Biomonitoring of Potentially Toxic Elements in an Abandoned Mining Region Using <i>Taraxacum officinale</i>: A Case Study on the “Tsar Asen” Mine in Bulgaria

Biomonitoring of Potentially Toxic Elements in an Abandoned Mining Region Using <i>Taraxacum officinale</i>: A Case Study on the “Tsar Asen” Mine in Bulgaria

Mining is a significant industrial and economic activity, but it can also result in ore waste that contains several potentially toxic elements (PTEs). Furthermore, the wide range of observed transfer and accumulation factors suggests that not only the soil element concentrations but also the soil ch...

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Main Authors: Veronika Mihaylova, Galina Yotova, Kristina Marinova, Aleksey Benderev, Valentina Lyubomirova, Stefan Tsakovski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-10-01
Series:Applied Sciences
Subjects:
potentially toxic elements
risk assessment
mining
biomonitoring
multivariate statistical analysis
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/21/11860

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