Phytoremediation of toxic metals present in soil and water environment: a critical review

VS Kanwar, A Sharma, AL Srivastav, L Rani - Environmental Science and …, 2020 - Springer
Heavy metals are one of the most hazardous inorganic contaminants of both water and soil
environment composition. Normally, heavy metals are non-biodegradable in nature because …

[HTML][HTML] Heavy metals and human health: mechanistic insight into toxicity and counter defense system of antioxidants

AT Jan, M Azam, K Siddiqui, A Ali, I Choi… - International journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Heavy metals, which have widespread environmental distribution and originate from natural
and anthropogenic sources, are common environmental pollutants. In recent decades, their …

Heavy metals (Pb, Cd, As and MeHg) as risk factors for cognitive dysfunction: A general review of metal mixture mechanism in brain

V Karri, M Schuhmacher, V Kumar - Environmental toxicology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Human exposure to toxic heavy metals is a global challenge. Concurrent exposure of heavy
metals, such as lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As) and methylmercury (MeHg) are …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental pollutants as risk factors for neurodegenerative disorders: Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases

M Chin-Chan, J Navarro-Yepes… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer (AD) and Parkinson (PD) have attracted
attention in last decades due to their high incidence worldwide. The etiology of these …

Children with health impairments by heavy metals in an e-waste recycling area

X Zeng, X Xu, HM Boezen, X Huo - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
E-waste recycling has become a global environmental health issue. Pernicious chemicals
escape into the environment due to informal and nonstandard e-waste recycling activities …

Scientific Opinion on the risk for public health related to the presence of mercury and methylmercury in food

EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain … - Efsa …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
EFSA was asked by the European Commission to consider new developments regarding
inorganic mercury and methylmercury toxicity and evaluate whether the Joint FAO/WHO …

Mercury toxicity and neurodegenerative effects

A Carocci, N Rovito, MS Sinicropi, G Genchi - Reviews of environmental …, 2014 - Springer
Neurodegeneration is a broadly defined term that describes the loss of neuronal structure
and function, and produces disorders known as neurodegenerative diseases. A common …

Developmental neurotoxicants in e-waste: an emerging health concern

A Chen, KN Dietrich, X Huo, S Ho - Environmental health …, 2011 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Objective Electronic waste (e-waste) has been an emerging environmental health issue in
both developed and developing countries, but its current management practice may result in …

Environmental toxicology: Sensitive periods of development and neurodevelopmental disorders

DB Heyer, RM Meredith - Neurotoxicology, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of the mammalian central nervous system is a complex process
whose disruption may have severe and long-lasting consequences upon brain structure and …

Review of the toxicology of chlorpyrifos with an emphasis on human exposure and neurodevelopment

DL Eaton, RB Daroff, H Autrup, J Bridges… - Critical reviews in …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
This review examines the large body of toxicological and epidemiological information on
human exposures to chlorpyrifos, with an emphasis on the controversial potential for …