The tailings collected from Xiangxi lead and zinc (Pb/Zn) mine, in west of Hunan Province, China, had high concentrations of Pb, Zn and Cd. In order to reduce the risk of Pb, Zn and Cd in lead-zinc tailing, passivators including rape offal, grass straw, rice straw, lime and ammonium phosphate were added into the railings after 30 days incubation. DTPA method and Tessier sequential extraction procedures for different chemical fractions of Pb, Zn, and Cd, were employed to evaluate the effects of these passivators on the mobility and bioavailabi...