Most worldwide policy frameworks, including the United Nations Sustainable Development
Goals, highlight soil as a key non-renewable natural resource which should be rigorously …

Heavy metal pollution is one of the most critical concerns of communities, which challenges
health and global sustainability. Non-biodegradable heavy metals such as cadmium …

In 1976, a tailing dam collapse accident at the Xingping Lead–Zinc Mine in Guangxi
Province, China, led to the spillage of mining wastewater and sludge into downstream …

Soil contamination by trace elements (TE) is a major environmental problem and much
research is done into its effects on ecosystems and human health, as well as into …

Application of biochar has been widely suggested as a remediation tool for trace element-
polluted soils, but the impact of biochar on microbial communities and on native plants …

The present experiment addressed the effects of different iron (Fe) concentrations in the
nutrient solution supplied as Fe-HBED, ie, 0.02 (Fe0, control), 1.02 (Fe1), and 2.02 mmol L …

Residual soil pollution from the Aznalcóllar mine spill is still a problem in some parts of the
affected area, today converted in the Guadiamar Green Corridor. Dispersed spots of polluted …

The present work assesses the residual pollution in the Guadiamar Green Corridor (SW,
Spain) after a long-term aging process (18 years) since the accident of the Aznalcóllar pyrite …

The potentially hazardous contents of mine tailings can pose a serious threat to the
environment. Tailings dispersed around the abandoned Monica mine (Bustarviejo) in the …

Recently, numerous organic pollutants have been detected in water environment. The safety
of our drinking water has attracted widespread attention. Effective methods to screen and …