The increasing generation of toxic heavy metals from smelting activities poses significant
threat to food safety, human health, and soil ecosystem, due to their unacceptable exposure …

Water pollution caused by heavy metal ions is becoming a serious threat to human and
aquatic lives day by day. Therefore, the treatment of heavy metal ions is of special concern …

Anthropogenic atmospheric emissions of typical toxic heavy metals have caused worldwide
concern due to their adverse effects on human health and the ecosystem. By determining …

Mercury (Hg) exposure poses substantial risks to human health. Investigating a longer chain
from economic activities to human health can reveal the sources and critical processes of Hg …

Toxic trace elements (TEs) can pose serious risks to ecosystems and human health.
However, a comprehensive understanding of atmospheric emission inventories for several …

Environmental contamination caused by mercury is a serious problem worldwide. Coal
combustion, mercury and gold mining activities and industrial activities have led to an …

Observations of elemental mercury (Hg0) at sites in North America and Europe show large
decreases (∼ 1–2% y− 1) from 1990 to present. Observations in background northern …

Rapid growth of the economy in China has been coupled with increasing environmental
pollution. The coastal and estuarine ecosystems in China are now facing increasing metal …

Mercury pollution control has become a global goal. The accurate estimate of long-term
mercury emissions in China is critical to evaluate the global mercury budget and the …

China is the largest contributor to global atmospheric mercury (Hg), and accurate emission
inventories in China are needed to reduce large gaps existing in global Hg mass balance …