Soil pollution severely threatens agro-ecosystem stability. It is important to accurately
understand the status of farmland pollution in order to protect national food safety and …

Information on dissipation kinetics of pesticides in food crops and other plants is a key
aspect in current risk and impact assessment practice. This is because human exposure to …

Recent studies have reported the occurrence of liquid crystal monomers (LCMs) in
sediment, indoor dust, hand wipes, and human serum samples; however, information …

Permafrost in the polar regions potentially stores large amounts of toxic chemicals, including
organic compounds bound with halogens. The release of such halogenated organic …

Global food security is one of the most pressing issues for humanity, and agricultural
production is critical for achieving this. The existing analyses of specific threats to …

Purpose The objective of this study was to evaluate the mutual relations between the soil
organic matter (SOM) fractions: fulvic acids (FA), humic acids (HA), humins (HN), black …

The concentrations, profiles, sources and spatial distribution of polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs) were determined in 40 surface soil samples collected from Bei**g …

Industrialization and urbanization increased the use of chemicals in agriculture, vehicular
emissions, etc., and spoiled all environmental sectors. It causes various problems among …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) exhibit persistence in soils, and most of them are
potentially mutagenic/carcinogenic and teratogenic for human beings but also influence the …

There are limited data on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the soils of the Tibetan
Plateau. This paper presents data from a survey of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) …