Elevated nickel (Ni) content in soils and water cause a potential threat to food safety and
human health. Owing to its numerous uses from common domestic items to industrial usage …

Soils play a fundamental role in terrestrial life maintenance. However, agricultural soil
pollution with metals (specifically, heavy metals) has resulted in a global ecological problem …

Cadmium (Cd) pollution has been widely recognized in lake ecosystems. Although the
accurate prediction of the spatial distributions of Cd in lakes is important for controlling Cd …

Soil is the incubator of human activities. Mapping of soil contaminants needs to be
constantly updated. It is fragile in arid regions, especially if it accompanies dramatic and …

The study of heavy metal (loid)(HM) contamination in soil using extensive data obtained
from published literature is an economical and convenient method. However, the uneven …

Soils in the past mining areas are susceptible to trace metal (loid) s deposition and pose a
health risk to humans. The purpose of this work is to evaluate the distribution patterns and …

Soil quality is a globally important issue from the point of view of food production,
maintenance of appropriate environmental quality and ecological balance. Assessing its …

Iranian water security is threatened by groundwater (GW) degradation. The excessive use of
GW for agriculture in Iran is degrading these resources. Livestock waste disposal and …

The rapid growth of urban development, industrialization, mining, farming, and biological
activities has resulted in potentially toxic metal pollution of the soil all over the world. This …

Recently, one of the major environmental issues is the pollution of soil with Antimony (Sb),
which is ecologically detrimental and potentially carcinogenic to humans. In developing …