 2024 - Elsevier
Water scarcity threatens agriculture, domestic, industrial, and food security in the land of
Saudi Arabia. The nation produces significant quantities of municipal wastewater, which …

Potential toxic-element pollution in surface water and its implications for aquatic and human health: source–pathway–receptor model

G Belle, Y Schoeman, P Oberholster - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study focused on assessing the extent of pollution in both flowing and non-flowing
surface water within the Matjhabeng mining area of South Africa, with particular emphasis …

Incorporating oral bioaccessibility into human health risk assessment due to potentially toxic elements in extractive waste and contaminated soils from an abandoned …

N Mehta, S Cipullo, T Cocerva, F Coulon, GA Dino… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
The waste rock, tailings and soil around an abandoned mine site in Gorno (northwest Italy)
contain elevated concentrations of potentially toxic elements (PTE) exceeding the …