Phytoremediation, a plant based green technology, has received increasing attention after
the discovery of hyperaccumulating plants which are able to accumulate, translocate, and …

Nuclear power reactors are operating in 31 countries around the world. Along with reactor
operations, activities like mining, fuel fabrication, fuel reprocessing and military operations …

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 …

Abstract Lead-zinc (Pb-Zn) tailings pose a significant environmental threat from heavy
metals (HMs) contamination. Revegetation is considered as a green path for HM …

Although human exposure to arsenic is thought to be caused mainly through arsenic-
contaminated underground drinking water, the use of this water for irrigation enhances the …

Environmental Context. Tens of millions of people in developing countries are being
exposed to excessive levels of arsenic in their drinking water, and this contamination is …

Activation and utilization of mine tailings as feedstock for CO 2 mineralization and
supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) have attracted great interest in the mining …

Surface gold mining severely degrades landscapes, causing deforestation, soil erosion and
displacement, and toxic contamination. The prevalence of both large‐scale and artisanal …

This study investigates the extent and spatial distribution of Potentially Toxic Elements
(PTEs) in the Djebel Onk phosphate mine area in south-eastern Algeria, as well as the …

Bioavailability (BA) determines the potential harm of a contaminant that exerts on the
receptor. However, environmental guidelines for site contamination assessment are often …