Mercury sources, contaminations, mercury cycle, detection and treatment techniques: A review

KG Pavithra, P SundarRajan, PS Kumar, G Rangasamy - Chemosphere, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Mercury is considered a toxic pollutant harmful to our human health and the environment.
Mercury is highly persistent, volatile and bioaccumulated and enters into the food chain …

The toxicity of mercury and its chemical compounds: molecular mechanisms and environmental and human health implications: a comprehensive review

YS Wu, AI Osman, M Hosny, AM Elgarahy… - Acs Omega, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Mercury is a type of hazardous and toxic pollutant that can result in detrimental effects on the
environment and human health. This review is aimed at discussing the state-of-the-art …

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

T Van Acker, S Theiner, E Bolea-Fernandez… - Nature Reviews …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) combines plasma chemistry, which
produces singly charged elemental ions, with mass spectrometric detection. Unlike other …

Metal contamination and bioremediation of agricultural soils for food safety and sustainability

D Hou, D O'Connor, AD Igalavithana… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Agricultural soil is a non-renewable natural resource that requires careful stewardship in
order to achieve the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. However, industrial …

A review of pristine and modified biochar immobilizing typical heavy metals in soil: applications and challenges

H Gong, L Zhao, X Rui, J Hu, N Zhu - Journal of hazardous materials, 2022‏ - Elsevier
In recent years, the application of biochar in the remediation of heavy metals (HMs)
contaminated soil has received tremendous attention globally. We reviewed the latest …

Phytoremediation: Environmentally sustainable way for reclamation of heavy metal polluted soils

S Ashraf, Q Ali, ZA Zahir, S Ashraf… - … and environmental safety, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Soil contamination with toxic metals is a widespread environmental issue resulting from
global industrialization within the past few years. Therefore, decontamination of heavy metal …

Critical review on biogeochemical dynamics of mercury (Hg) and its abatement strategies

AD Singh, K Khanna, J Kour, S Dhiman, T Bhardwaj… - Chemosphere, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) is among the naturally occurring heavy metal with elemental, organic, and
inorganic distributions in the environment. Being considered a global pollutant, high pools of …

[HTML][HTML] Human health risk assessment of lead (Pb) through the environmental-food pathway

R Nag, E Cummins - Science of the Total Environment, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Drinking water and farm-to-fork pathways have been identified as the predominant
environmental pathways associated with human exposure (HE) to Pb. This study integrates …

[HTML][HTML] Soil amendments for immobilization of potentially toxic elements in contaminated soils: A critical review

KN Palansooriya, SM Shaheen, SS Chen… - Environment …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Soil contamination by potentially toxic elements (PTEs) has led to adverse environmental
impacts. In this review, we discussed remediation of PTEs contaminated soils through …

A review on mercury in coal combustion process: Content and occurrence forms in coal, transformation, sampling methods, emission and control technologies

S Zhao, D Pudasainee, Y Duan, R Gupta, M Liu… - Progress in Energy and …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Mercury, as a global pollutant, has raised worldwide concern due to its high toxicity, long-
distance transport, persistence, and bioaccumulation in the environment. Coal-fired power …