Geochemical distribution and environmental assessment of potentially toxic elements in farmland soils, sediments, and tailings from phosphate industrial area (NE …

B Boumaza, R Kechiched, TV Chekushina… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigates the extent and spatial distribution of Potentially Toxic Elements
(PTEs) in the Djebel Onk phosphate mine area in south-eastern Algeria, as well as the …

Phosphate mining pollution in southern Tunisia: environmental, epidemiological, and socioeconomic investigation

Y Hamed, F Khelifi, B Houda, AB Sâad, K Ncibi… - Environment …, 2023 - Springer
The present study tends to close this gap of knowledge by introducing new data based on
cross-sectional surveys operated through two steps, a specific questionnaire at local …

Hydrogeochemical characteristics and health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in groundwater and their relationship with the ecosystem: case study in …

K Ncibi, Y Hamed, R Hadji, G Busico… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Sidi Bouzid basin knows for several decades a fast-growing anthropogenic activity and,
consequently, an increase in groundwater pollution which attracted researcher attention. For …

Application of Monte Carlo simulation for carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risks assessment through multi-exposure pathways of heavy metals of river water and …

S Gupta, SK Gupta - Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2023 - Springer
Heavy metal contamination has severe detrimental impacts on the entire river ecosystem's
quality and causes potential risks to human health. An integrated approach comprising …

[HTML][HTML] Critical Raw Materials Supply: Challenges and Potentialities to Exploit Rare Earth Elements from Siliceous Stones and Extractive Waste

X Zhao, F Khelifi, M Casale, A Cavallo, E Padoan… - Resources, 2024 - mdpi.com
Critical raw materials (CRMs) supply is a challenge that EU countries have to face, with
many thinking about domestic procurement from natural ore deposits and anthropogenic …

Mapping groundwater recharge potential zones in arid region using remote sensing and GIS perspective, Central Tunisia

R Missaoui, B Abdelkarim, K Ncibi, M Gentilucci… - Euro-Mediterranean …, 2023 - Springer
Given the semi-arid to arid climate in the Regueb region of Central Tunisia, groundwater is a
crucial resource for meeting the escalating demands of socioeconomic development …

The strontium isotope fingerprint of phosphate rocks mining

A Vengosh, Z Wang, G Williams, R Hill… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
High concentrations of metal (loid) s in phosphate rocks and wastewater associated with
phosphate mining and fertilizer production operations pose potential contamination risks to …

[HTML][HTML] Potentials of microbe-plant assisted bioremediation in reclaiming heavy metal polluted soil environments for sustainable agriculture

AO Omotayo, OP Omotayo - Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 2024 - Elsevier
Crop intensification has increased as human population growth drives the demand for food.
However, urbanization, industrialization, and contamination of soil by heavy metal (HM) …

Contamination assessment and potential sources of heavy metals and other elements in sediments of a basin impacted by 500 years of mining in central Mexico

LF Rueda-Garzon, R Miranda-Avilés… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Since the middle of the 1500 s, mining has been active in central Mexico. Total estimates for
low-grade piles and mine tailing materials in the Guanajuato mining district (GMD) are in the …

Health risk assessment associated to heavy metal pollution levels in Mediterranean environment soils: a case study in the watershed of Sebkhet Ariana, Tunisia

A Ghouma, A Aydi, JAR Martin, M Gasmi - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2022 - Springer
We measured the concentrations of 9 heavy metals (Fe, Cd, Hg, Pb, Zn, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni) in
the soils collected in the watershed of Sebkhet Ariana (Tunisia) and assessed health risks …