Key words: in situ stabilization, bioavailable PB, soil remediation This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of P, Mn oxide, and time on bioavailable Pb in five metal-contaminated soils or mine spoils in the absence or the presence of plants, and to evaluate the effect of those treatments on phytoavailability of Pb, Cd, and Zn. The addition of P or Mn oxide reduced bioavailable Pb compa...

Phosphate-induced immobilization is recognized as one of effective in situ remediation methods for heavy metal contaminated soils. Phosphate-based minerals that adsorb, chelate, or complex heavy metals in soil were greatly concerned as effective heavy metals immobilizing materials. Effects of particle sizes of rock phosphate on immobilizing heavy metals in Pb-Zn mine soils by a greenhouse exper...

Although the beneficial effects on growth and trace element accumulation in Salix spp. inoculated with microbes are well known, little information is available on the interactions among trace elements and macronutrients. The main purpose of this study was to assess the effect of phytoaugmentation with the rhizobacteria Agromyces sp., Streptomyces sp., and the combination of each of them with th...

Human individuals require at least 20 inorganic elements ('minerals') for normal functioning. However, much of the world's population is probably deficient in one or more essential minerals and at increased risk of physiological disorders. Addressing these 'hidden hungers' is a challenge for the nutrition and agriculture sectors. Mineral deficiencies among populations are typically identified f...

Elevated human exposure to metals and metalloids (metal(loid)s) may lead acute sickness pose a severe threat health. The body is exposed metal(loid)s principally through food, water, supplements, (occasionally) air. There are inherent background levels of many in regional soils as consequence geological sources. Baseline coupled with anthropogenic sources such application biosolids increased ce...