Heavy Metal Contamination and Accumulation in Soil and Plant from Mining Area of Mitrovica, Kosovo

According to the primary study on the As contamination in soil and crops including potato and pea in tin tailings in Gejiu area, Yunnan Province, it has been found that concentrations of As in rhizosphere far exceed Chinese National Grade Ⅲ standard of soil environmental quality of China (GB 15618-1995). It also has been found that the Ferns were living in the tin tailings suffered from the contamination of heavy metals. Compared with the limit of national criteria for food sanitation in China, the concentrations of As in edible parts of ferns are 90 times. Therefore, the remediation of soil based on geochemical distribution characteristics of heavy metal in the tailings is demanded. And avoiding crops-planting in the tailings to reduce the diffusion of heavy metal contamination in food chain of mining area is necessary.

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An integrated approach to quantify ecological and human health risks of soil heavy metal contamination around coal mining area

The Science of The Total Environment ◽

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152653 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 152653

Author(s):

Teklit Zerizghi ◽

Qingjun Guo ◽

Liyan Tian ◽

Rongfei Wei ◽

Changqiu Zhao

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metal ◽

Human Health ◽

Coal Mining ◽

Health Risks ◽

Metal Contamination ◽

Heavy Metal Contamination ◽

Integrated Approach ◽

Mining Area ◽

Coal Mining Area ◽

Human Health Risks

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Ecological risk assessment of heavy metal contamination of mining area soil based on land type changes: An information network environ analysis

Ecological Modelling ◽

10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109633 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 455 ◽

pp. 109633

Author(s):

Jingzhao Lu ◽

Hongwei Lu ◽

Weipeng Wang ◽

SanSan Feng ◽

Kaiwen Lei

Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

Heavy Metal ◽

Ecological Risk ◽

Ecological Risk Assessment ◽

Metal Contamination ◽

Heavy Metal Contamination ◽

Mining Area ◽

Information Network ◽

Land Type

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Evidence of Heavy Metal Contamination of Agricultural Soil in Ameri, Abakaliki Lead-Zinc Mining Area, Ebonyi State Southeast Nigeria: An Indication for Phytoremediation

Nutrition and Food Technology Open Access ◽

10.16966/2470-6086.145 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Aloh GA ◽

Aloh HE ◽

Obasi AN ◽

Chukwu K

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metal ◽

Metal Contamination ◽

Agricultural Soil ◽

Heavy Metal Contamination ◽

Mining Area ◽

Lead Zinc

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Spectral Responses of As and Pb Contamination in Tailings of a Hydrothermal Ore Deposit: A Case Study of Samgwang Mine, South Korea

Remote Sensing ◽

10.3390/rs10111830 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (11) ◽

pp. 1830 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Yongsik Jeong ◽

Jaehyung Yu ◽

Lei Wang ◽

Ji Shin

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metal ◽

Hydrothermal Alteration ◽

Metal Contamination ◽

Heavy Metal Contamination ◽

Spectral Characteristics ◽

Mining Area ◽

Ore Deposit ◽

Alteration Minerals ◽

Spectral Responses ◽

Pb Concentration

We analyzed chemical composition, mineralogy, and spectral characteristics of the tailings of a hydrothermal gold mine in South Korea. We measured spectral responses of tailings to arsenic (As) and lead (Pb) concentration and developed and validated a prediction model for As and Pb in the tailings. The tailing was heavily contaminated with heavy metal elements and composed of rock forming minerals, gangue minerals and hydrothermal alteration minerals. The spectral features of the tailing were closely related to hydrothermal alteration minerals. The spectral responses associated with As and Pb concentrations were detected in shortwave infrared (SWIR) region at absorption positions of the hydrothermal alteration minerals. The prediction models were constructed using spectral bands of absorption features of the hydrothermal alteration minerals and were statistically significant. We found distinctive differences in spectral characteristics and spectral response to heavy metal contamination between the tailings and soils in the mining area. While the spectral signals to heavy metal concentration of tailings were associated with the hydrothermal alteration minerals, those of soils in mining area were manifested by clay minerals originated from weathering processes. This infers that geological processes associated with formation of soils and tailings are the major controlling factors of spectral responses to heavy metal contamination. This study provides a rare reference for the estimation of As and Pb concentration in the tailings with similar types of ore deposit and host rock.

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Indicators of heavy-metal contamination in the Looe Estuary (Cornwall) with particular regard to silver and lead

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ◽

10.1017/s002531540002124x ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 57 (1) ◽

pp. 75-92 ◽

Cited By ~ 116

Author(s):

G. W. Bryan ◽

L. G. Hummerstone

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metal ◽

Metal Contamination ◽

Heavy Metal Contamination ◽

Mining Area ◽

The West ◽

Productive Area

A map of the Looe Estuary in south-east Cornwall is shown in Fig. 1. As it flows to the western branch of the estuary, the West Looe River passes through the Herodsfoot mining area which lies about 5 km above Sowden's Bridge. By Cornish standards, this was a productive area for lead and Dewey (1921) gives the output of Herodsfoot mine as 13470 tons of metal between 1848 and 1884 and more than 17 tons of silver between 1853 and 1884.

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