Healthy soils: The backbone of productive, safe and sustainable urban agriculture

MJ Salomon, TR Cavagnaro - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
The increasing urbanization of an ever-growing global population is coinciding with major
global challenges that are threatening our food security. Urban agriculture is as a multi …

Legacy of anthropogenic lead in urban soils: Co-occurrence with metal (loids) and fallout radionuclides, isotopic fingerprinting, and in vitro bioaccessibility

Z Wang, AM Wade, DD Richter, HM Stapleton… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic lead (Pb) in soils poses risks to human health, particularly to the
neuropsychological development of exposed children. Delineating the sources and potential …

Constructed soils for mitigating lead (Pb) exposure and promoting urban community gardening: The New York City Clean Soil Bank pilot study

SP Egendorf, Z Cheng, M Deeb, V Flores… - Landscape and Urban …, 2018 - Elsevier
Gardening provides a wide range of benefits to urban residents but may also increase risks
of exposure to contaminants in soils. Here we evaluate the use of clean excavated glacial …

Can the mouse model successfully predict mixed metal (loid) s bioavailability in humans from contaminated soils?

MAA Wijayawardena, K Yan, Y Liu, R Naidu - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Mouse models have been employed by many scientific research groups worldwide to
predict the bioavailability of metal (loid) s and other chemicals in humans. Their suitability for …

Complexities in attributing lead contamination to specific sources in an industrial area of Philadelphia, PA

ME Tuccillo, J Blue, J Koplos, J Kelly, RT Wilkin - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Globally, lead (Pb) contamination is one of the top ten chemical exposure issues affecting
public health. The identification of specific Pb sources provides valuable information to …

Coupling square wave anodic stripping voltammetry with support vector regression to detect the concentration of lead in soil under the interference of copper …

N Liu, G Zhao, G Liu - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this study, an effective method for accurately detecting Pb (II) concentration was
developed by coupling square wave anodic stripping voltammetry (SWASV) with support …

Sources, pathways and concentrations of potentially toxic trace metals in home environments

C Ibañez-Del Rivero, KL Fry, MM Gillings… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite ongoing concerns about trace metal and metalloid (trace metals) exposure risks
from indoor dust, there has been limited research examining their sources and relationship …

Metal and Pb isotope characterization of particulates encountered by foraging honeybees in Metro Vancouver

KE Smith, D Weis - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Honeybees and their products are useful biomonitors of metal distribution in urban centres.
This study investigates particulate sources that foraging honeybees encounter in Metro …

Arsenic and lead in soil: impacts on element mobility and bioaccessibility

J Skála, F Boahen, J Száková, R Vácha… - … Geochemistry and Health, 2022 - Springer
Long-term brown coal mining contributes to risk element contents in soils surrounding coal
basins. However, there is a lack of bioaccessibility characterization of the risk elements in …

Applying a novel systems approach to address systemic environmental injustices: Constructing soil for limiting the legacy of lead (Pb)

SP Egendorf, P Groffman, Z Cheng, M Menser… - Elem Sci …, 2021 - online.ucpress.edu
The knowledge of unsustainable human and Earth system interactions is widespread,
especially in light of systemic environmental injustices. Systems science has enabled …