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Xinyue Yan, Xin Chen, Wenyan Zheng, Guilin Zhang and Aiguo Dong
Fifty-one surface sediment samples from Dongshan Bay, China, were analyzed for heavy metals to evaluate their distribution, pollution status, and controlling factors. The enrichment factor is suggestive of the potential pollution status, ranging from min...
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Mengting Li, Kuanle Bao, Hongsong Wang, Youxu Dai, Shuyu Wu, Kun Yan, Shuliang Liu, Qingzheng Yuan and Jiaxing Lu
As urbanization accelerates, a growing influx of pollutants enters the sea through land runoff, posing a threat to coastal ecosystems. In this study, we systematically determined the concentrations of nutrients and heavy metals in the water and sediments...
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Mohamed E. Abowaly, Raafat A. Ali, Farahat S. Moghanm, Mohamed S. Gharib, Moustapha Eid Moustapha, Mohssen Elbagory, Alaa El-Dein Omara and Shimaa M. Elmahdy
Soil degradation and pollution is one of the main problems threatening the sustainable development of agriculture. This study used remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) techniques to assess the risks of soil degradation and the risks of ...
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Shin Ying Ang, Hui Weng Goh, Bashirah Mohd Fazli, Hazzeman Haris, Nor Ariza Azizan, Nor Azazi Zakaria and Zubaidi Johar
Constructed wetlands are an affordable and reliable green alternative to conventional mechanical systems for treating domestic sewage. This study investigates the potential of 14 tropical wetland plant species for removing heavy metals from domestic sewa...
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Weiying Li, Jingjing Zhang, Hongliang Li, Zezhou Wu, Xingju He, Lihua Ran, Martin G. Wiesner and Jianfang Chen
Time-series samples intercepted via three synchronized moored sediment traps, deployed at 1000 m, 2150 m, and 3200 m in the northern South China Sea (NSCS) during June 2009?May 2010, were analyzed to quantify the bioactive trace metal fluxes in sinking p...
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Evangelos Machairas and Emmanouil A. Varouchakis
Mining activities are prolific worldwide in light of the perpetual production of metal. The high need for metal materials in human life necessitates the development of mining operations, especially in places characterized as being highly enriched in meta...
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Wen Dong, Ruichen Wang, Huaien Li, Xiao Yang, Jiake Li, Hui Wang, Chunbo Jiang and Zhe Wang
This study investigated the removal of cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) from the soil through phytoremediation using ryegrass combined with chelating agents. Soil leaching experiments were employed to determine the extraction efficiencies of chelating agents, ...
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Zafar Iqbal Khan, Rehan Haider, Kafeel Ahmad, Abdulwahed Fahad Alrefaei, Naunain Mehmood, Hafsa Memona, Shahzad Akhtar and Ilker Ugulu
This study aimed to assess the concentrations of Pb, Cr, Cd, and Ni in the edible parts of grapefruit and kinnow fruit irrigated with sewage water, tube-well water, and canal water. Preparation of the samples used in the study for metal analysis was carr...
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Ayoub Barkat, Foued Bouaicha, Sabrina Ziad, Tamás Mester, Zsófi Sajtos, Dániel Balla, Islam Makhloufi and György Szabó
In this research, contamination levels and the spatial pattern identification, as well as human and environmental health risk assessments of the heavy metals in the phreatic groundwater aquifer of the Oued Souf Valley were investigated for the first time...
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Guoyao Huang, Xuhui Dong, Hanbiao Xian, Weijian Xu, Hanfei Yang, Yuewei Zhang and Giri Kattel
Coastal lagoons connecting the land and sea provide essential ecosystem services. However, emerging environmental issues such as environmental pollution and ecological degradation from rapid socio-economic development in coastal zones of south China are ...
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