Rice is one of the most important staple foods worldwide. Soil contamination with heavy
metals and food safety problems occur in many countries as a result of numerous human …

Heavy metal contamination in soils/sediments and its impact on human health and
ecological environment have aroused wide concerns. Our study investigated 30 samples of …

The natural abundance of Cr and Ni in serpentine soils is well-known, but the food safety of
rice grown in these hazardous paddy soils is poorly understood. The study evaluated the …

Limited data have been published on the chemistry of urban soils and vegetation in the
Philippines. The aim of this study is to quantify the concentrations of heavy metals (ie, Cr, Ni …

The red clay and red weathering crust are widely distributed in southern China. To study the
possible relationship between soil color and paleoclimatic environment, three color …

Over the past several decades, the conversion of native forest to agricultural land use has
accelerated and featured in the development of Philippine landscapes. This study evaluated …

This study clarifies the morphology, genesis, physico-chemical properties and classification
of soils developed from volcanic parent materials of Mbeya Region, Tanzania. Six typical …

In this study, concentrations of nickel (Ni) were quantified in the soils and plants in the
agricultural areas of Salcedo watershed in Eastern Samar Island, Philippines. The quantity …

This paper deals with soil genesis and distribution of Ni and Cr in soils formed along a
toposequence of mainly ultramafic rocks in an aridic soil moisture regime in Northeastern …

This study was conducted to evaluate the physical, chemical, and mineralogical
characteristics of rain forest soils derived from late Quaternary basaltic rocks in Leyte …