Environmental geochemistry and healthMiningRisk AssessmentSoil PollutantsCropsAgricultural
From tailings to tables:risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in edible crops cultivated in mine tailing impacted soils.
Amanda Duim Ferreira, Heloisa Farineli Corveloni, Alexys Friol Boim, Hermano Melo Queiroz, Tamires Patrícia Souza, Xosé L Otero, Ângelo Fraga Bernardino, Tiago Osorio Ferreira
Published: 202510.1007/s10653-025-02770-9
Abstract
The deposition of mine tailings in agricultural ecosystems raises concerns about the risks to human health, particularly in areas where the dissolution of mineral phases can release potentially toxic elements (PTEs). Soils and crops cultivated in the…
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