Heavy metal accumulation in soil and water is one of major problems caused by inorganic
contaminants. Their presence in agricultural soils in high quantities have impacted the food …

Abstract Rapid development in Northeast China has brought serious heavy metal pollution
to the environmental media (soil, surface water and air). This paper presents a study on the …

Soil heavy metals (HMs) contamination stemming from smelting and mining activities is
becoming a global concern due to its devastating impacts on the environment and human …

This study includes tailing from gold mine, at Allaqi Wadi Aswan, Egypt, used by incident
Egyptian and after by some English companies. Tailings, soils and wild plants (Acia …

Gibberellic acid (GA) has been implicated in the response of plants to cadmium (Cd) stress,
but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. In the present study, our aim was to confirm …

The search for effective materials for environmental cleanup is a scientific and technological
issue of paramount importance. Among various materials, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) …

The degree of contamination by heavy metals (arsenic, copper, lead, tin and zinc) in soil and
transfer to plants has been studied. Specimens of plant species from five locations in an …

Metalliferous soils cover a relatively large surface area in Morocco, and up to now no
hyperaccumulating plants have been identified on these mining or these industrial sites. The …

It is necessary to establish local geochemical baseline concentrations (GBCs) due to the
lack or the inapplicability of regional background values in the study area. The …

This paper describes the geochemistry of groundwater and its flow system in the closed
Yatani mine in southern Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. The mine is located in a sulfide …