Heavy metals status, transport mechanisms, sources, and factors affecting their mobility in Chinese agricultural soils

Heavy metals are the focus of much interest because of their environmental persistence, toxicity, and mobility in soils. Some of the Chinese soils have been contaminated with heavy metals due to expansion of mining industries, pesticides usage, and other anthropological activities, which made the ag...

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Published in:Environmental earth sciences 2018-02, Vol.77 (3), p.1-9, Article 104
Main Authors: Jing, Feng, Chen, Xiaomin, Yang, Zhijiang, Guo, Bilin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural ecosystems
Agricultural land
Biogeosciences
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Environmental Science and Engineering
Geochemistry
Geology
Heavy metals
Hydrology/Water Resources
Industry
Metals
Mobility
Original Article
Pesticides
Pollution dispersion
Pollution sources
Soil
Soil contamination
Soils
Terrestrial Pollution
Toxicity
Transport
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Summary:Heavy metals are the focus of much interest because of their environmental persistence, toxicity, and mobility in soils. Some of the Chinese soils have been contaminated with heavy metals due to expansion of mining industries, pesticides usage, and other anthropological activities, which made the agro-ecosystem to become contaminated. The objective of this review is to illuminate the current pollution status, sources of heavy metals, transport mechanisms, and the factors affecting their mobility in Chinese soils. The additional studies in the future will present on source identification and the heavy metal transport characteristics in soil.
ISSN:1866-6280
1866-6299
DOI:10.1007/s12665-018-7299-4