Contemporary legislation respecting environmental protection and public health, at both
national and international levels, are based on data that characterize chemical properties of …

Organisms have developed their internal biochemistry in close connection to the
composition of the natural environment. Humans, as well as all mammals, unlike …

The modified BCR three-step sequential extraction procedure was used to examine the
temporal dynamics of trace elements in soils contaminated by an accidental spill from an …

Weathering of Hitura (W Finland) nickel sulphide mine tailings and release of heavy metals
into pore water was studied with mineralogical (optical and electron microscopy, X-ray …

Tailings impoundments associated with former mining districts are currently sources of
pollutants to soils and waters. Because of this issue, many of these tailings ponds have been …

Significant environmental impacts of mining activities connected with high-sulfur materials
result from the production of acid mine drainage and potentially toxic elements, which easily …

Accumulated mine waste in certain locations in the abandoned mining district of Linares-La
Carolina (southern Spain) contain high levels of metals. Therefore, in recent years, many of …

Uranium mining in the former German Democratic Republic was extensive during the period
1946–1990 with a total production of over 200kt of uranium. About half of the uranium …

This study investigates the retention of heavy metals in secondary precipitates from a sulfidic
mine rock dump and underlying podzolic soils by means of mineralogical and chemical …

Total and EDTA-extractable concentrations of Cd, Co, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn in rice-farming
soils and their distribution in the profile depth were evaluated. The temporal variability of …