Geochemical properties, heavy metals and soil microbial community during revegetation process in a production Pb-Zn tailings.

Lead-zinc (Pb-Zn) tailings pose a significant environmental threat from heavy metals (HMs) contamination. Revegetation is considered as a green path for HM remediation. However, the interplay between HM transport processes and soil microbial community in Pb-Zn tailings (especially those in production) remain unclear.

A critical review on the migration and transformation processes of heavy metal contamination in lead-zinc tailings of China.

The health risks of lead-zinc (Pb-Zn) tailings from heavy metal (HMs) contamination have been gaining increasing public concern. The dispersal of HMs from tailings poses a substantial threat to ecosystems. Therefore, studying the mechanisms of migration and transformation of HMs in Pb-Zn tailings has significant ecological and environmental significance.

Single/co-adsorption and mechanism of methylene blue and lead by β-cyclodextrin modified magnetic alginate/biochar.

Due to the high biological toxicity, the concurrent elimination of lead (Pb (II)) and methylene blue (MB) has become a challenging problem. Therefore, a newly β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) modified magnetic alginate/biochar (β-CD@MBC) material was developed. Comprehensive characterizations proved the successful coating of β-CD onto MBC surface by microwave-aided fabrication.

The geochemical and mineralogical controls on the release characteristics of potentially toxic elements from lead/zinc (Pb/Zn) mine tailings.

Large quantities of lead/zinc (Pb/Zn) mine tailings were deposited at tailings impoundments without proper management, which have posed considerable risks to the local ecosystem and residents in mining areas worldwide. Therefore, the geochemical behaviors of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in tailings were in-depth investigated in this study by a coupled use of batch kinetic tests, statistical analysis and mineralogical characterization. The results indicated that among these studied PTEs, Cd concentration fluctuated within a wide range of 0.

Activation of Persulfate for Degrading Tetracycline Using the Leaching Residues of the Lead-Zinc Flotation Tailing.

Inappropriate disposal of leaching residues from the lead-zinc tailings recovery process may result in environmental pollution. Its recycling and reuse remain a prevalent topic in environmental science and technology. It was roasted to prepare leaching residues-based materials (TLRS) in this work, and the TLRS were creatively used as the catalyst to active sodium persulfate (PS) to degrade organic pollutants.

Bacterial networks mediate pentachlorophenol dechlorination across land-use types with citrate addition.

Soil microorganisms play a crucial role in the bioremediation of pentachlorophenol (PCP)-contaminated soils. However, whether and how soil bacterial networks with keystone taxa affect PCP dechlorination is not well understood. The present study investigated the effects of citrate on soil bacterial networks mediating PCP dechlorination by direct and indirect transformation in iron-rich upland and paddy soils.

Carbon sources mediate microbial pentachlorophenol dechlorination in soils.

In this study, experiments were performed using network analysis to investigate the effects of different carbon sources, including blank, citrate, glucose and lactate, on indigenous bacterial communities and on the pentachlorophenol (PCP) dechlorination in two soils. Kinetics results demonstrate that PCP dechlorination is significantly enhanced by adding citrate/lactate, but to a lesser extent by adding glucose. High-throughput sequencing results revealed that Firmicutes and Proteobacteria were the dominant groups in these four different treatments during the PCP dechlorination, whereas random forest analysis indicated that the orders Clostridiales, Haloplasmatales, Bacillales, Pseudomonadales and Gaiellales were the critical bacterial orders in modules that were significantly correlated with PCP dechlorination.