[HTML][HTML] Cellulosic pine needles-based biorefinery for a circular bioeconomy

AK Rana, S Guleria, VK Gupta, VK Thakur - Bioresource Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Pine needles (PNs) are one of the largest bio-polymer produced worldwide. Its waste, ie,
fallen PNs, is mostly responsible for forest fires and is a major challenge. In present article …

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 …

Cadmium availability in rice paddy fields from a mining area: the effects of soil properties highlighting iron fractions and pH value

HY Yu, C Liu, J Zhu, F Li, DM Deng, Q Wang… - Environmental pollution, 2016 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) availability can be significantly affected by soil properties. The effect of pH
value on Cd availability has been confirmed. Paddy soils in South China generally contain …

Transport of cadmium from soil to grain in cereal crops: A review

J Feng, RF Shen, JF Shao - Pedosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to rapid urbanization and industrialization, many soils for crop production are
contaminated by cadmium (Cd), a heavy metal highly toxic to many organisms. Cereal crops …

Assembly of root-associated bacterial community in cadmium contaminated soil following five-year consecutive application of soil amendments: evidences for …

Z Cheng, J Shi, Y He, L Wu, J Xu - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil amendments have been extensively used to remediate heavy metal contaminated soils
by immobilizing or altering edaphic properties to reduce the bioavailability of heavy metals …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of soil, sediment and water contaminations around open-pit coal mines in Moatize, Tete province, Mozambique

CA Marove, R Sotozono, P Tangviroon… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Water, soils, and sediments contaminated with hazardous elements are of increasing
concern because they greatly affect human health and ecological systems. In Mozambique …

Sources, bioaccumulation, health risks and remediation of potentially toxic metal (loid) s (As, Cd, Cr, Pb and Hg): an epitomised review

D Raj, SK Maiti - Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2020 - Springer
The release of potentially toxic metal (loid) s (PTMs) such as As, Cd, Cr, Pb and Hg has
become a serious threat to the environment. The anthropogenic contribution of these PTMs …

Potentially toxic elements' contamination of soils affected by mining activities in the Portuguese sector of the Iberian Pyrite Belt and optional remediation actions: A …

C Mourinha, P Palma, C Alexandre, N Cruz… - Environments, 2022 - mdpi.com
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 …

The role of plants and soil properties in the enzyme activities of substrates on hard coal mine spoil heaps

A Kompała-Bąba, W Bierza, E Sierka, A Błońska… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Knowledge about biotic (plant species diversity, biomass) and/or abiotic
(physicochemical substrate parameters) factors that determine enzyme activity and …

Key Cr species controlling Cr stability in contaminated soils before and chemical stabilization at a remediation engineering site

D Li, G Li, Y He, Y Zhao, Q Miao, H Zhang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Linking chromium (Cr) speciation with its stability in soils is vital because insoluble Cr (VI)
and chemically adsorbed Cr (VI) could hinder the remediation efficiency and release Cr (VI) …