Review of soil heavy metal pollution in China: Spatial distribution, primary sources, and remediation alternatives

Y Wu, X Li, L Yu, T Wang, J Wang, T Liu - Resources, Conservation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the development of economy, soil heavy metal pollution becomes more severe, which
causes soil resource degradation and ecosystem deterioration. In this study, we present the …

A critical review of mercury speciation, bioavailability, toxicity and detoxification in soil-plant environment: Ecotoxicology and health risk assessment

M Shahid, S Khalid, I Bibi, J Bundschuh… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Environmental contamination by a non-essential and non-beneficial, although potentially
toxic mercury (Hg), is becoming a great threat to the living organisms at a global scale …

Current status, spatial features, health risks, and potential driving factors of soil heavy metal pollution in China at province level

B Hu, S Shao, H Ni, Z Fu, L Hu, Y Zhou, X Min… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study we systematically reviewed 1203 research papers published between 2008 and
2018 in China and recorded related data on eight kinds of soil heavy metals (Cr, Pb, Cd, Hg …

Levels, sources, and spatial distribution of heavy metals in soils from a typical coal industrial city of Tangshan, China

L Sun, D Guo, K Liu, H Meng, Y Zheng, F Yuan, G Zhu - Catena, 2019 - Elsevier
The concentrations, bioavailability, distribution, and sources of heavy metals in soils of a
typical region from coal industrial city of Tangshan, North China, were investigated. A total of …

Kinetics, isotherm and chemical speciation analysis of Hg (Ⅱ) adsorption over oxygen-containing MXene adsorbent

X Hu, C Chen, D Zhang, Y Xue - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
A facile method was used to prepare two-dimensional MXene for the treatment of heavy
metal ions in wastewater. The adsorbent has good selectivity for the adsorption of Hg (Ⅱ) in …

Heavy metal accumulation in the surrounding areas affected by mining in China: Spatial distribution patterns, risk assessment, and influencing factors

H Liu, M Qu, J Chen, X Guang, J Zhang, M Liu… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Previous studies about heavy metal (HM) accumulation in the surrounding areas affected by
mining mainly focused on a single or just a few mining areas. However, these studies could …

A comprehensive assessment of heavy metal contamination in road dusts along a hectic national highway of Bangladesh: Spatial distribution, sources of …

MH Kabir, T Kormoker, RS Shammi, TR Tusher… - Toxin …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Human activities around or within national highways, combined with atmospheric mixing,
produce road dust, which can cause health problems through a variety of exposure routes …

Spatial-temporal characteristics, source-specific variation and uncertainty analysis of health risks associated with heavy metals in road dust in Beijing, China

C Men, R Liu, Q Wang, Y Miao, Y Wang, L Jiao… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Based on the concentrations of ten heavy metals (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn, Fe) in
144 road dust samples collected from 36 sites across 4 seasons from 2016 to 2017 in …

Soil mercury pollution caused by typical anthropogenic sources in China: Evidence from stable mercury isotope measurement and receptor model analysis

Z Song, C Wang, L Ding, M Chen, Y Hu, P Li… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Human activities have caused serious soil mercury (Hg) pollution in industrial areas
worldwide. Abatement of soil Hg pollution requires knowledge of Hg sources and transport …

Pollution and risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in soils from industrial and mining sites across China

Y Jiang, B Hu, H Shi, L Yi, S Chen, Y Zhou… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Potentially toxic elements in soils (SPTEs) from industrial and mining sites (IMSs) often
cause public health issues. However, previous studies have either focused on SPTEs in …