Heavy metal pollution has been considered as a serious threat to the environment and
human in the past decades due to its toxic and unbiodegradable properties. Recently …

Rice is a worldwide staple food and heavy metal contamination is often reported in rice
production. Heavy metal can originate from natural sources or be present through …

Cadmium (Cd) is a naturally occurring element present in all soils from both geogenic and
anthropogenic sources. The primary risk pathway to humans is exposure through dietary …

Globally the uncontrolled industrialization, intensive agricultural practices, and
unsustainable urbanization have resulted in a ubiquitous environmental problem of …

The development of functional nanomaterials exhibiting cost-effectiveness, biocompatibility
and biodegradability in the form of nanoadditives, nanofertilizers, nanosensors …

Both soil erosion and soil contamination pose critical environmental threats to the Chinese
Loess Plateau (CLP). Green, efficient and feasible remediation technologies are highly …

Approximately, more than 200 million hectares are contaminated with heavy metals (HMs)
having very high concentrations greater than the standard values worldwide. Thus, the …

Cadmium (Cd) pollution is a widespread environmental problem that decreases crop
production, destroys the microbial ecology of soil, and poses a severe risk to human health …

Purpose In situ remediation techniques are currently limited for agricultural soil
contaminated by heavy metal (loid) s, particularly for alkaline soil. In this study, we applied …

Biochar aging is a key factor leading to the decline of biochar stability and the release of
endogenous pollutants. This study investigated the effects of five artificial and simulated …