An overview of removing heavy metals from sewage sludge: Achievements and perspectives

H Geng, Y Xu, L Zheng, H Gong, L Dai, X Dai - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
The removal of heavy metals from sewage sludge (SS) is attracting increasing attention
because the presence of toxic heavy metals in SS restricts its reuse or disposal, especially …

Utilization of legume-nodule bacterial symbiosis in phytoremediation of heavy metal-contaminated soils

ME Jach, E Sajnaga, M Ziaja - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The legume–rhizobium symbiosis is one of the most beneficial interactions
with high importance in agriculture, as it delivers nitrogen to plants and soil, thereby …

Reveal the response of enzyme activities to heavy metals through in situ zymography

C Duan, L Fang, C Yang, W Chen, Y Cui, S Li - … and Environmental Safety, 2018 - Elsevier
Enzymes in the soil are vital for assessing heavy metal soil pollution. Although the presence
of heavy metals is thought to change the soil enzyme system, the distribution of enzyme …

[HTML][HTML] Use of soil enzymes as indicators for contaminated soil monitoring and sustainable management

SH Lee, MS Kim, JG Kim, SO Kim - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Diagnosis of the risk of soil pollution and the performance of measures for the recovery of
contaminated soil requires proper monitoring of the extent of soil function damage and its …

Effects of mining wastewater discharges on heavy metal pollution and soil enzyme activity of the paddy fields

XF Hu, Y Jiang, Y Shu, X Hu, L Liu, F Luo - Journal of Geochemical …, 2014 - Elsevier
To study the effects of mining activities on the agricultural environmental quality, four
representative paddy fields distributed at different towns (HSG, SNJ, NT and THJ) of Y …

Influence of biofertilizer on heavy metal bioremediation and enzyme activities in the soil to revealing the potential for sustainable soil restoration

M Haroun, S **e, W Awadelkareem, J Wang, X Qian - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Overuse of chemical fertilizer and pesticides in agricultural activity is frequently damaging to
soil health and can accumulate heavy metals in the soil environment, causing harm to …

Efficiency of biochar and compost (or composting) combined amendments for reducing Cd, Cu, Zn and Pb bioavailability, mobility and ecological risk in wetland soil

G Zeng, H Wu, J Liang, S Guo, L Huang, P Xu, Y Liu… - Rsc Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Biochar and compost are two inexpensive and effective in situ remediation materials for
heavy metal contaminated soils. The interaction between biochar and compost (or …

A proposal of “core enzyme” bioindicator in long-term Pb-Zn ore pollution areas based on topsoil property analysis

JS Yang, FL Yang, Y Yang, GL **ng, CP Deng… - Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
To study the effects of long-term mining activities on the agricultural soil quality of Mengnuo
town in Yunnan province, China, the heavy metal and soil enzyme activities of soil samples …

Red mud-biochar composites (co-pyrolyzed red mud-plant materials): Characteristics and improved efficacy on the treatment of acidic mine water and trace element …

J Qin, X Wang, M Deng, H Li, C Lin - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of commercially sourced dopants for synthesizing biochar-based composites could
be economically undesirable. The current work aimed to explore the possibility of making …

Remediation of cadmium-contaminated soils using Brassica napus: effect of nitrogen fertilizers

X Zeng, D Zou, A Wang, Y Zhou, Y Liu, Z Li… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
The physico-chemical characteristics of N fertilizers remain poorly understood with respect
to their use with rape (Brassica napus L.) to remediate Cd-contaminated soil. In this work …