The consequences of elevated Se accumulation at the Kesterson Reservoir National Wildlife
Refuge in the Central Valley of California created adverse effects on wildlife and led to …

Selenium (masses 74, 76, 77, 78, 80, and 82; Table 1) and chromium (masses 50, 52, 53 54;
Table 1) are treated together in this chapter because of their geochemical similarities and …

Dietary deficiency of selenium is a global health threat related to low selenium
concentrations in crops. Despite the chemical similarity of selenium to the two more …

With contributions from more than 75 international experts, this second edition focuses on
toxic substances and how they affect ecosystems worldwide. It presents methods for …

Selenium (Se) is an essential micronutrient for animal and human nutrition, but whether it is
essential to plants remains controversial. However, there are increasing experimental …

To evaluate the stabilization of available As in contaminated tailings from two abandoned
metal mines of South Korea (the Myoungbong and Daduck Mines, 6670 and 56 600 mg/kg …

Understanding the speciation of the multioxidation states of selenium is vital to predicting the
mineralization, mobilization, and toxicity of the trace element in natural systems. A …

Enshi prefecture of Hubei Province is well known for human selenium (Se) poisoning in the
early 1960s in China. Sporadic cases of Se poisoning in livestocks are still being found. In …

Chromium (Cr) leached from iron (Fe)(oxyhydr) oxide-rich tropical laterites can substantially
impact downstream groundwater, ecosystems, and human health. However, its partitioning …

Yutangba, one of the typical high-Se areas where a sudden incidence of Se poisoning
occurred in 1963, is located in the northern part of Shuanghe town about 81 km SE of Enshi …