Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic non-essential transition metal that poses a health risk for both
humans and animals. It is naturally occurring in the environment as a pollutant that is …

Lead toxicity is a major public health issue in developed and developing countries. Both
acute and chronic lead exposure has the potential to cause many deleterious systematic …

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 …

Cadmium is a heavy metal of considerable toxicity with destructive impact on most organ
systems. It is widely distributed in humans, the chief sources of contamination being …

Background In this review, we examine the continually expanding and increasingly
compelling data linking radiation and various chemicals in our environment to the current …

Occupational or environmental exposures to heavy metals produce several adverse health
effects. The common mechanism determining their toxicity and carcinogenicity is the …

Many metals are essential for living organisms, but at higher doses they may be toxic and
carcinogenic. Metal exposure occurs mainly in occupational settings and environmental …

Trace elements produce double-edged effects on the lives of animals and particularly of
humans. On one hand, these elements represent potentially toxic agents; on the other hand …

A complex interplay between multiple biological effects shapes the aging process. The
advent of genome-wide quantitative approaches in the epigenetic field has highlighted the …

This review focuses on how environmental factors through epigenetics modify disease risk
and health outcomes. Major epigenetic events, such as histone modifications, DNA …