In recent years, air pollution in rural residential environments in China has received
significant attention, with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) pollution being …

Smelting activities are the main pathway for the anthropogenic release of heavy metals
(HMs) into the soil-groundwater environment. It is vital to identify the factors affecting HMs …

Heavy metals (HMs) discharged from smelting production may pose a major threat to human
health and soil ecosystems. In this study, the spatial distribution characteristics of HMs in the …

Smelting activities have a far-reaching influence on the quality of soil and groundwater,
while most studies have neglected the information on the pollution characteristics of …

The abandoned smelters have caused serious hazards to the surrounding environment and
residents. Taking an abandoned zinc smelter in southern China as an example, a total of …

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 …

The use of multiple isotopic ratios and statistical methods can substantially increase the
reliability and precision of determining contamination sources and pathways. In this study …

The global climate change events are expected to augment the vulnerability of persistent
organic pollutants within the global brownfield areas to a certain extent, consequently …

Community gardens are “green oases” of recent cities with many benefits for human society.
From a human health perspective, these benefits can be damaged by chemical …

The occurrence and migration of colloids at smelting sites are crucial for the formation of
multi-metal (loid) s pollution in groundwater. In this study, the behavior of natural colloids (1 …