TY - JOUR
T1 - Mining, pollution and site remediation
AU - Gu, Ji Dong
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
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Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/3
Y1 - 2018/3
N2 - Extraction of minerals and metals (including metalloids and rare earth) from the Earth's lithosphere by human has resulted in large scale and extensive pollution of the environments, including top-soils, sediments, aquifer and groundwater, and streams. Proper management of mining sites, mining activity and post-mining restoration are immediate issues for industries, administrators and concerned citizens. Environmental impacts of mining and acid mine drainage have been mostly assessed by conducting chemical analysis and numerical risk assessment to derive information for predicting the possible outcomes. It is very important to look into this interdisciplinary task by geologists, environmental chemists, geomicrobiologists, ecotoxicolgists and risk assessment specialists to integrate and form comprehensive background information to establish a solid foundation to advance the subject matter to achieve best practices in ecosystem management and protection. At the same time, bioremediation of mining sites or acid mine drainage require a clear differentiation between scientific investigations in laboratory and in situ applications of technologies to avoid misinterpreting the laboratory research data and projecting non-feasible target goals.
AB - Extraction of minerals and metals (including metalloids and rare earth) from the Earth's lithosphere by human has resulted in large scale and extensive pollution of the environments, including top-soils, sediments, aquifer and groundwater, and streams. Proper management of mining sites, mining activity and post-mining restoration are immediate issues for industries, administrators and concerned citizens. Environmental impacts of mining and acid mine drainage have been mostly assessed by conducting chemical analysis and numerical risk assessment to derive information for predicting the possible outcomes. It is very important to look into this interdisciplinary task by geologists, environmental chemists, geomicrobiologists, ecotoxicolgists and risk assessment specialists to integrate and form comprehensive background information to establish a solid foundation to advance the subject matter to achieve best practices in ecosystem management and protection. At the same time, bioremediation of mining sites or acid mine drainage require a clear differentiation between scientific investigations in laboratory and in situ applications of technologies to avoid misinterpreting the laboratory research data and projecting non-feasible target goals.
KW - Acid mine drainage
KW - Aquifer contamination
KW - Mining
KW - Mining pollution
KW - Phytoremediation
KW - Toxic metals and metalloids
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85040548883&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ibiod.2017.11.006
DO - 10.1016/j.ibiod.2017.11.006
M3 - 社论
AN - SCOPUS:85040548883
VL - 128
SP - 1
EP - 2
JO - International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation
JF - International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation
SN - 0964-8305
ER -