Antimony contamination, consequences and removal techniques: A review

J Li, BH Zheng, Y He, Y Zhou, X Chen, S Ruan… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
A significant amount of antimony (Sb) enters into the environment every year because of the
wide use of Sb compounds in industry and agriculture. The exposure to Sb, either direct …

Antimony in the environment: a review focused on natural waters: I. Occurrence

M Filella, N Belzile, YW Chen - Earth-science reviews, 2002 - Elsevier
Antimony is ubiquitously present in the environment as a result of natural processes and
human activities. It exists mainly as Sb (III) and Sb (V) in environmental, biological and …

[LIVRE][B] Mine water

B Lottermoser, B Lottermoser - 2003 - Springer
Water is needed at mine sites for dust suppression, mineral processing, coal washing, and
hydrometallurgical extraction. For these applications, water is mined from surface water …

Lead isotopes in environmental sciences: a review

M Komárek, V Ettler, V Chrastný, M Mihaljevič - Environment international, 2008 - Elsevier
Lead (Pb) isotopic analyses proved to be a very efficient tool for tracing the sources of local
and global Pb pollution. This review presents an overview of literature published on the use …

Antimony toxicity in soils and plants, and mechanisms of its alleviation

CSN Vidya, R Shetty, M Vaculíková… - … and Experimental Botany, 2022 - Elsevier
Antimony (Sb) is a non-essential element for plants, animals, and humans. With increased
anthropogenic inputs from mining and industrial activities, ore processing, vehicle …

History of Atmospheric Lead Deposition Since 12,370 14C yr BP from a Peat Bog, Jura Mountains, Switzerland

W Shotyk, D Weiss, PG Appleby, AK Cheburkin, R Frei… - Science, 1998 - science.org
A continuous record of atmospheric lead since 12,370 carbon-14 years before the present
(14C yr BP) is preserved in a Swiss peat bog. Enhanced fluxes caused by climate changes …

Antimony in the environment: knowns and unknowns

M Filella, PA Williams, N Belzile - Environmental Chemistry, 2009 - CSIRO Publishing
Environmental context. Antimony first attracted public attention in the mid-1990s amid claims
that it was involved in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. A substantial number of papers have …

Health risk associated with dietary co-exposure to high levels of antimony and arsenic in the world's largest antimony mine area

F Wu, Z Fu, B Liu, C Mo, B Chen, W Corns… - Science of the Total …, 2011 - Elsevier
Abstract Like arsenic (As), antimony (Sb) is known to be a genotoxic element in vitro and in
vivo. Sb is now recognized as a global contaminant and has aroused the global concerns …

Geochemistry of the peat bog at Etang de la Gruère, Jura Mountains, Switzerland, and its record of atmospheric Pb and lithogenic trace metals (Sc, Ti, Y, Zr, and REE) …

W Shotyk, D Weiss, JD Kramers, R Frei… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2001 - Elsevier
A 650 cm core from a Swiss bog represents 12,370 14C years of peat accumulation and
provides the first complete record of atmospheric Pb deposition for the entire Holocene …

Arsenic enrichment in groundwater of West Bengal, India: geochemical evidence for mobilization of As under reducing conditions

D Stüben, Z Berner, D Chandrasekharam… - Applied Geochemistry, 2003 - Elsevier
The mechanism of As release and source (s) of As has been investigated in a small part of a
watershed in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal. Analyses include major ion and trace …