Water is an exceptionally essential source for the presence of life on the earth. The water
quality has seriously affected because of the overgrowth of the population, human activities …

Certain five heavy metals viz. arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr)(VI), mercury (Hg),
and lead (Pb) are non-threshold toxins and can exert toxic effects at very low concentrations …

Groundwater contamination is a serious environmental problem that could hinder the world
from contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This article provides an …

Water has become a major threat in today's world. Collection of heavy metals, a few of them,
is potentially toxic and these get distributed to different areas through different pathways …

Polluted soil and water impact the quality of food and nutrients of human and animal biota.
Soil and water are mainly polluted by effluent discharges from industries, which are broadly …

A key challenge in environmental remediation is the design of adsorbents bearing an
abundance of accessible chelating sites with high affinity, to achieve both rapid uptake and …

Mercury‐dependent artisanal and small‐scale gold mining (ASGM) is the largest source of
mercury pollution on Earth. In this practice, elemental mercury is used to extract gold from …

Pollution of heavy metals is one of the risky contaminations that should be managed for all
intents and purposes of general well-being concerns. The bioaccumulation of these heavy …

Mercury (Hg) is ubiquitary, naturally enriched in volcanic regions, and has wide applications
in science, industry, and agriculture. Recently, the increasing awareness of Hg toxicity has …

Background Unlike organic pollutants, heavy metals are not created nor are biodegradable
materials. They naturally occur in earth crust and many of them reach the environment via …