This article provides the assessment of heavy metal soil pollution with using the calculation
of various pollution indices and contains also summarization of the sources of heavy metal …

Although exogenous contamination and unreliable reference values have limited the utility
of scalp hair as a biomarker of chemical elements exposure, its use in toxicological, clinical …

Abandoned tailings are one of the most important sources of heavy metal pollution in the
areas surrounding mining districts, and significant leaching of heavy metals could be …

Cadmium (Cd) contamination from mining and smelting operations has led to growing
environmental health concerns. In this study, soil, surface water, drinking water, rice …

The contents of chemical elements (Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb and Zn) in 11 kinds of crop/vegetables
and soils around the Huodehong lead-zinc mining area in Yunnan, Southwest China were …

Honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) are bioindicators of environmental pollution levels. During
their wide-ranging foraging activity, these hymenopterans are exposed to pollutants, thus …

Heavy metals are neurotoxic, associated with brain dysfunction, and have been linked with
cognitive decline in adults. This study was aimed to characterize chronic exposure to metals …

The vicinity of abandoned mining ponds to populated areas may suppose a high
environmental and health risk being necessary evaluate unreclaimed ponds as source of …

The vegetation deterioration and pollution expansion from non-ferrous metal tailings pond
have been found in many countries leading to water soil erosion and human health risk …

This multi-site study discusses the content of metals and metalloids (MM) in scalp hair of
children, living in different environmental contexts, with the purpose of verifying if hair level …