The development of rare earth element (REE) production in Canada could generate
significant economic benefits but also poses serious potential risks to the environment. Rare …

Rare earth elements (REE) are a group of chemical elements that include lanthanoids
(lanthanum to lutetium), scandium and yttrium. In the last decades, the REE demand in the …

Baseline data on concentration, fractionation, pollution level and ecological risk index for
seventeen beach sediments from Santa Rosalia mining region of Baja California Sur …

Both occupational and environmental exposure to asbestos-mineral fibres can be
associated with lung diseases. The pathogenic effects are related to the dimension …

Rare earth elements (REY) are the lanthanide elements (Z= 57–71), which have an ever-
growing occurrence in present-day industries, agriculture, and modern life. Consequently …

The distribution and fractionation of Sc, Y and 14 rare earth elements (La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm,
Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu) were investigated in 144 samples (topsoil and …

This multi-site study discusses the content of metals and metalloids (MM) in scalp hair of
children, living in different environmental contexts, with the purpose of verifying if hair level …

The geochemical fractionation pattern and environmental behaviour of rare earth elements
(REEs) were investigated in the mining/processing wastes and contaminated sediments …

This work focuses on the determination of rare earth elements (REE) in Brazilian agricultural
supplies by instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA). The results obtained have …

Seventy-one samples of paddy soils and some potential sources (parent materials,
fertilizers, coal combustion, vehicle exhaust and atmospheric dust) were collected from …