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 …

Phytoremediation is an eco-friendly and low cost potential strategy for cleaning up of heavy
metals from contaminated soils. Selection of promising plant is an important approach for …

In order to investigate the transfer and accumulation pathways of heavy metals in cropland
ecosystems, an investigation of the geochemical behaviors of heavy metals in soil and rice …

The definitive reference in its field, Ecological Risk Assessment, Second Edition details the
latest advances in science and practice. In the fourteen years since the publication of the …

The transfer characteristics of Cd and Pb from soils to the edible parts of six vegetable
species were calculated from plant and corresponding surface soil samples collected from …

Sewage sludge, in particular from the food industry, is characterized by fertilizing properties,
due to the high content of organic matter and nutrients. The application of sewage sludge …

Cadmium (Cd) levels in paddy fields across Taiwan have increased due to emission from
industry. To ensure the production of rice that meets food quality standards, predictive …

Log normal-like concentration distributions are ubiquitously observed in the environment.
However, the mechanistic origins are not well understood. In this paper, we show that first …

Some plant species accumulate trace metals from the soil in their aboveground biomass.
Therefore, some scientists have concluded that these species are suitable for biomonitoring …

At present, soil quality standards used for agriculture do not fully consider the influence of
soil properties on cadmium (Cd) uptake by crops. This study aimed to develop prediction …