Search Results - "heavy metals"

  1. Landvinning by Fogelqvist, Simon

    Published 2008
    “…Due to it's content of sulphide minerals, predominantly pyrite (FeS2), there is a risk of oxidation and formation of acid water containing heavy metals, known as Acid Rock Drainage (ARD). To prevent the process of oxidation, the tailings and waste rock have to be reclaimed. …”
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  2. Effect of different organic amendments on soil properties of a citrus orchard by Canet, Rodolfo, Pomares, Fernando, Estela, María, Tarazona, Francisco

    Published 2017
    “…The use of sludges and compost led to an increase of heavy metal contents in 0-20 cm depth samples, but not in those obtained at 20-40 cm…”
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  3. Agricultural use of sediments from the Albufera Lake (eastern Spain) by Canet, Rodolfo, Chaves, C., Pomares, Fernando, Albiach, Remedios

    Published 2017
    “…Significant effects were also found on the nutrient contents of the plant tissues, depending on the sediment and application rate used, but no heavy metal accumulation in plants could be detected. …”
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  4. The effects of adequate and excessive application of mineral fertilizers on the soil by Bijay-Singh, Sapkota, Tek Bahadur

    Published 2023
    “…Phosphatic fertilizers may contribute to eutrophication of surface waters, and heavy metal impurities in these may contaminate soils. …”
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  5. Comparative transcriptome profile analysis of rice varieties with different tolerance to zinc deficiency by Lu, X., Liu, S., Zhi, S., Chen, J., Ye, G.

    Published 2021
    “…The metal tolerance protein (MTP) genes also appeared to play an important role in conferring tolerance to Zn deficiency. A heavy metal‐associated domain‐containing protein 7 was associated with tolerance to Zn deficiency and negatively regulated downstream genes. …”
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  6. Advances in the uptake and transport mechanisms and QTLs mapping of cadmium in rice by Chen, Jingguang, Zou, Wenli, Meng, Lijun, Fan, Xiaorong, Xu, Guohua, Ye, Guoyou

    Published 2019
    “…Cadmium (Cd), as a heavy metal, presents substantial biological toxicity and has harmful effects on human health. …”
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  7. Multiple stresses occurring with boron toxicity and deficiency in plants by García-Sánchez, Francisco, Simón-Grao, Silvia, Martínez-Nicolás, Juan J., Alfosea-Simón, Marina, Liu, Chunguang, Chatzissavvidis, C., Pérez-Pérez, Juan G., Cámara-Zapata, Jose M.

    Published 2020
    “…B stress simultaneously acts with others (extreme temperatures, excess of light, high concentration of CO2, drought, salinity or heavy metal contamination, etc.). The effects of these other stresses could increase the sensitivity of plants to B toxicity or deficiency. …”
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  8. “It will be a desert”: Extreme weather and the effects of climate catastrophe on vulnerable riparian spaces in Nairobi, Kenya by Howland, Olivia

    Published 2024
    “…Traditional livelihoods exist cheek-by-jowl with modern life; livestock are watered at the rivers, lions frequent the riverbanks, large commercial farms extract water for crops, industrial factories release heavy metal contaminants into the rivers, and rapidly constructed poor-quality apartment blocks with no provision for human waste release untreated sewage and dump trash into the rivers. …”
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