Presence of thallium in the environment: sources of contaminations, distribution and monitoring methods

B Karbowska - Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2016 - Springer
Thallium is released into the biosphere from both natural and anthropogenic sources. It is
generally present in the environment at low levels; however, human activity has greatly …

Thallium in the environment: a critical review focused on natural waters, soils, sediments and airborne particles

N Belzile, YW Chen - Applied Geochemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
Thallium is a non essential and highly toxic metal listed by USEPA and the European Water
Framework Directive as a priority pollutant. It is present in the environment mainly as Tl (I) …

Microbial response and adaption to thallium contamination in soil profiles

J She, J Liu, H He, Q Zhang, Y Lin, J Wang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Thallium (Tl) is a trace metal with high toxicity. Comprehensive investigation of spatial
distribution of Tl and microorganism is still limited in soils from mining area. In this study, 16S …

Thallium contamination in arable soils and vegetables around a steel plant—A newly-found significant source of Tl pollution in South China

J Liu, X Luo, J Wang, T Xiao, D Chen, G Sheng… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Thallium (Tl) is a highly toxic rare element. Severe Tl poisoning can cause neurological
brain damage or even death. The present study was designed to investigate contents of Tl …

Thallium contamination, health risk assessment and source apportionment in common vegetables

J Liu, X Wei, Y Zhou, DCW Tsang, M Yin… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
As an element with well-known toxicity, excessive thallium (Tl) in farmland soils, may
threaten food security and induce extreme risks to human health. Identification of key …

Efficient removal of thallium (I) from wastewater using flower-like manganese dioxide coated magnetic pyrite cinder

H Li, X Li, T Xiao, Y Chen, J Long, G Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
The development of highly selective, effective, and regenerable adsorbents with good
separability for thallium (Tl) removal remains a challenge. In this study, a hierarchical …

Biochar derived from watermelon rinds as regenerable adsorbent for efficient removal of thallium (I) from wastewater

H Li, J Xiong, T Xiao, J Long, Q Wang, K Li, X Liu… - Process Safety and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Discarded watermelon rinds were used to prepare porous biochars, which act as
regenerable adsorbents for treating both synthetic and real Tl-containing wastewater. The …

Removal and recovery of thallium from aqueous solutions via a magnetite-mediated reversible adsorption-desorption process

H Li, X Li, Y Chen, J Long, G Zhang, T Xiao… - Journal of cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
Thallium (Tl), an extremely toxic heavy metal, has received much less attention than other
toxic heavy metals such as Hg, Cd, and Pb. To date, Tl pollution control studies have usually …

Thallium occurrence and partitioning in soils and sediments affected by mining activities in Madrid province (Spain)

MA Gómez-González, J García-Guinea… - Science of the Total …, 2015 - Elsevier
Thallium (Tl) and its compounds are toxic to biota even at low concentrations but little is
known about Tl concentration and speciation in soils. An understanding of the source …

Thallium transformation and partitioning during Pb–Zn smelting and environmental implications

J Liu, J Wang, Y Chen, X Xie, J Qi, H Lippold… - Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Thallium (Tl) is a toxic and non-essential heavy metal. Raw Pb–Zn ores and solid smelting
wastes from a large Pb–Zn smelting plant–a typical thallium (Tl) pollution source in South …