Heavy metals and pesticides toxicity in agricultural soil and plants: Ecological risks and human health implications

A Alengebawy, ST Abdelkhalek, SR Qureshi, MQ Wang - Toxics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Environmental problems have always received immense attention from scientists. Toxicants
pollution is a critical environmental concern that has posed serious threats to human health …

Research progress on heavy metals pollution in the soil of smelting sites in China

M Adnan, B Xiao, P Xiao, P Zhao, R Li, S Bibi - Toxics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Contamination by heavy metals is a significant issue worldwide. In recent decades, soil
heavy metals pollutants in China had adverse impacts on soil quality and threatened food …

[HTML][HTML] Soil contamination near non-ferrous metal smelters: A review

V Ettler - Applied geochemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
This review summarizes over 160 studies focused on soil contamination near non-ferrous
metal smelters. The methods of these investigations were examined with an emphasis on …

Evaluation of heavy metal contamination in water, soil and plant around the open landfill site Mogla Bazar in Sylhet, Bangladesh

R Alam, Z Ahmed, MF Howladar - Groundwater for Sustainable …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study was aimed to determine the heavy metal concentration in water, soil, and plant
around an open landfill site in Mogla Bazar, Sylhet, Bangladesh. The concentration of …

Quantitative analysis of the factors influencing spatial distribution of soil heavy metals based on geographical detector

P Qiao, S Yang, M Lei, T Chen, N Dong - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of modern industry, heavy metals in the soil introduce the risk of
serious pollution. To reduce this pollution risk, the following four research questions needed …

Assessment of heavy metal contamination in soil due to leachate migration from an open dumping site

S Kanmani, R Gandhimathi - Applied water science, 2013 - Springer
The concentration of heavy metals was studied in the soil samples collected around the
municipal solid waste (MSW) open dumpsite, Ariyamangalam, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu to …

Role of temperature, wind, and precipitation in heavy metal contamination at copper mines: a review

A Punia - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021 - Springer
The increasing demand for minerals pressurizing the mining authorities to extract low-grade
ore results in more mining waste and degradation of the environment. The main aim of …

A comprehensive exploration on the health risk quantification assessment of soil potentially toxic elements from different sources around large-scale smelting area

CC Huang, LM Cai, YH Xu, L Jie, LG Chen… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Non-ferrous metal smelting activities have always been considered as one of the foremost
anthropogenic sources of potentially toxic elements (PTEs). The enrichment factor (EF) and …

Contamination assessment of heavy metals in agricultural soil, in the Liwa area (UAE)

AA Al-Taani, Y Nazzal, FM Howari, J Iqbal, N Bou Orm… - Toxics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Liwa area is a primary food production area in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and has
intensively been used for agriculture. This study investigates the pollution levels with heavy …

Assessment of soil-heavy metal pollution and the health risks in a mining area from Southern Shaanxi Province, China

R Chen, L Han, Z Liu, Y Zhao, R Li, L Xia, Y Fan - Toxics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Soil-heavy metal pollution in mining areas is one of the problems in the comprehensive
treatment of soil environmental pollution. To explore the degree of soil-heavy metal pollution …