There are tens of millions of contaminated soil sites in the world, and with an increasing
population and associated risk there is a growing pressure to remediate them. A barrier to …

Soil contamination with heavy metals due to mining activities poses risks to ecological safety
and human well-being. Limited studies have investigated heavy metal pollution due to …

The level of concentration of heavy metal in soil is detrimental to soil quality. The
Heigangkou—Liuyuankou irrigation area in the lower-reach of Yellow River irrigation, as …

Abstract Soil heavy metal (Cr, Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, V, As) concentrations in different areas were
analyzed to investigate the effects of different industrial activities on heavy metal pollution …

The purpose of this study was to assess heavy metal contamination and health risks for
residents in the vicinity of a tailing pond in Guangdong, southern China. Water, soil, rice, and …

Soil heavy metal contamination is a major environmental concern, and the ecological risk
associated with heavy metals is increasing. In this paper, we investigated heavy metal …

The rising and continuous pollution of the soil from anthropogenic activities is of great
concern. Owing to this concern, the advent of digital soil mapping (DSM) has been a tool that …

A detailed assessment of vanadium contamination characteristics in China was conducted
based on the first national soil pollution survey. The map overlay analysis was used to …

Modified eco-risk assessment method (MEAM) integrated with the hierarchical bioavailability
determined by the fraction detection of Cd, Pb, Zn, Cu, Cr in road dust samples and the local …

Risk to human health as a consequence of toxic materials found in modern societies is a
matter of grave concern to the world community. What is more, risks to humans that arise …