The Toxicity of Heavy Metals and Chemical Pollutants in Agricultural Soil and Plants: Ecological Risks and Remediation

Dear Colleagues,

With rapid developments within industry and agriculture, various solid wastes, excessive pesticides, heavy metals, and other toxic substances have entered the soil, causing huge pollution in soil and plants, causing great adverse effects on human production and life. Soil pollution remediation is a solution that must be strengthened. The purpose of this Special Issue (VSI) is to publish state-of-art studies that gather current knowledge and answer pressing questions about heavy metals and toxicity of chemical pollutants in agricultural soil and plants. This Special Issue will focus on the environmental behavior of contaminants in agricultural soil, plants, and heavy metals, as well as the detection, remediation, and ecological risks of chemical pollutants. Potential topics for this VSI include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. The migration and transformation of heavy metals and chemical pollutants, especially new persistent organic pollutants (such as microplastics, antibiotics, PAHs, PFOA, etc.) in soil and plants;
2. The detection of heavy metals and chemical pollutants in soil or plants;
3. New and modified remediation materials (e.g., Biochar) and remediation technologies;
4. The ecotoxicology of pollutants on soil or plants;
5. Soil microorganisms.

Dr. Peipei Song
Guest Editor

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• heavy metals
• chemical pollutants
• ecological risks
• remediation
• soil and plants
• soil microorganisms
• migration and transformation