Understanding the behavior of metal (loi) ds transported from soil to humans is critical for
human health risk assessment (HHRA). In the last two decades, extensive studies have …

Heavy metals in street dust represent a risk to the human health due to their toxicity,
persistence and bioaccumulation. Using the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) …

The soil pollution status, levels of exposure, and potential ecological and health risks to
workers and residents by potentially harmful elements (PHEs) in the Angouran mining area …

This study comprehensively investigated the potential roles of soil mineralogy identified by
the automated mineral liberation analysers (MLA) in the prediction of geochemical behavior …

Diverse wastes are produced during coal combustion and part of it is recycled worldwide in
construction, agriculture, and other industries. As the waste becomes part of the …

The waste rock, tailings and soil around an abandoned mine site in Gorno (northwest Italy)
contain elevated concentrations of potentially toxic elements (PTE) exceeding the …

Artisanal mining may have modified the mobility, bioavailability and bioaccessibility of
potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in the Serra Pelada gold mine, eastern Amazon, Brazil …

The presence of contaminated sites/soils in or near cities can pose significant risks to public
health. The city of Viviez (France) was taken in reference site bears significant industrial …

To better understand the risk assessment of Lead (Pb) in contaminated soils, 78 soil
samples were collected from different locations in China and Pb bioaccessibility was …

Mineralogy was an important driver for the environmental release of heavy metals.
Therefore, the present work was conducted by coupling mineral liberation analyzer (MLA) …