Oxidative Weathering Decreases Bioaccessibility of Toxic Metal(loid)s in PM10 Emissions From Sulfide Mine Tailings
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DOI: 10.1002/2017gh000118
Abstract: Abstract Environmental contamination from legacy mine waste deposits is a persistent problem due to the long history of hard‐rock mining. Sulfide ore deposits can contain elevated levels of toxic metal(loid)s that, when mobilized by weathering… read more here.
Keywords: toxic metal; metal loid; spectroscopy; bioaccessibility ... See more keywords
Arsenic and Trace Metals in Three West African rivers: Concentrations, Partitioning, and Distribution in Particle-Size Fractions
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DOI: 10.1007/s00244-018-0543-9
Abstract: Despite increasing mining activities, and fertilizer and pesticide use in agriculture, little information is available on the status of metal(loid) contamination in rivers in West Africa. Sixty water samples were collected from three significant rivers… read more here.
Keywords: metal; particle size; metal loid; size fractions ... See more keywords
Dietary heavy metal(loid)s exposure and prevalence of chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka
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DOI: 10.1007/s10653-021-01144-1
Abstract: Intake of heavy metals and metalloids through the diet is posing a big research challenge in Sri Lanka due to the increasing occurrence of chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology (CKDu) among the farming communities… read more here.
Keywords: sri lanka; exposure; ckdu; heavy metal ... See more keywords
Capability of amendments (biochar, compost and garden soil) added to a mining technosol contaminated by Pb and As to allow poplar seed (Populus nigra L.) germination
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DOI: 10.1007/s10661-019-7561-6
Abstract: The germination capacity of poplar seeds has never been studied in the context of metal(loid)-contaminated soils, even though poplars are present over a vast geographical area. In this study, black poplar seeds from the Loire… read more here.
Keywords: seed; mining; germination; garden soil ... See more keywords
Response of spontaneous plants from an ex-mining site of Elba island (Tuscany, Italy) to metal(loid) contamination
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DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-8488-5
Abstract: The release of large amounts of toxic metals in the neighboring sites of abandoned mine areas represents an important environmental risk for the ecosystem, because it adversely affects soil, water, and plant growth. The aim… read more here.
Keywords: response spontaneous; metal; plants mining; metal loid ... See more keywords
Potential carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health hazards of metal(loid)s in food grains
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DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-08238-w
Abstract: Metal(loid) contamination of vital food grains such as wheat and rice is a very serious problem throughout the world because consumption of such contaminated food can lead to severe health effects in humans. Metal(loid) contamination… read more here.
Keywords: carcinogenic health; non carcinogenic; metal; food ... See more keywords
Dietary consumption of metal(loid)s-contaminated rice grown in croplands around industrial sectors: a human health risk perspective
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DOI: 10.1007/s13762-019-02258-x
Abstract: The study aimed at analyzing the level of metal(loid)s in rice grown in croplands around industrial sectors of northern India with an emphasis on human health risk due to their consumption. Ninety samples of rice… read more here.
Keywords: health risk; health; metal loid; rice ... See more keywords
The risk and phytotoxicity of metal(loid)s in the sediment, floodplain soil, and hygrophilous grasses along Le’an River
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DOI: 10.1007/s13762-019-02592-0
Abstract: The Dexing Copper Mine, the largest open cast copper mine in China, is located along the upper reaches of the Le’an River, which flows into Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China. The spatial… read more here.
Keywords: risk; hygrophilous grasses; river; phytotoxicity ... See more keywords
Mineralogy and geochemistry of oil sands froth treatment tailings: Implications for acid generation and metal(loid) release
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2019.02.001
Abstract: Abstract Froth treatment tailings (FTT) are one of three principal tailings streams generated during bitumen extraction at oil sands mines in northern Alberta, Canada. Unlike the coarse tailings and fluid fine tailings, FTT are enriched… read more here.
Keywords: oil sands; metal loid; geochemistry; mineralogy ... See more keywords
The filter feeder Dreissena polymorpha affects nutrient, silicon, and metal(loid) mobilization from freshwater sediments.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.02.037
Abstract: Organic sediments in aquatic ecosystems are well known sinks for nutrients, silicon, and metal(loid)s. Organic matter-consuming organisms like invertebrate shredders, grazers, and bioturbators significantly affect element fixation or remobilization by changing redox conditions or binding… read more here.
Keywords: freshwater; silicon metal; mobilization; polymorpha ... See more keywords
Stabilization of metal(loid)s in two contaminated agricultural soils: Comparing biochar to its non-pyrolysed source material.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.04.064
Abstract: Two metal(loid) contaminated agricultural soils were amended with grape stalk (wine production by-product)-derived biochar as well as its pre-pyrolysed origin material, to investigate their geochemical impacts on As, Cr, Cu and Zn. Detailed physico-chemical evaluation… read more here.
Keywords: addition; metal; contaminated agricultural; material ... See more keywords