Mercury (Hg) in soils has increased by a factor of 3 to 10 in recent times mainly due to
combustion of fossil fuels combined with long-range atmospheric transport processes. Other …

Mercury and chromium represent two important elements of environmental concern and with
a strong impact on human health. Several technologies are available to clean up the …

Purpose The possibility of using chemical and microbial additives to enhance the
phytoextraction of mercury (Hg) and arsenic (As) from a multi-contaminated soil could be …

Tungsten (W) is a rare element and present in the earth's crust mainly as iron, aluminium,
and calcium minerals including wolframite and scheelite. This review aims to offer an …

Selecting suitable plants tolerant to heavy metals and producing products of economic value
may be a key factor in promoting the practical application of phytoremediation polluted soils …

Bioavailability and bioaccessibility in soil: a short review and a case study Page 1 AIMS
Environmental Science, 7(2): 208–225. DOI: 10.3934/environsci.2020013 Received: 20 …

Maize (Zea mays L.) is considered as a potential energy-yielding crop which may respond to
compost application for arsenic (As) phytoremediation depending on soil type and compost …

The increasing use of non‐renewable resources to supply the growing energy demand has
shifted the recent researches toward the development of new sustainable strategies to …

The increasing use of tungsten in the production of green energy in the aerospace and
military industries, and in many other hi-tech applications, may increase the content of this …

This study aims to improve the plant response to lead contamination using chelators and
plant growth regulators. For this purpose, an experiment was designed to evaluate the …