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Index of geoaccumulation in sediments of the rhine river
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A review of soil heavy metal pollution from mines in China: pollution and health risk assessment.
TL;DR: A comprehensive assessment of soil heavy metal pollution derived from mines in China is provided, while identifying policy recommendations for pollution mitigation and environmental management of these mines.
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A review of heavy metal contaminations in urban soils, urban road dusts and agricultural soils from China.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed quite a few heavy metal contamination related studies in several cities from China over the past 10 years and discussed the concentrations, sources, contamination levels, sample collection and analytical tools of heavy metals in urban soils, urban road dusts and agricultural soils.
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Assessment of heavy metal enrichment factors and the degree of contamination in marine sediments from Tamaki Estuary, Auckland, New Zealand.
G. M. S. Abrahim,R. J. Parker +1 more
TL;DR: Comparative data for normalized enrichment factors and the modified degree of contamination show that Tamaki Estuary sediments have suffered significant systematic heavy metal contamination following catchment urbanization.
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A review of soil heavy metal pollution from industrial and agricultural regions in China: Pollution and risk assessment.
TL;DR: This paper provides a comprehensive ecological and health risk assessment on the heavy metals in soils in Chinese industrial and agricultural regions and thus provides insights for the policymakers regarding exposure reduction and management.
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Contamination features and health risk of soil heavy metals in China
TL;DR: The results showed that, due to the drastically increased industrial operations and fast urban expansion, Chinese soils were contaminated by heavy metals in varying degrees and children and adult females were the relatively vulnerable populations for the non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic risks.
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