Contamination of agricultural soil by heavy metals has become a global issue concerning
food security and human health risk. In this study, a soil investigation was conducted to …

The heavy metals, including cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), mercury (Hg),
nickel (Ni), lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), and the metalloid arsenic (As) were detected in surface and …

The accumulation of heavy metals (HMs) in the soil poses a threat to human health. In this
study, 62 pairs of topsoil and wheat grain samples were collected from a typical industrial …

A total of 224 agricultural soil samples from Huanghuai Plain in China were investigated for
the concentrations of seven heavy metals (As, Cd, Cr, Hg, Ni, Pb, and Zn). The mean …

Mining is considered to be one of the most significant sources of environmental pollution
with regard to heavy metals. Mineral mining causes large quantities of mercury, cadmium …

There is an increasing concern for potentially hazardous metals pollution, which can
threaten crops production and human health. In this study, the spatial distribution and …

Anthropogenic activities could result in increasing concentrations of heavy metals in soil and
deteriorating in soil environmental quality. Topsoil samples from a typical industrial area …

Heavy metal soil contamination is a major environmental concern in China and has drawn
significant public attention in recent years. The present study assessed the human health …

Soil heavy metal pollution can cause irreversible harm to the ecological environment and
human health. A total of 678 surface soil samples and 60 crop samples were collected to …

Assessing the risk and sources of heavy metals in cultivated soil is important for the
agricultural development of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. A survey was conducted in this study …