Trace elements (TEs) may have toxic effects to plants and humans; thus, countries and organizations impose maximum allowable regulation limits of their concentrations in soils …
H Ali, E Khan - Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The term 'heavy metals' is commonly used in the environmental literature to refer to metals and metalloids associated with environmental pollution, toxicity and adverse effects on biota …
O Pourret, A Hursthouse - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Even if the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements is relatively well defined, some controversial terms are still in use. Indeed, the term “heavy metal” is a common term used for …
AA El-Kady, MA Abdel-Wahhab - Trends in food science & technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Unlike organic pollutants, heavy metals are not created nor are biodegradable materials. They naturally occur in earth crust and many of them reach the environment via …
Metals such as mercury, arsenic, copper and silver have been used in various forms as antimicrobials for thousands of years with until recently, little understanding of their mode of …
Water is needed at mine sites for dust suppression, mineral processing, coal washing, and hydrometallurgical extraction. For these applications, water is mined from surface water …
SM Shaheen, CD Tsadilas, J Rinklebe - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge about the behavior and reactions of separate soil components with trace elements (TEs) and their distribution coefficients (K ds) in soils is a key issue in …
S Saud, D Wang, S Fahad, T Javed… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, heavy metals-induced soil pollution has increased due to the widespread usage of chromium (Cr) in chemical industries. The release of Cr into the environment has …
Human activities generate wastes, some of which contain large amounts of heavy metals/metalloids that could enter natural ecosystems and alter the activities and functioning …