Antimony is ubiquitously present in the environment as a result of natural processes and
human activities. It exists mainly as Sb (III) and Sb (V) in environmental, biological and …

Mining causes the destruction of natural ecosystems through removal of soil and vegetation
and burial beneath waste disposal sites. The restoration of mined land in practice can …

Abstract On November 5th, 2015, Samarco's iron mine dam–called Fundão–spilled 50–60
million m 3 of mud into Gualaxo do Norte, a river that belongs to Rio Doce Basin …

Total concentrations of heavy metals in the soils of mine drainage and surrounding
agricultural fields in the northern part of Bangladesh were determined to evaluate the level …

A potential hazard to Bei**g was revealed due to the accumulation trend of heavy metals in
agricultural soils with sewage irrigation, which results in metal contamination and human …

Concentrations of heavy metals in water and sediment samples of Buriganga River in the
capital city Dhaka, Bangladesh, were studied to understand the level of heavy metals and …

Pollution index is a powerful tool for ecological geochemistry assessment. The commonly
used pollution indices by heavy metals in soils and sediments were classified as two types …

The possibility to adapt chemometrics approaches for the quantitative estimation of heavy
metals in soils polluted by a mining accident was explored. In April 1998, the dam of a mine …

This paper compiles the available information on historic tailings dam failures with the
purpose to establish simple correlations between tailings ponds geometric parameters (eg …

The present study examines some heavy metals (As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn) contents
in urban soils of 23 cities in Isfahan province, central Iran. For this purpose, 83 topsoil …