Heavy metals (such as lead, cadmium, and mercury) have toxic effects such as competing
with and reducing the availability of essential minerals in the soil, which can affect crop …

Toxic metals, often present in various xenobiotics, pose a serious threat to the environment
and health. Industrial effluents loaded with hazardous levels of heavy metals may lead to …

Bioremediation technology is an effective and eco-friendly technology for removing toxic
pollutants from the soil and aquatic environment. The lesser quantities of some heavy metals …

Heavy metals are essential for the survival of all living organisms in trace amounts.
Industrializations and urbanisation are the two major rationale behind the massive rise in the …

Heavy metal contamination poses a menacing threat to all living forms in the natural world
due to its catastrophic consequences, contributing to environmental pollution. The need for …

Background: Heavy metal pollution in the environmental samples like soil, water and runoff
water is a worldwide problem. Such contamination of environmental matrices by the heavy …

Metals are an intrinsic part of the earth's crust. With rapid industrialization and urbanization,
enormous amounts of industrial wastes including metal wastes are accumulating, which …

Due to natural sources or human activities, heavy metal ions are found in surface water,
wastewater, waste and soils. Attention is being given to the potential health hazard …

Metal toxicity is of massive environmental concern because of their bioaccumulation and
non-biodegradability in nature and they were endlessly released into the aquatic systems …

The widespread contamination of heavy metals in the ecosystem has emerged as a global
threat to the environment as well as human well-being because of their bioaccumulation and …