Current knowledge from heavy metal pollution in Chinese smelter contaminated soils, health risk implications and associated remediation progress in recent decades …

DM Xu, RB Fu, HQ Liu, XP Guo - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
The increasing generation of toxic heavy metals from smelting activities poses significant
threat to food safety, human health, and soil ecosystem, due to their unacceptable exposure …

A review on bioaccessibility and the associated health risks due to heavy metal pollution in coal mines: Content and trend analysis

M Kumari, T Bhattacharya - Environmental Development, 2023 - Elsevier
On the verge of just transition leading to phase-wise closure of coal mines worldwide, coal
mine reclamation and eco-restoration will emerge as the major activity in the coming …

Spatial distribution prediction of soil As in a large-scale arsenic slag contaminated site based on an integrated model and multi-source environmental data

G Liu, X Zhou, Q Li, Y Shi, G Guo, L Zhao, J Wang… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Different prediction models have important effects on the accuracy of spatial distribution
simulations of heavy metals in soil. This study proposes a model (RFOK) combining a …

Effect of different soil washing solutions on bioavailability of residual arsenic in soils and soil properties

J Im, K Yang, EH Jho, K Nam - Chemosphere, 2015 - Elsevier
The effect of soil washing used for arsenic (As)-contaminated soil remediation on soil
properties and bioavailability of residual As in soil is receiving increasing attention due to …

Assessment of trace metal pollution in roof dusts and soils near a large Zn smelter

PK Lee, MJ Kang, S Yu, YK Kwon - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The spatial extent of dust emissions from a Zn smelter was assessed based on metal
concentrations in roof dust samples. In addition, the vertical mobility of metal loads in soils …

Bioavailability of arsenic and antimony in terrestrial ecosystems: a review

S Bagherifam, TC Brown, CM Fellows, R Naidu - Pedosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Arsenic (As) and antimony (Sb) are metalloids that belong to group 15 of the
periodic table and exhibit toxic properties in the environment. They mostly occur naturally at …

Refining health risk assessment of arsenic in wild edible boletus from typical high geochemical background areas: The role of As species, bioavailability, and …

M Li, Z Chen, Q Xiong, Y Mu, Y Xie, M Zhang… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Arsenic (As) is easily accumulated in wild Boletus. However, the accurate health risks and
adverse effects of As on humans were largely unknown. In this study, we analyzed the total …

Source identification of arsenic contamination in agricultural soils surrounding a closed Cu smelter, South Korea

PK Lee, S Yu, YJ Jeong, J Seo, SG Choi, BY Yoon - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Arsenic sources were identified in As-contaminated soils 4 km–7 km from a closed Cu
smelter. Host rocks, heavy minerals in contaminated soils, ore minerals in quartz veins …

Simultaneous immobilization of arsenic, lead, and cadmium in soil by magnesium-aluminum modified biochar: Influences of organic acids, aging, and rainfall

C Peng, K Gong, Q Li, W Liang, H Song, F Liu, J Yang… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Magnesium-aluminum modified biochar (MABs) has an outstanding effect on the
simultaneous immobilization of arsenic (As), lead (Pb), and cadmium (Cd) in soil, but the …

Evaluation of the effectiveness of in situ stabilization in the field aged arsenic-contaminated soil: Chemical extractability and biological response

J An, B Jeong, K Nam - Journal of hazardous materials, 2019 - Elsevier
The effectiveness of in situ stabilization in the long-term As-contaminated soil was assessed.
In situ stabilization of As was conducted through a Fe-based sorbent amendment. Chemical …