Original ResearchPublished 13 August 2026Bioavailable metals, microbial community dysfunction, and plant growth constraints in a tropical mining waste dump: implications for ecological risk assessment and remediationLisha Huang · Zhibo Wu · Biwei Hu · Guangqi Ma · Xuezhe Zhu · Zhiqi Long · Mingjiang ZhangFrontiers in Soil Sciencedoi 10.3389/fsoil.2026.1908985