The ability of microbes to reductively transform a variety of metals has wide-reaching
implications for controlling the mobility of contaminants in the subsurface, resulting in the …

Human activities and industrial processes have led to worldwide heavy metal pollution.
Several strategies have been developped for metal remediation. The conventional …

Heavy metal contaminations produced by industrial activities are one of the major important
issues which are faced by many countries, typically developing economies. Heavy metals in …

Excessive toxic metal levels in soils pose potential hazards to human and animal health as
well as the ecosystem in general. Anthropogenic sources of heavy metal deposition have …

Rapid industrialization, mine tailings runoff, and agricultural activities are often detrimental to
soil health and can distribute hazardous metal (loid) s into the soil environment, with harmful …

The presence of heavy metals in municipal solid waste (MSW) is considered as prevalent
global pollutants that cause serious risks to the environment and living organisms. Due to …

Heavy metal and pesticide pollution have become an inevitable part of the modern
industrialized environment that find their way into all ecosystems. Because of their persistent …

Pollution of heavy metals is one of the risky contaminations that should be managed for all
intents and purposes of general well-being concerns. The bioaccumulation of these heavy …

Heavy metals (such as lead, cadmium, and mercury) have toxic effects such as competing
with and reducing the availability of essential minerals in the soil, which can affect crop …

Heavy-metal contamination is one of the world's major environmental problems, posing
significant risks to agro-ecosystems. Conventional technologies employed for heavy-metal …