Every human being needs around 20 essential elements to maintain proper physiological
processes. However, trace elements are classified as beneficial, essential, or toxic for living …

Identification of ecosystem services, ie the contributions that ecosystems make to human
well‐being, has proven instrumental in galvanising public and political support for …

Ecosystems provide essential services to people including food, water, climate regulation,
and aesthetic experiences. Biodiversity can enhance and stabilize ecosystem function and …

Background. Most traditional medicines were prepared from plant origins. These plants
could be contaminated by heavy metals, pesticides, and/or toxins. Therefore, the aim of the …

Although fish are often recommended as a component of a healthy diet, the environmental
accumulation of heavy metals in many fish species has been of considerable concern for …

Mud crab, one of the aquatic organisms found in estuary areas, has become a significant
economic source of seafood for communities due to its delectable taste. However, they face …

Due to several centuries of ongoing mining activities, Middle Spiš (Slovakia) is one of the
areas with a damaged environment. The contents of Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Ni, Pb, Cd, and Hg were …

The blue swimmer crab, Portunus pelagicus, is an edible abundant crustacean found in
many seas around the world, including the Arabian Gulf. In this study, the concentrations of …

Objectives This present research evaluated the concentrations of metal contaminants (As,
Pb, Cd and total Hg) and chloramphenicol as prescribed by the Malaysian Food Act (1983) …

This study summarizes the concentration in dry weight (dw) of several metal (oid) s (As, Cd,
Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn), as well as the abundance and characteristics of microplastics …