The relative impact of toxic heavy metals (THMs)(arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr)(VI), mercury (Hg), and lead (Pb)) on the total environment: an overview

Z Rahman, VP Singh - Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2019 - Springer
Certain five heavy metals viz. arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr)(VI), mercury (Hg),
and lead (Pb) are non-threshold toxins and can exert toxic effects at very low concentrations …

[HTML][HTML] Heavy metals in food crops: Health risks, fate, mechanisms, and management

PK Rai, SS Lee, M Zhang, YF Tsang, KH Kim - Environment international, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …

Microbial interventions in bioremediation of heavy metal contaminants in agroecosystem

V Pande, SC Pandey, D Sati, P Bhatt… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Soil naturally comprises heavy metals but due to the rapid industrialization and
anthropogenic events such as uncontrolled use of agrochemicals their concentration is …

Hazardous heavy metals contamination of vegetables and food chain: Role of sustainable remediation approaches-A review

S Kumar, S Prasad, KK Yadav, M Shrivastava… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
This review emphasizes the role of toxic metal remediation approaches due to their broad
sustainability and applicability. The rapid developmental processes can incorporate a large …

Heavy metal accumulation in rice and aquatic plants used as human food: A general review

MM Uddin, MCM Zakeel, JS Zavahir, FMMT Marikar… - Toxics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Aquatic ecosystems are contaminated with heavy metals by natural and anthropogenic
sources. Whilst some heavy metals are necessary for plants as micronutrients, others can be …

Epidemiological evidence for the effect of environmental heavy metal exposure on the immune system in children

K Zheng, Z Zeng, Q Tian, J Huang, Q Zhong… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy metals exist widely in daily life, and exposure to heavy metals caused by
environmental pollution has become a serious public health problem worldwide. Due to …

Agricultural land degradation: processes and problems undermining future food security

A Hossain, TJ Krupnik, J Timsina, MG Mahboob… - … , climate, plant and …, 2020 - Springer
Despite significant progress in increasing agricultural production, meeting the changing
dietary preferences and increasing food demands of future populations remain significant …

Trace elements in soil-vegetables interface: translocation, bioaccumulation, toxicity and amelioration-a review

N Gupta, KK Yadav, V Kumar, S Kumar… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The contamination of soil and vegetables with trace elements is one of the most severe
ecological problems in developing industrialized countries. Trace elements are released …

[HTML][HTML] Heavy metals in agricultural soils of the European Union with implications for food safety

G Tóth, T Hermann, MR Da Silva… - Environment international, 2016 - Elsevier
Soil plays a central role in food safety as it determines the possible composition of food and
feed at the root of the food chain. However, the quality of soil resources as defined by their …

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 …