Distribution, contents and health risk assessment of metal (loid) s in small-scale farms in the Ecuadorian Amazon: An insight into impacts of oil activities

F Barraza, L Maurice, G Uzu, S Becerra, F López… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the last 50 years, oil extraction activities in the Northeast Amazonian Region (NAR) of
Ecuador impacted ecosystems and may still affect the local population health. To our …

Measurement of metal bioaccessibility in vegetables to improve human exposure assessments: field study of soil–plant–atmosphere transfers in urban areas, South …

TT Xiong, C Dumat, A Pierart, M Shahid, Y Kang… - … geochemistry and health, 2016 - Springer
The quality of cultivated consumed vegetables in relation to environmental pollution is a
crucial issue for urban and peri-urban areas, which host the majority of people at the global …

Foliar uptake and metal (loid) bioaccessibility in vegetables exposed to particulate matter

TT Xiong, T Leveque, A Austruy, S Goix… - Environmental …, 2014 - Springer
At the global scale, high concentrations of particulate matter (PM) enriched with metal (loid)
s are currently observed in the atmosphere of urban areas. Foliar lead uptake was …

Behavior and impact of zirconium in the soil–plant system: plant uptake and phytotoxicity

M Shahid, E Ferrand, E Schreck, C Dumat - Reviews of Environmental …, 2012 - Springer
Because of the large number of sites they pollute, toxic metals that contaminate terrestrial
ecosystems are increasingly of environmental and sanitary concern (Uzu et al. 2010, 2011; …

Risk assessment and biophysiochemical responses of spinach to foliar application of lead oxide nanoparticles: A multivariate analysis

M Shahid, ABU Farooq, F Rabbani, S Khalid, C Dumat - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite extensive research progress in the recent past, the data regarding foliar uptake of
heavy metals, associated biophysiochemical changes inside plants and possible health …

Lead and cadmium phytoavailability and human bioaccessibility for vegetables exposed to soil or atmospheric pollution by process ultrafine particles

T Xiong, T Leveque, M Shahid… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
When plants are exposed to airborne particles, they can accumulate metals in their edible
portions through root or foliar transfer. There is a lack of knowledge on the influence of plant …

The contribution of atmospheric deposition of cadmium and lead to their accumulation in rice grains

Z Zhu, Z Xu, J Peng, J Fei, P Yu, M Wang, Y Tan… - Plant and Soil, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Over-accumulation of cadmium and lead in rice grain is a global concern as it has
adverse health impacts. Atmospheric deposition is an important source of heavy metal …

Management of human health risk in the context of kitchen gardens polluted by lead and cadmium near a lead recycling company

S Mombo, Y Foucault, F Deola, I Gaillard… - Journal of soils and …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose At the global scale, gardening activities are often performed in urban areas with a
historical background of pollution. In this study, a participatory program was developed with …

Foliar absorption and field herbicidal studies of atrazine-loaded polymeric nanoparticles

V Takeshita, BT de Sousa, AC Preisler… - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles loaded with atrazine show weed control efficacy even with lower application
doses of the active ingredient. Changes in the mode of action of the herbicide through the …

Adsorption of nanoparticles suspended in a drop on a leaf surface of Perilla frutescens and their infiltration through stomatal pathway

N Ha, E Seo, S Kim, SJ Lee - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Particulate matter (PM) has become a severe environmental issue, and ultrafine PM
particles such as PM2. 5 or PM1 can cause various complications and respiratory diseases …