Principles and applicability of integrated remediation strategies for heavy metal removal/recovery from contaminated environments

M Alsafran, MH Saleem, H Al Jabri, M Rizwan… - Journal of Plant Growth …, 2023 - Springer
Contamination of agricultural soils with heavy metals present lethal consequences in terms
of diverse ecological and environmental problems that entail entry of metal in food chain …

An overview of heavy metals toxicity in plants, tolerance mechanism, and alleviation through lysine-chelation with micro-nutrients—A novel approach

M Alsafran, MH Saleem, M Rizwan, H Al Jabri… - Plant Growth …, 2023 - Springer
Plants must adapt themselves to the prevailing conditions for their survival, resulting in the
acquisition of a wide range of metal tolerance mechanisms. Although many metal elements …

Occurrence, geochemical fraction, ecological and health risk assessment of cadmium, copper and nickel in soils contaminated with municipal solid wastes

N Gujre, L Rangan, S Mitra - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Unscientific municipal solid waste (MSW) dumping provokes heavy metal (HM) associated
ecological and human health hazards through heightened bioavailability and …

Heavy metals in lake surface sediments in protected areas in Poland: concentration, pollution, ecological risk, sources and spatial distribution

M Sojka, J Jaskuła, J Barabach, M Ptak, S Zhu - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
This paper presents the state and spatial distribution of surface sediment contamination of
77 lakes in Poland by Cr, Ni, Cd, Pb, Zn, and Cu. The analyzed lakes were located within a …

Effects of hydrological connectivity project on heavy metals in Wuhan urban lakes on the time scale

Y Dou, X Yu, L Liu, Y Ning, X Bi, J Liu - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Metal pollution in lakes threatens the ecological environment and human health. When
environmental conditions change, heavy metals (HMs) in lake sediments can cause …

Pollution and health risk assessment of heavy metals in the surface sediments of Timsah Lake, Suez Canal, Egypt

RA Nasr, SA Shetaia, RL El Saeed, MA Dar… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urbanization and industrial activities around Timsah Lake have led to discharging of
pollutants into the lake. The heavy metals pollution level in the lake sediments and …

Mixed agricultural, industrial, and domestic drainage water discharge poses a massive strain on freshwater ecosystems: A case from the Nile River in Upper Egypt

MM Khalil, SM Aboueldahab… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Heavy metal and pesticide pollution of freshwater ecosystems, ie, rivers, raises significant
concerns worldwide, where practical solutions to reduce the threats become urgent need …

Spatial distribution of heavy metals in sediments of the Ivory Coastal zone (Toukouzou Hozalem-Assinie) in correlation with anthropic activities

LE Oura, KE Kouassi, ATS Konan, H Koné… - Chemistry and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The present study aims to assess the spatial distribution of heavy metals in sediment of the
ivorian coastal zone using X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF). The total average …

Integrated assessment of affinity to chemical fractions and environmental pollution with heavy metals: a new approach based on sequential extraction results

Y Vodyanitskii, D Vlasov - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2021 - mdpi.com
To assess the affinity degree of heavy metals (HMs) to geochemical phases, many indices
with several limitations are used. Thus, this study aims to develop a new complex index for …

Metal (loid) flux change in Dongting Lake due to the operation of Three Gorges Dam, China

W Tang, L Shu, JC Ng, Y Bai, Y Zhao, H Lin… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
A drastic decrease in the suspended sediment of Dongting Lake (DTL) has been observed
due to Three Gorges Dam (TGD) impoundment operation since 2003. However, the …