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Heavy Metal Pollutions: State of the Art and Innovation in Phytoremediation by DalCorso, Giovanni, Fasani, Elisa, Manara, Anna, Visioli, Giovanna, Furini, Antonella

“…Mineral nutrition of plants greatly depends on both environmental conditions, particularly of soils, and the genetic background of the plant itself. Being…”
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Environmental and socio-economic sustainability appraisal of contaminated land remediation strategies: A case study at a mega-site in China by Song, Yinan, Hou, Deyi, Zhang, Junli, O'Connor, David, Li, Guanghe, Gu, Qingbao, Li, Shupeng, Liu, Peng

“…Green and sustainable remediation (GSR) has become a global trend in the contaminated land remediation field. Growing numbers of countries have adopted GSR…”
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The rationale for simple approaches for sustainability assessment and management in contaminated land practice by Bardos, R. Paul, Bone, Brian D., Boyle, Richard, Evans, Frank, Harries, Nicola D., Howard, Trevor, Smith, Jonathan W.N.

“…The scale of land-contamination problems, and of the responses to them, makes achieving sustainability in contaminated land remediation an important objective…”
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Humic substances as a washing agent for Cd-contaminated soils by Meng, Fande, Yuan, Guodong, Wei, Jing, Bi, Dongxue, Ok, Yong Sik, Wang, Hailong

“…Cost-effective and eco-friendly washing agents are in demand for Cd contaminated soils. Here, we used leonardite-derived humic substances to wash different…”
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Joint analysis of stressors and ecosystem services to enhance restoration effectiveness by Allan, J David, McIntyre, Peter B, Smith, Sigrid D P, Halpern, Benjamin S, Boyer, Gregory L, Buchsbaum, Andy, Burton, Jr, G A, Campbell, Linda M, Chadderton, W Lindsay, Ciborowski, Jan J H, Doran, Patrick J, Eder, Tim, Infante, Dana M, Johnson, Lucinda B, Joseph, Christine A, Marino, Adrienne L, Prusevich, Alexander, Read, Jennifer G, Rose, Joan B, Rutherford, Edward S, Sowa, Scott P, Steinman, Alan D

“…With increasing pressure placed on natural systems by growing human populations, both scientists and resource managers need a better understanding of the…”
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Passive Sampling-Based versus Conventional-Based Metrics for Evaluating Remediation Efficacy at Contaminated Sediment Sites: A Review by Grundy, James S, Lambert, Matthew K, Burgess, Robert M

“…Passive sampling devices (PSDs) are increasingly used at contaminated sites to improve the characterization of contaminant transport and assessment of…”
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Ecological restoration across the Mediterranean Basin as viewed by practitioners by Nunes, Alice, Oliveira, Graça, Mexia, Teresa, Valdecantos, Alejandro, Zucca, Claudio, Costantini, Edoardo A.C., Abraham, Eleni M., Kyriazopoulos, Apostolos P., Salah, Ayman, Prasse, Ruediger, Correia, Otília, Milliken, Sarah, Kotzen, Benz, Branquinho, Cristina

“…Restoration efforts in the Mediterranean Basin have been changing from a silvicultural to an ecological restoration approach. Yet, to what extent the projects…”
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Derivation of site-specific remediation goals by incorporating the bioaccessibility of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with the probabilistic analysis method by Zhang, Ruihuan, Han, Dan, Jiang, Lin, Zhong, Maosheng, Liang, Jing, Xia, TianXiang, Zhao, Ying

“…[Display omitted] •A mild chemical extraction technology was employed to measure the rapid desorption fraction of PAHs in soils.•Remediation goals…”
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Influence of extreme concentrations of hydrophilic pore-former on reinforced polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membranes for reduction of humic acid fouling by Son, Moon, Kim, Hayoung, Jung, Junhyeok, Jo, Sungsoo, Choi, Heechul

“…To address the issue of membrane fouling by ubiquitous humic substances, a hydrophilic pore-former–blended polyethersulfone UF membrane was successfully…”
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Post-fire soil hazards: recommendations for updated soil testing protocols and clearance thresholds by Allen, Joseph G, Azimi, Parham, Pei, Gen, Feguson, Lauren, Burghardt, Lindsey, Nadeau, Kari

“…Urban wildfires in Los Angeles have highlighted the increased risk of soil lead exposure, especially for children. Current post-wildfire soil remediation…”
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An Interoperable Architecture for the Internet of COVID-19 Things (IoCT) Using Open Geospatial Standards—Case Study: Workplace Reopening by Liang, Steve, Saeedi, Sara, Ojagh, Soroush, Honarparvar, Sepehr, Kiaei, Sina, Mohammadi Jahromi, Mahnoush, Squires, Jeremy

“…To safely protect workplaces and the workforce during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, a scalable integrated sensing solution is required in order to offer…”
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Guidelines for seagrass restoration: Importance of habitat selection and donor population, spreading of risks, and ecosystem engineering effects by van Katwijk, M.M., Bos, A.R., de Jonge, V.N., Hanssen, L.S.A.M., Hermus, D.C.R., de Jong, D.J.

“…Large-scale losses of seagrass beds have been reported for decades and lead to numerous restoration programs. From worldwide scientific literature and 20 years…”
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Changes in the concentration and relative abundance of alkanes and PAHs from the Deepwater Horizon oiling of coastal marshes by Turner, R.E., Overton, E.B., Meyer, B.M., Miles, M.S., Hooper-Bui, L.

“…•We measured oil constituents in wetlands before and after the 2010 Macondo oil spill.•Twenty-two of 28 alkane analytes declined (0.40%day−1) and six did…”
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China's soil plan needs strong support by Yang, Hong

“…The government must accompany its action plan on soil quality with effective laws and remediation measures, says Hong Yang…”
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Reduction of COD and color of dyeing effluent from a cotton textile mill by adsorption onto bamboo-based activated carbon by Ahmad, A.A., Hameed, B.H.

“…In this work, activated carbon was prepared from bamboo waste by chemical activation method using phosphoric acid as activating agent. The activated carbon was…”
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Effects of lead mineralogy on soil washing enhanced by ferric salts as extracting and oxidizing agents by Yoo, Jong-Chan, Park, Sang-Min, Yoon, Geun-Seok, Tsang, Daniel C.W., Baek, Kitae

“…In this study, we evaluated the feasibility of using ferric salts including FeCl3 and Fe(NO3)3 as extracting and oxidizing agents for a soil washing process to…”
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Comparison of phosphorus (P) removal properties of materials proposed for the control of sediment p release in UK lakes by Spears, Bryan M., Meis, Sebastian, Anderson, Amy, Kellou, Myriam

“…Of growing interest in the control of sediment phosphorus (P) release in lakes is the use of solid phase P-sorbing products (PSPs) including industrial…”
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Comparative study of UV/TiO2, UV/ZnO and photo-Fenton processes for the organic reactive dye degradation in aqueous solution by Peternel, Igor T., Koprivanac, Natalija, Božić, Ana M. Lončarić, Kušić, Hrvoje M.

“…In this study advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), UV/TiO(2), UV/ZnO and photo-Fenton, were applied in order to degrade C.I. Reactive Red 45 (RR45) dye in…”
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Analysis of reasons for decline of bioleaching efficiency of spent Zn–Mn batteries at high pulp densities and exploration measure for improving performance by Xin, Baoping, Jiang, Wenfeng, Li, Xin, Zhang, Kai, Liu, Changhao, Wang, Renqing, Wang, Yutao

“…► Bioleaching was used for extraction of valuable Zn and Mn from the spent batteries at high pulp densities. ► Bioleaching dynamics of both Zn and Mn under…”
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Qualification of oil-spill treatment products – Adopting the Baffled Flask Test for testing of dispersant efficacy in the UK by Sühring, Roxana, Smith, Andy, Emerson, Heather, Doran, Denise, Mellor, Phil, Kirby, Mark F., Christie, Bernard

“…The UK Marine Management Organisation (MMO) tasked the Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) with reviewing the current UK dispersant…”
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