Trends and sources of heavy metal pollution in global river and lake sediments from 1970 to 2018

Y Niu, F Chen, Y Li, B Ren - Reviews of Environmental Contamination and …, 2021 - Springer
Heavy metal pollution is a global problem although its sources and trends differ by region
and time. To data, no published research has reported heavy metal pollution in global rivers …

Ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in sediment and human health risk assessment of heavy metals in fishes in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze …

Y Yi, Z Yang, S Zhang - Environmental pollution, 2011 - Elsevier
The concentrations of heavy metals (Cr, Cd, Hg, Cu, Zn, Pb and As) in the water, sediment,
and fish were investigated in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, China …

Distribution and pollution risk assessment of heavy metals in the surface sediment of the intertidal zones of the Yellow River Estuary, China

Z Wang, K Lin, X Liu - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Eleven heavy metals (V, Cr, Mn, Co, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, and Pb) in surface sediment in
the intertidal zones of the Yellow River Estuary, China were analyzed by inductively coupled …

Heavy metal contamination in surface sediments of Yangtze River intertidal zone: an assessment from different indexes

W Zhang, H Feng, J Chang, J Qu, H Xie, L Yu - Environmental pollution, 2009 - Elsevier
Surface sediments (0–5cm) from 59 stations within the Yangtze River intertidal zone (YRIZ)
were sampled for metal contamination analysis in April and August 2005. The …

How human activities affect heavy metal contamination of soil and sediment in a long-term reclaimed area of the Liaohe River Delta, North China

X Yan, M Liu, J Zhong, J Guo, W Wu - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Heavy metal pollution in soils and sediments is becoming a matter of wide concern, this
study was carried out in Dawa County of the Liaohe River Delta, with the aim of exploring …

Heavy metals of surface sediments in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) Estuary: Distribution, speciation and environmental risks

Z He, F Li, S Dominech, X Wen, S Yang - Journal of Geochemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Terrigenous sediment in estuarine environments serves as a major sink for heavy metals
sourced from land, and thus has been widely used for the investigation of anthropogenic …

A preliminary study of heavy metal contamination in Yangtze River intertidal zone due to urbanization

H Feng, X Han, W Zhang, L Yu - Marine pollution bulletin, 2004 - Elsevier
Three short sediment cores (< 20 cm) were collected in the high, middle and low tidal flats in
the Yangtze River Estuary near the Southern (Nanqu) Sewage Outlet, one of the three …

Risk assessment of sedimentary metals in the Yangtze Estuary: New evidence of the relationships between two typical index methods

S Zhao, C Feng, Y Yang, J Niu, Z Shen - Journal of hazardous materials, 2012 - Elsevier
The contamination and ecological risks of six metals (ie, As, Cu, Mn, Pb, Sb and Zn) in
sediments of the Yangtze Estuary were assessed using two typical index approaches,(ie …

Determination of selected organophosphate esters in the aquatic environment of Austria

E Martínez-Carballo, C González-Barreiro… - Science of the total …, 2007 - Elsevier
Organophosphate esters are used in multitude of applications such as flame retardants,
plasticizers and lubricants. In recent years concerns have been raised in regards to the …

All the lead in China

AR Flegal, C Gallon, PM Ganguli… - Critical Reviews in …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Lead contamination in China has been extensively documented by scientists in China and
elsewhere over the past two decades, as summarized in this review of articles published in …