Smelting activities pose serious environmental problems due to the local and regional heavy
metal pollution in soils they cause. It is therefore important to understand the pollution …

Under conditions of abiotic stress several physiological and biochemical processes in plants
can be modified. The production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is toxic at high …

Concerns over the disposal of preservative-treated wood waste and its related
environmental problems are the main driving forces of research into the recycling of …

Soil washing, an emerging method for treating soils contaminated by heavy metals, requires
an evaluation of its efficiency in simultaneously removing different metals, the quality of the …

Chemical extraction of phosphorus (P) from incinerated sewage sludge ash (ISSA) is
adversely influenced by co-dissolution of metals and metalloids. This study investigated P …

In this study, we investigated the level of contamination of agricultural soil near an old
recycling lead smelter in Vietnam and proposed an effective treatment for the remediation of …

In the present review, works on the classes of chelating extractants for metals, compounds
with several amide and carboxyl groups, azomethines, oximes, macrocyclic compounds …

Ongoing global sustainable development and underground space utilization projects have
inadvertently exposed many excavated soils naturally contaminated with geogenic arsenic …

Arsenic contamination in abandoned soils is a global concern which warrants an effective
method of remediation. In this study, two organic acids and one biodegradable chelating …

Soil pollution by potentially toxic elements (PTEs) is a serious threat to human health and
ecosystem function. Soil washing using EDTA is one of the permanent disposal options …