Pollution assessment of heavy metals in soils of India and ecological risk assessment: A state-of-the-art

V Kumar, A Sharma, P Kaur, GPS Sidhu, AS Bali… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Soil is substantive component of biosphere, which is exposed to plethora of pollutants
including heavy metals. These are added by natural as well as anthropogenic activities …

Mycoremediation of heavy metals: processes, mechanisms, and affecting factors

V Kumar, SK Dwivedi - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021 - Springer
Industrial processes and mining of coal and metal ores are generating a number of threats
by polluting natural water bodies. Contamination of heavy metals (HMs) in water and soil is …

[HTML][HTML] Health risk assessment for heavy metal accumulation in leafy vegetables grown on tannery effluent contaminated soil

S Ahmed, MM Mahdi, M Nurnabi, MZ Alam… - Toxicology Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Accumulation of metals (Cr, Zn, Ni, Cd, and Cu) in leafy vegetables cultivated on
tannery effluent contaminated soil and agricultural land soil were determined with an Atomic …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of soil pH on the transport, fractionation, and oxidation of chromium (III)

T Xu, F Nan, X Jiang, Y Tang, Y Zeng, W Zhang… - … and environmental safety, 2020 - Elsevier
This work was conducted to study the effect of soil pH (4.0, 6.0, and 8.0) on the transport,
fractionation, and oxidation of trivalent chromium [Cr (III)]. Variation in pH altered soil …

Evaluation of heavy metal contamination in soil samples around Rampal, Bangladesh

MS Parvez, S Nawshin, S Sultana, MS Hossain… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Rising soil pollution has recently emerged as a significant global issue as a result of
increased industrialization, urbanization, and inadequate waste management. In Rampal …

Ecological risk assessment based on soil adsorption capacity for heavy metals in Taihu basin, China

F Wang, F Wang, H Yang, J Yu, R Ni - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the toxicity, bioaccumulation, non-biodegradability and perseverance of heavy
metals, their risk assessment is essential for soil quality management. The Hakanson …

Pollution characteristics, source identification, and health risk of heavy metals in the soil-vegetable system in two districts of Bangladesh

MNE Alam, MM Hosen, AKMA Ullah… - … Trace Element Research, 2023 - Springer
The consequences of climate change, food security, and self-sufficiency goals are driving
excessive human activity onto vegetable farms in Bangladesh, and harmful heavy metal …

Glycinebetaine alleviates the chromium toxicity in Brassica oleracea L. by suppressing oxidative stress and modulating the plant morphology and photosynthetic …

R Ahmad, S Ali, M Abid, M Rizwan, B Ali… - … Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
Anthropogenic activities are a major source for contaminating the agricultural soil with heavy
metals, which can affect physiological and metabolic processes in plants. Among the heavy …

Heavy metal pollution of soils from coal mines in China

X Liu, Z Bai, H Shi, W Zhou, X Liu - Natural Hazards, 2019 - Springer
Mining activities are among the main sources of heavy metal contamination in the
environment. To analyze heavy metal pollution of soils from coal mines in China, we …

Effect of chromium (VI) toxicity on morpho-physiological characteristics, yield, and yield components of two chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) varieties

D Singh, NL Sharma, CK Singh, SK Sarkar, I Singh… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The ever-increasing industrial activities over the decades have generated high toxic metal
such as chromium (Cr) that hampers the crop productivity. This study evaluated the effect of …