Increasing uranium (U) content in soils due to anthropogenic U contamination causes
accumulation of U in plants, which greatly increases human health risks. This review …

Serious concerns have recently been raised regarding the association of Fe excess with
neurodegenerative diseases in mammals and nutritional and oxidative disorders in plants …

To investigate the heavy metals (HMs) contamination of surface farmland soil along the river
in the southeast of a mining area in southwest China and identify the contamination sources …

Agricultural soils close to mining establishments may suffer from airborne pollution, due to
excavation and transportation activities. To assess the impact of soil pollution from …

Considering the unique characteristics of rare earth elements (REEs), the presence of REEs
beyond specific limits will adversely affect the environment and it can be employed as a …

Radiation has been acknowledged to be responsible for deleterious conditions in living
tissues. Hence, environmental background gamma radiation (BGR) measurement is crucial …

Mining is responsible for the release of metallic pollutants and radioactive materials into the
environment, which have the potential to disrupt ecosystems and pose significant risks to …

This study aimed to assess the levels of rare earth elements and yttrium (REY) and
vanadium (V) in soils cultivated with citrus, oil palm and black pepper in the eastern …

Subsidence is one of the main environmental impacts of underground mining worldwide.
Besides, the increasing complexity of underground mining due to greater depths and …

Background The current soil environmental assessment system is inadequate in terms of the
spatiotemporal distribution of heavy metal pollutants. This study employed the numerical …