Frontiers in Environmental Science | Toxicology, Pollution and the Environment

Original Research

Accepted on 27 Oct 2025

Exudates of dominant plants regulate rhizospheric soil total and available heavy metals and facilitates natural restoration succession in an abandoned metal mining area

in Toxicology, Pollution and the Environment

Xiaoya Yu
Ting Li
Xiaoni Wu
Change Liu
Shiyu Li
Shuxian Peng
Sichen Wang
Luoqi Zhao
Changqun Duan

Frontiers in Environmental Science

178 views

Review

Accepted on 23 Oct 2025

Landfills as potential source and origin of Microplastics: Formation, Composition and Environmental risks

in Toxicology, Pollution and the Environment

Anshu Gupta
Akanksha Verma
Rakesh Kumar Atri

Frontiers in Environmental Science

575 views

Mini Review

Published on 23 Oct 2025

Beyond the hype: unpacking the hidden challenges of nanofertilizers

in Toxicology, Pollution and the Environment

Nana Millicent Duduzile Buthelezi
Madira Coutlyne Manganyi
Jeffrey Lebepe

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1691733

459 views

Original Research

Published on 15 Oct 2025

Heavy metal contamination and assessment of radioactivity in coastal sediments: a case study from the El Qulaan area, southern Red Sea, Egypt

in Toxicology, Pollution and the Environment

Ahmed Abdelaal
Basma A. El-Badry
Gehad M. Saleh
Mabrouk Sami
Ghada A. Khouqeer
Ioan V. Sanislav
El Saeed R. Lasheen

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1676645

769 views

Original Research

Published on 14 Oct 2025

Evaluation of alternatives to replace or reduce viticulture conventional fungicides: Eucalyptus globulus essential oil and aqueous extract

in Toxicology, Pollution and the Environment

Beatriz Fernandes
Rute Duarte
Cristiana Paiva
João Oliveira-Pacheco
Anabela Cachada
Ruth Pereira

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1675469

647 views

Brief Research Report

Accepted on 13 Oct 2025

Trophic transfer of trace elements within and between aquatic and terrestrial food webs in a forested watershed

in Toxicology, Pollution and the Environment

Matthew Long-Hei Cheng
Martin Tsz-Ki Tsui
Matthew R Monteverde
Sae Yun Kwon
Tham Hoang

Frontiers in Environmental Science

233 views

Original Research

Published on 03 Oct 2025

The relevance of Eastern Canadian native willows as alternatives to Salix miyabeana in nitrogen leachate-treating vegetative filters

in Toxicology, Pollution and the Environment

Camille Auger
Michel Labrecque
Caroline Susini
Joan Laur

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1599955

1,444 views

Review

Accepted on 01 Oct 2025

Climate Change-Driven Extreme Weather EventsClimate-Driven Extreme Weather: Unraveling the Microbial and Water Quality Consequences

in Toxicology, Pollution and the Environment

Qi Dong
Junfeng Yu
Ke Fan
Zhijian Wang
Shouli Hao
Yanjun Qiao

Frontiers in Environmental Science

308 views

Original Research

Accepted on 01 Oct 2025

Metal contamination and radiological risk assessment in the coastal zone of Wadi Ghadir outlet, Red Sea, Egypt

in Toxicology, Pollution and the Environment

Gehad M Saleh
Hatem E Semary
El Saeed R. Lasheen
Mohamed S Kamar
Amr Elkelish
Mabrouk Sami
Ioan V Sanislav
Ahmed Abdelaal

Frontiers in Environmental Science

209 views

Original Research

Published on 01 Oct 2025

The influence of diamond-mining industry waste on soil geochemistry and the development of salinization processes

in Toxicology, Pollution and the Environment

Tatiana Vasileva
Yana Legostaeva
Olesya Shadrinova
Egor Ivanov

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1660339

1,141 views

Original Research

Published on 01 Oct 2025

Effects of biochar on phosphorus fraction, phosphatase activity, and phosphorus-solubilizing bacterial abundance: a phosphorus-depleted biochar design

in Toxicology, Pollution and the Environment

Hongyi Qin
Xinyu Huan
Jingyi Cui
Yujun Zhou
Shijie Wang
Shubin Liu
Yuhui Xing
Xiaoqian Yu

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1663371

1,570 views

Original Research

Published on 26 Sep 2025

Biotranslocation of lead and cadmium in Spinacia oleracea amended with Klebsiella sp. VITLLJ4: an effective microbe technology-based phyto-rhizoremediation study

in Toxicology, Pollution and the Environment

Loknath Deo
Jabez William Osborne
Lincy Kirubhadharsini Benjamin

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1633959

1,283 views

Correction

Published on 26 Sep 2025

Correction: Escherichia coli thrives in soil 24 months after grazing exclusion in a rainfed Mediterranean biodiverse pasture

in Toxicology, Pollution and the Environment

Frank Verheijen
Antun Jelinčić
Simon Jeffery
Tiago Domingos
Zahra Khodaparast
Ana Catarina Bastos

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1708183

975 views

Original Research

Published on 19 Sep 2025

Spatial distribution, sources, ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in surface sediments of Wular lake, Kashmir, India-a Ramsar site

in Toxicology, Pollution and the Environment

Arfat Nazir
Muzafar Riyaz
Mohammad Abass Zargar
Mohamed Afzal

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1630494

1,757 views

Mini Review

Published on 15 Sep 2025

Substitution mechanisms of zirconolite for nuclear waste form: a mini review

in Toxicology, Pollution and the Environment

Shiyin Ji
Chuanhang Zhao
Xiuhua Ji
Chengxin Gu
Youkui Zhang
Xin Chen
Tao Duan
Tianhua Ju
Changzhong Liao

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1656188

1,521 views

Original Research

Published on 10 Sep 2025

Pollutant distribution characteristics and microbial response mechanisms in surface and deep brines of the Qaidam Basin

in Toxicology, Pollution and the Environment

Xiaohang Lu
Qiugui Wang
Zhendong Wang
Ying Ma
Zhen Shi
Delin Qi
Zhe Ma

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1646864

1,503 views