Heavy metal contamination in soils of a decommissioned landfill southern Brazil: Ecological and health risk assessment

VB de Souza, CE Hollas, M Bortoli, FC Manosso… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
The incorrect disposal of waste negatively influences the population's quality of life and
harms the environment. In Brazil, waste disposal in the open air is still a reality, which …

Accurate prediction of spatial distribution of soil potentially toxic elements using machine learning and associated key influencing factors identification: A case study in …

K Li, G Guo, D Zhang, M Lei, Y Wang - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Accurate prediction of spatial distribution of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) is crucial for
soil pollution prevention and risk control. Achieving accurate prediction of spatial distribution …

The positive role of phosphogypsum in dredged sediment solidified with alkali-activated slag

Z Chen, N You, C Chen, L Chen, Z Zhang, W Xu… - … and Building Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Generally, high-water-content of dredged sediment (DS) tends to suffer from inferior
mechanical properties and obvious shrinkage after solidification, so finding solutions to this …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of CaO/Na2SiO3 ratio on mechanical properties, microstructures and environmental leaching characteristics of neutralization slag based geopolymers

J Wang, J Lai, L Lu, C Lin, W Wang, X **e… - Case Studies in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Neutralization slag (NS) of copper smelting is a waste residue mainly composed of calcium
sulfate, which is produced during the process of metal smelting. The large accumulation and …

[HTML][HTML] Towards sustainable resource management: A national assessment of historical mining waste in Poland

S Mazurek, K Derkowska, A Januszewska, C Sroga - Resources Policy, 2025 - Elsevier
In this study, we present findings from a comprehensive program in Poland aimed at
identifying historical mining heaps, sedimentation ponds, and industrial waste dumps. This …

Impact of leaching process for ion-adsorption rare earth ore on the characteristics of topsoil and the absorption of rare earth by Dicranopteris pedata

H Wang, S Meng, W Zhou, G Wang, Z Chen, Z Chen - Biogeochemistry, 2025 - Springer
Rare earth elements (REE) are important resources, but REE in the environment are also
deemed to be a new class of pollutant. Phytoremediation, using the hyperaccumulator …

Geochemistry and the optics of geospatial analysis as a preposition of water quality on a macroscale

LP Lozano, MFA Taleb, MM Ibrahim… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
The water treatment depends exclusively on the identification of residues containing toxic
chemical elements accumulated in NPs (nanoparticles), and ultrafine particles sourced from …

The behavior of potentially toxic elements in the technogenic soil-plant system: A study of Salicornia europaea L. from sites affected by the soda industry

H Pirasteh-Anosheh, A Piernik, K Łuczak, Ł Mendyk… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soils created or significantly transformed by human activity are called technogenic soils.
They have specific morphological, physical, chemical, and biological characteristics …

Question of local exploitation of copper ore deposits in the Urnfield time in Poland

K Nowak, T Stolarczyk, Z Stos-Gale, J Baron… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Despite rich deposits of copper in SW Poland, their exploitation in prehistory has not been
confirmed, and in the literature it is usually argued that raw materials processed in the …