Soil heavy metals (HMs) contamination stemming from smelting and mining activities is
becoming a global concern due to its devastating impacts on the environment and human …

Heavy metal pollution in water bodies is a global concern. The prominent source of metal
contamination in aqueous streams and groundwater is wastewater containing heavy metal …

Elevated levels of metal (loid) s in soil may pose potential threats to the ecosystem and can
be harmful for human health. The concentrations of As, Cd, Pb, Cr and Ni were determined …

The degree of pollution and potential ecological risk of heavy metals (HMs) in the soil of
plastic-covered sheds in Jiangxi Province were evaluated by the Nemerow index and …

Riparian soils in the lower sections of the Lhasa River were chosen as the research focus, to
examine the characteristics and sources of heavy metals in riparian soils of high-cold …

Due to the degradation-resistant and strong toxicity, heavy metals pose a serious threat to
the safety of water environment and aquatic ecology. Rapid acquisition and prediction of …

This study investigated concentrations of cadmium (Cd) in 2465 vegetable samples (52
species) from 2018 to 2022 and estimated the associated health risk for local consumers …

Rapid urbanization is one of the key factors that leads to defragmentation and the shrinking
of agricultural land. It further leads to the generation of an ample amount of municipal waste …

A positive matrix factorization–bioaccessibility–Monte Carlo simulation–human health risk
assessment (PMF–BA–MCS–HHRA) model was developed to accurately assess the …

Silicon (Si) is commonly applied as base-fertilizer or foliar-topdressing to palliate the uptake-
translocation-accumulation of cadmium (Cd) in rice through Si–Cd antagonism. However …