Heavy metal pollution characteristics and potential ecological risk assessment of soils around three typical antimony mining areas and watersheds in China

China is the largest antimony resource globally. The mining and smelting of antimony will inevitably have a significant impact on the surrounding and downstream farmlands of the mining area, Therefore, it is necessary to understand the pollution characteristics of antimony and evaluate its potential...

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Main Authors: Yanting Qi, Xiangdong Wei, MengJie Zhao, Weisong Pan, Chao Jiang, Jinbiao Wu, WaiChin Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.913293/full