Worldwide, the effects of metal and metalloid toxicity are increasing, mainly due to
anthropogenic causes. Soil contamination ranks among the most important factors, since it …

Fly ash generates as the result of coal combustion in thermoelectric power stations whereas
ore mining activities produce mine waste-rock and tailings worldwide. High concentrations …

Both sectors of the Iberian Pyrite Belt, Portuguese and Spanish, have been exploited since
ancient times, but more intensively during and after the second half of the 19th century …

Mine wastes can result in severe pollution and have unaesthetic impacts on the local
environment and negative repercussions on human health. Currently, phytomanagement …

In-situ remediation of heavy-metal-contaminated soil in farmland using phytostabilization
combined with soil amendments is a low-cost and effective technology for soil pollution …

Abandoned mine tailings are considered as one of the main sources of potentially toxic
elements. Because of the lack of supervision, particularly from small-scale or artisanal …

Mining activities are among the key sources of soil metal contamination in the Zambian
Copperbelt, resulting in drastic landscape transformation. Plant species growing naturally on …

Purpose Past mining activities in northwestern Mexico have left a large number of
abandoned mine tailings deposits, such as in San Felipe de Jesus, Sonora, that is known to …

Finding solutions for the remediation and restoration of abandoned mining areas is of great
environmental importance as they pose a risk to ecosystem health. In this study, our aim was …

Rapid industrialization and urban development lead to the environmental pollution
worldwide. Land contamination presents degradation of soils by xenobiotic chemicals that …