Recently, efforts to determine the ecological impacts of microplastic pollutants have
increased because of plastic's accelerated contamination of the environment. The tiny size …

The contamination of soil and vegetables with trace elements is one of the most severe
ecological problems in developing industrialized countries. Trace elements are released …

China exemplifies the serious and widespread soil heavy metal pollution generated by
mining activities. A total of 420 soil samples from 58 metal mines was collected across …

Previous studies about heavy metal (HM) accumulation in the surrounding areas affected by
mining mainly focused on a single or just a few mining areas. However, these studies could …

People's desire for food has never slowed, despite the deterioration of the global agricultural
environment and the threat to food security. People rely on agrochemicals to ensure normal …

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 …

In recent years, the diffusive gradients in the thin films (DGT) technique has also been
increasingly applied to assess the bioavailability of heavy metals and organic pollutants in …

The ubiquitous heavy metal (loid) pollution in farmlands poses a major threat to food safety
and human health, which has caused wide public concern. In recent years, the cultivation of …

Accurate prediction of the concentration of heavy metals is of great significance for
assessing the quality of agricultural products and reducing health risks. However, the …

The determination of the concentration of an environmental pollutant is not sufficient to
assess the related health risk because this pollutant may not be bioavailable. Therefore …