Metal contamination and bioremediation of agricultural soils for food safety and sustainability

D Hou, D O'Connor, AD Igalavithana… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
Agricultural soil is a non-renewable natural resource that requires careful stewardship in
order to achieve the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. However, industrial …

Mercury sources, contaminations, mercury cycle, detection and treatment techniques: A review

KG Pavithra, P SundarRajan, PS Kumar, G Rangasamy - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Mercury is considered a toxic pollutant harmful to our human health and the environment.
Mercury is highly persistent, volatile and bioaccumulated and enters into the food chain …

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

T Van Acker, S Theiner, E Bolea-Fernandez… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) combines plasma chemistry, which
produces singly charged elemental ions, with mass spectrometric detection. Unlike other …

The causes and effects of mercury and methylmercury contamination in the marine environment: A review

MM Al-Sulaiti, L Soubra, MA Al-Ghouti - Current Pollution Reports, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The concern of mercury pollution and the impact that it poses on
the marine environment were studied heavily since the case of the poison from Minamata …

[HTML][HTML] Remediation of mercury contaminated soil, water, and air: A review of emerging materials and innovative technologies

L Wang, D Hou, Y Cao, YS Ok, FMG Tack… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mercury contamination in soil, water and air is associated with potential toxicity to humans
and ecosystems. Industrial activities such as coal combustion have led to increased mercury …

Microplastics undergo accelerated vertical migration in sand soil due to small size and wet-dry cycles

D O'Connor, S Pan, Z Shen, Y Song, Y Jin, WM Wu… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are an emerging concern and potential risk to marine and terrestrial
environments. Surface soils are reported to act as a sink. However, MP vertical mobility in …

Spatial distribution of toxic metal (loid) s at an abandoned zinc smelting site, Southern China.

J Zeng, X Luo, Y Cheng, W Ke, W Hartley, C Li… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Toxic metal (loid)(TM) soil pollution at large-scale non-ferrous metal smelting
contaminated sites is of great concern in China, but there are no detailed reports relating to …

Sustainable soil use and management: An interdisciplinary and systematic approach

D Hou, NS Bolan, DCW Tsang, MB Kirkham… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Soil is a key component of Earth's critical zone. It provides essential services for agricultural
production, plant growth, animal habitation, biodiversity, carbon sequestration and …

A critical review of mercury speciation, bioavailability, toxicity and detoxification in soil-plant environment: Ecotoxicology and health risk assessment

M Shahid, S Khalid, I Bibi, J Bundschuh… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Environmental contamination by a non-essential and non-beneficial, although potentially
toxic mercury (Hg), is becoming a great threat to the living organisms at a global scale …

Prediction heavy metals accumulation risk in rice using machine learning and mapping pollution risk

B Zhao, W Zhu, S Hao, M Hua, Q Liao, Y Jing… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rapid and accurate prediction of metal bioaccumulation in crops are important for assessing
metal environmental risks. We aimed to incorporate machine learning modeling methods to …