On a global scale, pathogenic contamination of drinking water poses the most significant
health risk to humans, and there have been countless numbers of disease outbreaks and …

There is a growing public concern over the potential accumulation of heavy metals in soil,
owing to rapid industrial development. In an effort to describe the status of the pollutions of …

Gold mining is a major source of metal and metalloid emissions into the environment.
Studies were carried out in Krugersdorp, South Africa, to evaluate the ecological and human …

The Canadian House Dust Study was designed to obtain nationally representative urban
house dust metal concentrations (μgg− 1) and metal loadings (μgm− 2) for arsenic (As) …

There is great concern for contamination of sensitive ecosystems in high latitudes by long-
range transport of heavy metals and other pollutants derived from industrial areas in lower …

This review focuses on the long-range atmospheric transport of metals to organic-rich
surface soils (mostly 50–90% organic matter) in the temperate, coniferous, and boreal zones …

Anthropogenic emissions of metals from sources such as smelters are an international
problem, but there is limited published information on emissions from Australian smelters …

Atmospheric trace metals entail significant damages in human health and ecosystem safety,
and thus a series of clean air actions have been implemented to decrease the ambient …

The purpose of this book is to examine both the positive and negative socioeconomic
impacts of artisanal and small-scale mining in developing countries. In recent years, a …

Non-ferrous metals smelting has been recognized as one of the most important point
sources of toxic metals in soil. In this preliminary study, the concentration, distribution and …