Seven potential sources of arsenic pollution in Latin America and their environmental and health impacts

J Bundschuh, J Schneider, MA Alam, NK Niazi… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
This review presents a holistic overview of the occurrence, mobilization, and pathways of
arsenic (As) from predominantly geogenic sources into different near-surface environmental …

Arsenic in Latin America: New findings on source, mobilization and mobility in human environments in 20 countries based on decadal research 2010-2020

J Bundschuh, MA Armienta… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Today (year 2020), the globally recognized problem of arsenic (As) contamination
of water resources and other environments at toxic levels has been reported in all of the 20 …

Recent advances toward structural incorporation for stabilizing heavy metal contaminants: A critical review

Y Zhou, Y Tang, C Liao, M Su, K Shih - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy metal pollution has resulted in serious environmental damage and raised significant
public health concerns. One potential solution in terminal waste treatment is to structurally …

Arsenic contamination assessment in Brazil–Past, present and future concerns: A historical and critical review

MC Teixeira, AC Santos, CS Fernandes… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents a summary of some relevant documents published during the last
decades regarding arsenic contamination in Brazil until December 2018, including scientific …

Medical geology in the framework of the sustainable development goals

J Bundschuh, JP Maity, S Mushtaq, M Vithanage… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Exposure to geogenic contaminants (GCs) such as metal (loid) s, radioactive metals and
isotopes as well as transuraniums occurring naturally in geogenic sources (rocks, minerals) …

Recent advances in nonclassical crystallization: fundamentals, applications, and challenges

H Fu, X Gao, X Zhang, L Ling - Crystal Growth & Design, 2021 - ACS Publications
Ubiquitous crystals play an important role in our daily lives. Recent studies on the properties
and formation of crystals have proven the attachment of particles ranging from ion pairs to …

Defects induced by Al substitution enhance As (V) adsorption on ferrihydrites

TGF Souza, ETF Freitas, NDS Mohallem… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
An original rationale is proposed to explain the controversial role of aluminum, a common
substitutive element in ferrihydrite (Fh), on arsenic adsorption. The adsorption of arsenic on …

Facile preparation of iron oxyhydroxide–biopolymer (Chitosan/Alginate) beads and their comparative insights into arsenic removal

S Rawat, A Maiti - Separation and Purification Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Bare iron-based nanoadsorbents have been explored extensively for arsenic removal owing
to the inherent affinity of iron for arsenic. However, bare nanoparticles have poor hydraulic …

Stability, Structural, and Electronic Properties of Hausmannite (Mn3O4) Surfaces and Their Interaction with Water

PR Garces Goncalves Jr, HA De Abreu… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Hausmannite (Mn3O4) is the stable phase of manganese oxides and has attracted interest
due to its technological applications such as in molecular adsorption, ion exchange …

Arsenic removal and fixation by iron (oxyhydr) oxides: What is new?

TGF Souza, VST Ciminelli - Current Opinion in Environmental Science & …, 2023 - Elsevier
The affinity of arsenic (As) with iron (oxyhydr) oxides is known, at least, since 1835, when
Robert Bunsen used iron hydroxides to revert As poisonings [1]. Since then, technologies …