Food security is a high-priority issue for sustainable global development both quantitatively
and qualitatively. In recent decades, adverse effects of unexpected contaminants on crop …

Trace elements (TEs) may have toxic effects to plants and humans; thus, countries and
organizations impose maximum allowable regulation limits of their concentrations in soils …

Contamination by chemicals from the environment is a major global food safety issue,
posing a serious threat to human health. These chemicals belong to many groups, including …

Cadmium, a heavy metal pollutant in industrial production, is found in air, water and soil,
which is harmful to human health and can lead to diseases, such as asthma, lung cancer …

Environmental pollution and food safety are two of the most important issues of our time. Soil
and water pollution, in particular, have historically impacted on food safety which represents …

China has been facing increasingly severe water scarcity that seriously threatens the socio-
economic development and its sustainability of this country. This paper is intended to …

Heavy metals in water and wastewater are taken into account as one of the most hazardous
environmental issues that significantly impact human health. The use of biochar systems …

Humans are exposed to a cocktail of heavy metal toxicants in the environment. Though
heavy metals are deleterious, there is a paucity of information on toxicity of low dose …

Advances in science and nanotechnology have facilitated the development of new methods
for the preparation of pure selenium as selenium nanomaterials. They offer remarkable …

With the development of industrialization and urbanization, heavy metals contamination has
become a major environmental problem. Numerous investigations have revealed an …