Concentrations of heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Pb and Cd) were measured in leaves of twelve
plant species from seven different locations in Shanghai, China. Unwashed and washed …

Urban plants are capable of reducing environmental pollutions through bioaccumulation
contaminants in their tissues. The accumulation of heavy metals (Pb, Cu, Cd, Cr, and Zn) in …

Heavy metal pollution is one of the most important environmental problems nowadays, and
studies on monitoring and reducing heavy metal pollution are among the popular and high …

Lead and cadmium uptake was investigated for common deciduous street trees in Beijing in
this study. Species having Cd accumulation included Populus tomentosa, Sophora japonica …

Mosses and leaves of vascular plants have been used as bioindicators of environmental
contamination by heavy metals originating from various sources. This study aims to compare …

Abstract Levels of Cu, Ni, Zn, Pb and Cr were measured in soils and trees in urban
Guangzhou, China. Tree and soil samples were collected from the roadside, urban parks …

Air pollution is one of the biggest problems of urban environments today. Heavy metals are
particularly important in terms of components that pollute the air. This is due to the reason …

The plant species composition and their ability to accumulate heavy metals were
investigated at three contaminated sites in Xiangxi area, Southern China. The …

Such activities as mining, metal ore smelting and the discharging of mining wastes lead to
heavy metal contamination. Phytoremediation, including phytoextraction and …

In order to evaluate the accumulation capacity of heavy metals in mosses, the total contents
of eight elements (Cu, Zn, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, Cd, Cr) determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma …