The labyrinthine world of arsenic minerals has piqued the curiosity of many researchers in
mineralogy, geochemistry, chemistry, and environmental sciences. Arsenic was known to …

Since the dawn of civilization until the last decades of the past century, mining activity,
especially that concerning base and precious metals, represented a resource for human …

The presence of contaminated sites/soils in or near cities can pose significant risks to public
health. The city of Viviez (France) was taken in reference site bears significant industrial …

Gold and silver mining conducted throughout the state of California has left an
environmental legacy of exposed mine wastes containing elevated levels of toxic metals and …

Purpose Heavy metal accumulation produces significant physiological and biochemical
responses in vascular plants. Plants growing on abandoned mine sites are of particular …

Potentially harmful elements, or more generally trace elements, are now considered to be
among the most effective environmental contaminants, and their release into the …

Black rock-coatings occur in proximity to smelters and roast yards of the Greater Sudbury
area, Ontario, Canada and contain information about the past interactions between surface …

Lead blast furnace (LBF), one of the processes used in non-ferrous metallurgy, generates
huge amounts of primary smelting slags which are often directly landfilled. The slags …

Aim This article aims at providing a better understanding of the health and socioeconomic
costs induced by soil pollution exposure. Subject We conduct quantitative surveys in …

The stability of sedimentary metal profiles (defined as the absence of significant changes in
profile shapes or concentrations as the accumulated metals are progressively buried), or the …