Although individual toxicity of microplastics (MPs) to organism has been widely studied,
limited knowledge is available on the interactions between heavy metals and MPs, as well …

Biochar can be used for multifunctional applications including the improvement of soil health
and carbon storage, remediation of contaminated soil and water resources, mitigation of …

Soil contamination with toxic metals is a widespread environmental issue resulting from
global industrialization within the past few years. Therefore, decontamination of heavy metal …

Cd accumulation in paddy soils and its subsequent transfer to the food chain are
widespread environmental issues, which has been extensively investigated in China …

Electronic waste is an important part of solid waste management around the world. Being a
large part of the solid waste, e-waste contains numerous hazardous components in the form …

Little research has focused on the combined pollution of microplastics (MPs) and heavy
metals in soil, especially the mechanism of their interaction. We conducted a 45-day …

Microplastics are widely distributed in terrestrial environments and have been known to
adversely affect earthworms. Based on 65 publications, we summarized the effects of …

Heavy metals are one of the most hazardous inorganic contaminants of both water and soil
environment composition. Normally, heavy metals are non-biodegradable in nature because …

A mass of tailings left by mineral exploitation have caused serious environmental pollution.
Although many studies have shown that soil microorganisms have the potential to remediate …

Smelter emissions have brought serious heavy metal contamination. Comprehensive
surveys of spatial heavy metal and microorganism distribution in soils of smelters aera are …