In recent years, soil pollution is a major global concern drawing worldwide attention.
Earthworms can resist high concentrations of soil pollutants and play a vital role in removing …

Earthworms can accelerate the removal of contaminants from soil. Earthworms change the
physical and chemical properties of soil by mixing it with organic material and through their …

Large scale landfarming experiments, using an extensive range of treatments, were
conducted in the Niger-Delta, Nigeria to study the degradation of oil in contaminated soils. In …

Vermiremediation is an expanding technology that uses earthworms to remediate
organically contaminated soils and has been attracting attention from researchers gradually …

Forestry works using chainsaws result in up to 7 million liters of various mineral oils being
soaked annually into forest soils. These substances, containing a complex mixture of …

Risk assessment and remediation of contaminated land is inherently dependent on the
contaminants present and their availability for interaction with soil biota. An ever-growing …

Earthworm biomarker response to pollutants has been widely investigated in the
assessment of soil pollution. However, whether and how the earthworm biomarker-approach …

Civilian and military activities are sources of water and soil contamination by inorganic and
organic contaminants caused by shooting practices, warfare, and/or mechanized military …

Increasing soil loss and the scarcity of useful land requires new reusing strategies. Thus,
recovery of polluted soils recovery offers a chance for economic and social regeneration …

Acetochlor is a widely used chloroacetanilide herbicide and has posed environmental risks
in soil and water due to its toxicity and high leaching capacity. Earthworm represents the …