Soil co-contaminated with heavy metals and pesticides has caused large global
environmental issues. The interaction of heavy metals and pesticides make the …

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are toxic chemicals, recalcitrant to degradation,
bioaccumulative and persistent in the environment, causing adverse effects on ecosystems …

Despite reports in the literature of superior contaminant degradation in the root-zone of
plants, this phenomenon, known as the rhizosphere effect, is poorly understood. We …

Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is bioaccumulative in crops. PFOA bioaccumulation potential
varies largely among crop varieties. Root exudates are found to be associated with such …

The main sources of the low-molecular-weight aliphatic and aromatic organic acids
(LMWOAs) in soils are plant residues, root exudates, and microbial metabolites. In the …

Human pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are routinely found in
biosolids from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Once land applied, the PPCPs in …

Bioavailability has become a critical factor in improving ecological risk assessment and
environmental remediation efficiency in contaminated soil research. However, the soil …

Rapid increase in industrialization of world economy in the past century has resulted in
significantly high emission of anthropogenic chemicals in the ecosystem. The …

A pilot-scale field trial of phytoextraction of PCBs provides insight into the practical
application of this technology, using the plant species Cucurbita pepo ssp pepo cv. Howden …

Wheat and earthworms were exposed individually and together to soils contaminated with
11 perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs). Wheat accumulated PFASs from soil with root …