The contamination of water with heavy metals is a global issue. Its water solubility and non-
degradability nature convert it into a potential threat to human health as well as flora and …

This review emphasizes the role of toxic metal remediation approaches due to their broad
sustainability and applicability. The rapid developmental processes can incorporate a large …

This Feature summarizes recent works in paper-based potentiometry and voltammetry in
heavy metal determination. Interactions of paper substrates with heavy metals, influence on …

Aquatic ecosystems are contaminated with heavy metals by natural and anthropogenic
sources. Whilst some heavy metals are necessary for plants as micronutrients, others can be …

To explore the spatial variation of source-specific ecological risks and identify critical
sources of heavy metals in road dust, 36 road dust samples collected in Beijing in March …

The large-scale use of conventional pesticides and fertilizers has put tremendous pressure
on agriculture and the environment. In recent years, nanoparticles (NPs) have become the …

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are a growing public health concern worldwide.
Consumption of foodstuffs is currently thought to be one of the principal exposure routes to …

Heavy metals such as Zn, Pb, Fe, and Cu are abundant in the environment and contribute
largely to the sustainability and equilibrium of ecosystem processes. However, because of …

Heavy metals in agricultural soils exist in diverse dissolved (free cations and complexed
species of positive, neutral, or negative charges), particulate (sorbed, structural, and …

The chitosan-modified biochar composite, as a carbohydrate polymer, has received
increasing attention and becomes a research hotspot. It is a promising impurity adsorption …