Soil pollution in China is one of most wide and severe in the world. Although environmental
researchers are well aware of the acuteness of soil pollution in China, a precise and …

This paper reviews how the health of humans is affected by the world's soils, an association
that to date has been under appreciated and under reported. Soils significantly influence a …

Abstract This study investigated 16 United States environmental protection agency priority
PAHs profiles and their sources in 40 urban soils collected from two industrialised cities …

Environmental pollutants such as microplastics have become a major concern over the last
few decades. We investigated the presence, characteristics, and potential health risks of …

Microplastic pollution in the environment is a growing concern in today's world. Wind-eroded
sediment, as an environmental transport pathway of microplastics, can result in …

The purpose of this study was to determine the concentrations and health risk of heavy
metals in urban soils from a steel industrial district in China. A total of 115 topsoil samples …

Fertilizers are integral part of current agricultural production as they provide essential
mineral elements for positive crop growth and blossoming harvests. Even high yielding …

Metal contamination in the urban soil in the industrial city of Ghaziabad district was
investigated. Spatial distribution of Cu, Cr, Pb, Cd, Zn, Mn, Fe and Ni in the urban soil was …

In this study a total of 30 street dusts and 10 surface soils were collected in the central district
of Tehran and analyzed for major potentially toxic metals. Street dust was found to be greatly …

We conducted an investigation to identify the sources of metals in urban surface soils, and to
assess the associated human health risks, around the Tanggu chemical industrial district …