Electronic waste (e-waste) is generated from the discarded electronic products. The
generation of e-waste has increased significantly in the recent decades. Globally, the …

Sediment is an important part of the aquatic ecosystem, which involves material storage and
energy exchange. However, heavy metal pollution in sediment is on the increase, becoming …

Heavy metals are metals with relatively high density and toxic at very low concentrations.
The common heavy metal pollutants can be traced everywhere in minimal quantities. Heavy …

The rapid mining activities of mica mines in Giridih district, India, have led to toxic metal
pollution of agricultural soil. This is a key concern for environmental risk and human health …

Potentially toxic elements (PTEs) contamination in the agricultural soil can generate a
detrimental effect on the ecosystem and poses a threat to human health. The present work …

The topic of this work was based on the assessment of aquatic systems quality related to the
persistent metal pollution. The use of aquatic organisms as bioindicators of metal pollution …

River sediments contain environmental fingerprints that provide useful ecological
information. However, the geochemistry of River Atuwara sediments has received less …

Caohai, a plateau wetland in Southwest China, is a national nature reserve providing
protection for a variety of threatened and endangered species of migrant birds (eg, the black …

Brominated flame retardants (BFRs, including polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and
tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA)) and metals (Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, Ni, Hg and As) in sediments …

Yinma River is a typical river in the major Phaeozems zone of Northeast China. It has been
suffering an increasing environmental pressure from heavy metal contamination due to the …