With the development of economy, soil heavy metal pollution becomes more severe, which
causes soil resource degradation and ecosystem deterioration. In this study, we present the …

Toxic metal contamination of soil is a major environmental hazard. Chemical methods for
heavy metal's (HMs) decontamination such as heat treatment, electroremediation, soil …

Global concerns towards potentially toxic elements (PTEs) are steadily increasing due to the
significant threats that PTEs pose to human health and environmental quality. This calls for …

Soil amendments have been extensively used to remediate heavy metal contaminated soils
by immobilizing or altering edaphic properties to reduce the bioavailability of heavy metals …

Abstract Gentle Remediation Options (GROs), such as biostimulation, bioaugmentation,
phytoremediation and vermiremediation, are cost-effective and environmentally-friendly …

Earthworms are ecosystem engineers, capable of modifying the soil environment they
inhabit. Recent evidence indicates that they increase the mobility and availability of …

A biogeochemistry field study was conducted in the Siena urban area (Italy) with the main
objective of establishing the relationship between available amounts of heavy metals in soil …

Heavy metals like lead (Pb), nickel (Ni), and cadmium (Cd) have a devastating effect on the
environment and are harmful to humans, animals and plants. The present study was aimed …

The present study demonstrates the vermistabilization of paper mill wastewater sludge
(PMS) spiked with cow dung (CD) employing indigenous epigeic earthworm Perionyx …

Heavy metals and bromine (Br) derived from organic and industrialized fertilizers can be
absorbed, transported and accumulated into parts of plants ingested by humans. This study …