Current knowledge from heavy metal pollution in Chinese smelter contaminated soils, health risk implications and associated remediation progress in recent decades …

DM Xu, RB Fu, HQ Liu, XP Guo - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
The increasing generation of toxic heavy metals from smelting activities poses significant
threat to food safety, human health, and soil ecosystem, due to their unacceptable exposure …

Remediation techniques for heavy metal-contaminated soils: Principles and applicability

L Liu, W Li, W Song, M Guo - Science of the total environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Globally there are over 20 million ha of land contaminated by the heavy metal (loid) s As,
Cd, Cr, Hg, Pb, Co, Cu, Ni, Zn, and Se, with the present soil concentrations higher than the …

Water-sediment interactions and mobility of heavy metals in aquatic environments

LS Miranda, B Wijesiri, GA Ayoko, P Egodawatta… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The adsorption-desorption behaviour of heavy metals in aquatic environments is complex
and the processes are regulated by the continuous interactions between water and …

Iron-modified biochar and water management regime-induced changes in plant growth, enzyme activities, and phytoavailability of arsenic, cadmium and lead in a …

E Wen, X Yang, H Chen, SM Shaheen, B Sarkar… - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of raw (RawBC) and iron (Fe)-modified
biochar (FeBC) derived from Platanus orientalis Linn branches on the plant growth, enzyme …

Remediation methods of heavy metal contaminated soils from environmental and geotechnical standpoints

Z ur Rehman, MF Junaid, N Ijaz, U Khalid… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy metal contaminated soil (HMCS) threatens world health and sustainable growth,
owing to which numerous remediation methods have been devised. Meanwhile …

Potential environmental pollution from copper metallurgy and methods of management

G Izydorczyk, K Mikula, D Skrzypczak… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents the latest overview of the environmental impact of wastes from the non-
ferrous metallurgical industry. Ashes, slags and dusts–by-products from mining and metal …

Review of the recent advances in the prevention, treatment, and resource recovery of acid mine wastewater discharged in coal mines

S Xia, Z Song, X Zhao, J Li - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Coal mines discharge low-pH acid mine drainage (AMD), which contains a variety of heavy
metals and sulfates that are extremely polluting and corrosive, posing a continuous threat to …

Remediation of metal/metalloid-polluted soils: A short review

CM Raffa, F Chiampo, S Shanthakumar - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The contamination of soil by heavy metals and metalloids is a worldwide problem due to the
accumulation of these compounds in the environment, endangering human health, plants …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial functional diversity and carbon use feedback in soils as affected by heavy metals

Y Xu, B Seshadri, N Bolan, B Sarkar, YS Ok… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
Soil microorganisms are an important indicator of soil fertility and health. However, our state
of knowledge about soil microbial activities, community compositions and carbon use …

Remediation of Pb, Cd, and Cu contaminated soil by co-pyrolysis biochar derived from rape straw and orthophosphate: Speciation transformation, risk evaluation and …

R Gao, H Hu, Q Fu, Z Li, Z Xing, U Ali, J Zhu… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biochars are widely used in the remediation of soil heavy metals, but there has been no
clear understanding to the effects of novel co-pyrolysis biochars derived from biomass and …