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Remediation of Heavy Metal-Polluted Agricultural Soils Using Clay Minerals: A Review

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In this paper, the application of clay minerals for the remediation of heavy metal-polluted agricultural soils is summarized, in terms of their remediation effects and mechanisms, influencing factors, and future focus.
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This article is published in Pedosphere.The article was published on 2017-04-01. It has received 228 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Environmental remediation & Soil contamination.

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In situ immobilisation of toxic metals in soil using Maifan stone and illite/smectite clay.

TL;DR: Both Maifan stone and illite/smectite clay are promising amendments for contaminated soil remediation.
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Soil Contamination in Areas Impacted by Military Activities: A Critical Review

TL;DR: In this paper, a literature search mainly covering the period 2010-2020 but also including relevant selected selected papers published before 2010 was conducted to review physical/chemical disturbances in soils following military activities, approaches to characterization of contaminated military-impacted sites, and advances in human health risk assessment for evaluating potential adverse impacts.
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Sepiolite clay: A review of its applications to immobilize toxic metals in contaminated soils and its implications in soil–plant system

TL;DR: In this article, a review critically evaluates the applications of sepiolite in contaminated soils to adsorb toxic metals with an emphasis on cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb).
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Adsorption and Desorption of Cd by Soil Amendment: Mechanisms and Environmental Implications in Field-Soil Remediation

TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors evaluated the effectiveness of four soil amendments (denoted as Ad1, Ad2, Ad3 and Ad4) on reducing Cd availability and increasing Cd stability in soil.
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Phytoremediation of heavy metals—Concepts and applications

TL;DR: This review article comprehensively discusses the background, concepts and future trends in phytoremediation of heavy metals.
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Stabilization of As, Cr, Cu, Pb and Zn in soil using amendments – A review

TL;DR: An overview of data published during the last five years on the immobilization of one metalloid, As, and four heavy metals, Cr, Cu, Pb and Zn, in soils, finds that Zn can be successfully immobilized in soil by phosphorus amendments and clays.
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Soil Contamination in China: Current Status and Mitigation Strategies

TL;DR: Comparisons with other regions of the world show that the current status of soil contamination, based on the total contaminant concentrations, is not worse in China, however, the concentrations of some heavy metals in Chinese soils appear to be increasing at much greater rates.
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Adsorption of a few heavy metals on natural and modified kaolinite and montmorillonite: a review.

TL;DR: The feasibility of using two important and common clay minerals, kaolinite and montmorillonite, as adsorbents for removal of toxic heavy metals has been reviewed.
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