Soil heavy metal pollution was serious in our country and the soil quality was not optimistic. The heavy metal pollution in the soil was concealment, accumulation, non-degradability, uneven distribution and regionality, which was difficult to treatment. Based on the sources of heavy metals in the soil, the characteristics of heavy metal pollution and potential hazards, this paper briefly analyzed the physical methods to repair heavy metal pollution in soil. Then it summarized the related researches on the direction of soil heavy metal pollution remediation by chemical method, biological method and joint repair method in recent years, and on this basis, the future research direction of soil heavy metal repair was prospected.
Acid mine drainage (AMD) is one of the biggest environmental challenges associated with in the mining process. Most of the current research on AMD focuses on developed deposits, whereas there is almost no research on naturally-produced AMD from undeveloped deposits. In this study, river water and AMD were collected to analyze the distribution characteristics of heavy metals and the phytoplankton community. In addition, the environmental risks of heavy metals were evaluated by single-factor pollution index, Nemerow pollution index and health risk assessment model. The results show that the pH of the Rongna River water ranged from 6.52 to 8.46, and the average concentrations of Mn and Ni were 867.37 and 28.44 μg/L, respectively, which exceed the corresponding Grade III Environmental Quality Standard of Surface Water. The results of the environmental health risk assessment show that the river section of the Rongna River was seriously polluted by the heavy metal Mn after AMD confluence, and the health risk assessment indicates that oral ingestion of Mn posed a potential non-carcinogenic risk to children and adults. A total of 35 phytoplankton species were found in the Rongna River. The phytoplankton biomass was negatively correlated with the concentration of major heavy metals, indicating that the heavy metal concentration exceeded the tolerance limit of phytoplankton, thereby affecting their normal growth. Finally, statistical analysis shows that Cu, Zn, Ni, Mn and Cd in the Rongna River were mainly derived from AMD.
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