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Cadmium (Cd) and arsenic (As) cocontamination threatens rice safety. In this study, the dual advantage of trace nutrient elements to enhance rice nutrition while reducing toxic metals was utilized, and coapplication of manganese (Mn) and selenium (Se) was proposed as a new strategy to address Cd-As cocontamination in rice. The experiment showed that the synergistic reduction of Cd and As in brown rice was superior to a single treatment. The mechanisms include (1) regulation of Cd and As transport proteins and enhancement of the antagonistic effects of beneficial elements; (2) enhancement of antioxidant defenses and key metabolic pathways; and (3) mobilization of rhizosphere sulfur-oxidizing bacteria and metal-fixing taxa to drive sulfide precipitation to immobilize contaminants. This approach combines agronomic intensification with environmental remediation by utilizing micronutrient interactions to provide a sustainable solution for Cd-As cocontamination of rice fields.
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J Environ Sci (China)
December 2025
School of Life Science and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China. Electronic address:
Prominent cadmium (Cd) pollution and widespread phoxim (pH) use hinder the growth and medicinal value of Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort. (Chuanxiong). While bioremediation by rhizobacteria helps plants counter pollutants, the specific roles of indigenous resistant consortia collected from polluted soils in immobilizing heavy metals, degrading pesticides, and enhancing plant stress tolerance remain insufficiently explored.
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August 2025
School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha 410083 Hunan, PR China.
Cadmium (Cd) and arsenic (As) cocontamination threatens rice safety. In this study, the dual advantage of trace nutrient elements to enhance rice nutrition while reducing toxic metals was utilized, and coapplication of manganese (Mn) and selenium (Se) was proposed as a new strategy to address Cd-As cocontamination in rice. The experiment showed that the synergistic reduction of Cd and As in brown rice was superior to a single treatment.
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July 2025
Key Laboratory of Soil Remediation and Quality Improvement in Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, 311300, China.
Soil acidification is an increasingly serious issue in southern China. A decrease in soil pH tends to interfere with the immobilization of heavy metals by amendments. Here, we investigated the effect of soil acidification on the remediation of Cd/As co-contaminated soil by biochar-ferromanganese material (BFM) and sought effective measures to alleviate these adverse effects by applying different calcium fertilizers.
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August 2025
MOE Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria/Tianjin Engineering Center of Environmental Diagnosis and Contamination Remediation, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China. Electronic address:
Biochar-based remediation can reduce Cd pollution through adsorption but may potentially increases As accumulation in rice grains by microbial reduction. Therefore, developing materials that simultaneously immobilize Cd and inhibit As translocation to plants is crucial for co-contamination management. Iron-silicon modified biochar (Fe/Si-BC) was synthesized and evaluated in pot experiments for remediation of Cd/As co-contamination.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHuan Jing Ke Xue
January 2025
State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Key Laboratory of Ecological Environment of Farmland in Hebei, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China.
To clarify the characteristics of Cd, As, and Pb concentrations in edible parts of crops and farmland soils, a key farmland survey was conducted on the field scale to investigate the characteristics of Cd, As, and Pb in soil and chili pepper (edible parts in the above-ground section) and sweet potato (edible parts under the ground) and assess the health risk of Cd-As-Pb in edible parts of chili pepper and sweet potato to humans in the typical co-contaminated agricultural soils by Cd, As, and Pb from metal smelting and sewage irrigation in North China. The results showed that the agricultural soil from chili pepper and sweet potato fields was co-contaminated by Cd and As at a moderate pollution level. The combined pollution index (2.
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