Cadmium is a non-essential trace metal, which is highly toxic to nearly all living organisms.
Soil pollution causes Cd contamination of crops, thereby rendering plant products …

Pollution of soils with As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn, collectively termed heavy metals
(HMs), can threaten human health and ecosystem functioning. Therefore, polluted soils must …

China exemplifies the serious and widespread soil heavy metal pollution generated by
mining activities. A total of 420 soil samples from 58 metal mines was collected across …

Recent cadmium (Cd) regulation in chocolate threatens the sustainability of cacao
production in Southwest America. Cadmium contamination in cacao beans has not been …

Abstract The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover has been traversing strata at the base
of Aeolis Mons (informally known as Mount Sharp) since September 2014. The Murray …

This new edition provides current information on the nutritional requirements of world crops.
It presents research on the acquisition, accumulation, transport, and functions of chemical …

Heavy metals and metalloids in soils are derived from the soil parent material (lithogenic
source) and various anthropogenic sources, most of which involve several metal (loid) s …

Immobilization is among the most-suitable strategies to remediate cadmium (Cd)
contaminated sites. Organic additives (OAs) have emerged as highly efficient and …

The frequency and duration of flooding events is increasing due to land-use changes
increasing run-off of precipitation, and climate change causing more intense rainfall events …

Abstract Knowledge about the behavior and reactions of separate soil components with
trace elements (TEs) and their distribution coefficients (K ds) in soils is a key issue in …