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Soil, air, and water pollution from mining and industrial activities: Sources of pollution, environmental impacts, and prevention and control methods
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Mining activities, as essential components of industrial development, play a crucial role in the economy. However, they often entail significant environmental consequences, notably soil contamination by heavy metals. This article aims to comprehensively review the issue of soil pollution with heavy metals resulting from mining operations, focusing specifically on the ions of arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury, and zinc. It begins by examining the sources and impacts of this pollution on soil, water, vegetation, wildlife, and human health. Various methods for monitoring and assessing soil contamination with these heavy metal ions are then discussed, including sampling, chemical analysis, remote sensing, and modeling techniques. Finally, a range of management and control strategies for addressing this form of pollution are presented, encompassing biological, chemical, and physical approaches, alongside innovative and sustainable practices within the mining sector. In conclusion, soil contamination with heavy metal ions from mining activities poses a significant environmental challenge, necessitating the implementation of diverse monitoring, assessment, and mitigation measures to safeguard human health and ecosystem integrity. Future research should prioritize developing innovative technologies for mitigating and remediating contamination from lead, zinc, cadmium, mercury, and arsenic, leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning for predictive modeling and risk assessment, and promoting sustainable and environmentally friendly mining practices.
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- Authors
- Moghimi Dehkordi, M., Pournuroz Nodeh, Z., Soleimani Dehkordi, K., salmanvandi, H., Rasouli Khorjestan, R., & Ghaffarzadeh, M.
- Venue
- Results in Engineering
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2024-09
- Volume
- 23
- Pages
- 102729
- ISSN
- 2590-1230 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4401610259
- Cited by
- 296
- References
- 283
- Citations by year
- 2026: 123 · 2025: 162 · 2024: 11
- FWCI
- 29.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Results in Engineering (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Heavy metals in environment
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Mine drainage and remediation techniques
- Keywords
- heavy metal contamination, mining pollution, soil contamination, water pollution, air pollution, arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury, zinc, pollution sources, environmental impact, human health risk, soil contamination monitoring, remote sensing, remediation strategies, sustainable mining, industrial pollution
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