[HTML][HTML] Bioaccumulation of lead (Pb) and its effects in plants: A review

S Collin, A Baskar, DM Geevarghese, MNVS Ali… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Heavy metals (HM) toxicity is becoming a major threat to living organisms in recent years
due to the increase in population and anthropogenic activities. Lead (Pb) shares about 10 …

Remediation techniques for elimination of heavy metal pollutants from soil: A review

U Azhar, H Ahmad, H Shafqat, M Babar… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Contaminated soil containing toxic metals and metalloids is found everywhere globally. As a
consequence of adsorption and precipitation reactions, metals are comparatively immobile …

Biosorption of heavy metals by microorganisms: Evaluation of different underlying mechanisms

AK Priya, L Gnanasekaran, K Dutta, S Rajendran… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Globally, ecotoxicologists, environmental biologists, biochemists, pathologists, and other
experts are concerned about environmental contamination. Numerous pollutants, such as …

Ecological risk assessment of trace elements (TEs) pollution and human health risk exposure in agricultural soils used for saffron cultivation

M Taghavi, M Darvishiyan, M Momeni, H Eslami… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Contamination of farmland soils by trace elements (TEs) has become an international issue
concerning food safety and human health risks. In the present research, the concentrations …

Cadmium toxicity in plants: Recent progress on morpho-physiological effects and remediation strategies

U Zulfiqar, A Ayub, S Hussain, EA Waraich… - Journal of soil science …, 2022 - Springer
Cadmium (Cd) is one of the non-essential, highly toxic environmental pollutants worldwide
causing serious environmental and agricultural problems. Elevated Cd doses are …

Rhizosphere microbial communities and heavy metals

A Barra Caracciolo, V Terenzi - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
The rhizosphere is a microhabitat where there is an intense chemical dialogue between
plants and microorganisms. The two coexist and develop synergistic actions, which can …

Heavy metal induced oxidative stress mitigation and ROS scavenging in plants

S Mansoor, A Ali, N Kour, J Bornhorst, K AlHarbi… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Although trace elements are essential for life, environmental contamination due to metal
accumulation and overuse in various sectors, such as healthcare, agriculture, industry, and …

A comprehensive review on water pollution, South Asia Region: Pakistan

R Noor, A Maqsood, A Baig, CB Pande, SM Zahra… - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Pakistan is one of the most water-polluted country in the South Asia Region. Drinking water
is contaminated with microbial and toxic metals throughout Pakistan. The values of different …

Occurrences, sources and health hazard estimation of potentially toxic elements in the groundwater of Garhwal Himalaya, India

RS Aswal, M Prasad, NK Patel, AL Srivastav… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
High concentrations of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in potable water can cause severe
human health disorders. Present study examined the fitness of groundwater for drinking …

Heavy metals removal from water by efficient adsorbents

MZA Zaimee, MS Sarjadi, ML Rahman - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Natural occurrence and anthropogenic practices contribute to the release of pollutants,
specifically heavy metals, in water over the years. Therefore, this leads to a demand of …