Potential toxic heavy metals are omnipresent in soil. Risk-based environmental
management of soil refers to looking for the sources and exposure routes of heavy metals in …

Heavy metal pollution of soils in industrial zones continues to attract attention because of its
potential human health risks. The present research is an attempt to assess the pollution …

The present study focuses on the assessment of pollution indices and health hazards due to
heavy metals in surface soils at Tikrit city. The concentration of heavy metals were ranged …

Unsystematic use of city waste, sludge and sewage water in agricultural fields elevated the
heavy metal load in soil warranting critical introspection. The present study aims to delineate …

Increasing levels of heavy metals in soil have become a serious concern for human health
because they can be easily transferred into the human body through contaminated food …

Twenty four soil samples were collected from different sites in north sector of East Baghdad
oil field, Iraq, and analyzed to assess the impact of urbanization and industrialization …

This study aimed to determine the heavy metals (HMs) contaminations in soil of the Hattar
industrial estate (HIE), Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. For this purpose, various types of soils …

Soil toxic metals pollution has been significantly increased during the last three decades
mainly due to intensive agricultural practices, and unplanned rapid development actives …

Mining is considered to be one of the most important sources of environmental pollution
when it comes to heavy metals. Mining causes the release of large quantities of mercury …

The purpose of this study was to determine the contamination level, distribution, health risk
and potential sources of Cr, Cd, Pb, Zn, Cu, Ni and As in 66 topsoil samples from industrial …