Anthropogenic pollution of aquatic ecosystems: Emerging problems with global implications

DP Häder, AT Banaszak, VE Villafañe… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Aquatic ecosystems cover over two thirds of our planet and play a pivotal role in stabilizing
the global climate as well as providing a large array of services for a fast-growing human …

Toxicity of heavy metals in plants and animals and their uptake by magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles

AU Rehman, S Nazir, R Irshad, K Tahir… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metal exist naturally in environment, but due to human and some natural activities
they have been entered to water bodies, air and soil and have become one of the major …

New perspectives on Graphene/Graphene oxide based polymer nanocomposites for corrosion applications: The relevance of the Graphene/Polymer barrier coatings

SSA Kumar, S Bashir, K Ramesh, S Ramesh - Progress in Organic Coatings, 2021 - Elsevier
In various academic and industrial interests, graphene has achieved remarkable attention
mainly by its distinctive chemical, mechanical, thermal, electrical and excellent anti …

Nickel; whether toxic or essential for plants and environment-A review

B Shahzad, M Tanveer, A Rehman, SA Cheema… - Plant physiology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Nickel (Ni) is becoming a toxic pollutant in agricultural environments. Due to its diverse uses
from a range of common household items to industrial applications, it is essential to examine …

[HTML][HTML] Interactions between plant hormones and heavy metals responses

L Bücker-Neto, ALS Paiva, RD Machado… - … and molecular biology, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Heavy metals are natural non-biodegradable constituents of the Earth's crust that
accumulate and persist indefinitely in the ecosystem as a result of human activities. Since …

Metals and mechanisms of carcinogenesis

QY Chen, T DesMarais, M Costa - Annual review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Metal exposure is pervasive and not limited to sporadic poisoning events or toxic waste
sites. Hundreds of millions of people around the globe are affected by chronic metal …

[HTML][HTML] Agroecological responses of heavy metal pollution with special emphasis on soil health and plant performances

V Srivastava, A Sarkar, S Singh, P Singh… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
With modern day urbanization and industrialization, heavy metal (HM) contamination has
become a prime concern for today's society. The impacts of metal contamination on …

Heavy-metal-induced reactive oxygen species: phytotoxicity and physicochemical changes in plants

M Shahid, B Pourrut, C Dumat, M Nadeem… - … and Toxicology Volume …, 2014 - Springer
Environmental contamination by hazardous environmental pollutants is a widespread and
increasingly serious problem confronting society, scientists, and regulators worldwide …

8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG): a critical biomarker of oxidative stress and carcinogenesis

A Valavanidis, T Vlachogianni… - Journal of environmental …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
There is extensive experimental evidence that oxidative damage permanently occurs to
lipids of cellular membranes, proteins, and DNA. In nuclear and mitochondrial DNA, 8 …

Graphene: a multipurpose material for protective coatings

MJ Nine, MA Cole, DNH Tran, D Losic - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Graphene based materials have attracted great interest in the development of new and
advanced protective coatings due to their excellent chemical resistance, impermeability to …