Lead toxicity: health hazards, influence on food chain, and sustainable remediation approaches

A Kumar, A Kumar, CP MMS, AK Chaturvedi… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Lead (Pb) toxicity has been a subject of interest for environmental scientists due to its toxic
effect on plants, animals, and humans. An increase in several Pb related industrial activities …

Heavy metal (loid) s in agricultural soil from main grain production regions of China: Bioaccessibility and health risks to humans

CC Wang, QC Zhang, SG Kang, MY Li… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Unintentional ingestion of metal-contaminated soils may pose a great threat to human
health. To accurately evaluate the health risks of heavy metal (loid) s in soils, their …

Solidification/stabilization of lead-contaminated soils by phosphogypsum slag-based cementitious materials

Z Ren, L Wang, H Wang, S Liu, M Liu - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present study, phosphogypsum slag-based cementitious material (PS) was designed,
and the potential use for solidifying/stabilizing lead-contaminated soils was investigated …

Nanomaterial-based fluorescent sensors for the detection of lead ions

H Singh, A Bamrah, SK Bhardwaj, A Deep… - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lead (Pb) poisoning has been a scourge to the human to pose sighnificant health risks (eg,
organ disorders, carcinogenicity, and genotoxicity) as observed from many different parts of …

Efficient and selective removal of Pb (II) from aqueous solution by modification crofton weed: experiment and density functional theory calculation

S Cheng, B Xing, C Shi, Y Nie, H Xia - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
A low-cost and selective adsorbent (referred to as CC-CCW@ DM) is prepared by modifying
crofton weed using 1, 3-diaminoguanidine monohydrochloride to achieve Pb (II) removal …

A review on the synthesis and applications of nanoporous carbons for the removal of complex chemical contaminants

G Singh, JM Lee, G Kothandam… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Around 29% of the world population does not have ready access to safe drinking water.
Water contamination is a compelling issue, which needs to be addressed on a priority basis …

[HTML][HTML] Risk assessment of mercury through dietary exposure in China

Y Qing, Y Li, J Yang, S Li, K Gu, Y Bao, Y Zhan… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) is a widespread heavy metal causing various damages to health, while
insufficient studies assessed its exposure risk across China. This study explored …

Sporadic Pb accumulation by plants: Influence of soil biogeochemistry, microbial community and physiological mechanisms

X Liu, Y Ju, S Mandzhieva, D Pinskii, T Minkina… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent results revealed that considerable Pb accumulation in plants is possible under
specific soil conditions that make Pb phytoavailable. In this review, the sources and …

[HTML][HTML] New insights into the interactions between Pb (II) and fruit waste biosorbent

Q Wang, Y Wang, J Tang, Z Yang, L Zhang, X Huang - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Fruit waste is a sustainable biosorbent for heavy metal removal from wastewater. Elucidation
of adsorption mechanism is imperative for the process control and development of effective …

Enhancement of Pb (II) adsorption by boron doped ordered mesoporous carbon: Isotherm and kinetics modeling

Y Liu, Y Xiong, P Xu, Y Pang, C Du - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Boron doped ordered mesoporous carbon (BMC) was prepared to improve the adsorption of
Pb (II). The effects of several parameters such as contact time, pH, and ionic strength on the …