Zlatna, Romania is the site of longtime mining/smelting operations which have resulted in
widespread metal pollution of the entire area. Previous studies have documented the …

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the environmental quality of polluted areas near
the Baia Mare Mining and Smelting Complex for future improvements the quality of the …

The quality and potential health risk of drinking waters in Medias, a town near a former non-
ferrous ore smelter in Romania, was assessed using the drinking water quality index …

Anthropogenic activities negatively affect the ecosystems by introducing high amounts of
metals in the environment. The study assessed the contamination and ecological risk …

Drinking water represents a direct source for the toxic and persistent metals entrance in the
organisms. Their bioaccumulation makes them harmful for living organisms, including …

Heavy metals pollution can pose a danger to both human and environmental health. Heavy
metals are inorganic pollutants that can be extracted from the soil and accumulated in plants …

Genetically determined, plant ionome has a major impact on the quality of plant-origin raw
materials for food, feed or pharmaceutical final products. Since plants take up of the mineral …

Copsa Mica is one of the sites with the highest degree of heavy metal pollution in Romania,
the whole area being well known on national and international level for the ecological lack …

Heavy Metals’ Uptake from Soil in Potato Tubers: an Ionomic Approach Page 1 Original Article
Heavy Metals’ Uptake from Soil in Potato Tubers: an Ionomic Approach MUNTEAN Edward 1 …

Quantification of heavy metals pollution levels in an environment is a powerful tool for
converging raw heavy metals concentrations to a comprehensive level that could easily be …