Rice is a worldwide staple food and heavy metal contamination is often reported in rice
production. Heavy metal can originate from natural sources or be present through …

Abstract Today (year 2020), the globally recognized problem of arsenic (As) contamination
of water resources and other environments at toxic levels has been reported in all of the 20 …

The major pesticides of the world are glyphosate-based herbicides (GBH), and their toxicity
is highly debated. To understand their mode of action, the comparative herbicidal and …

Over the last few decades, the global pollution of surface and groundwater poses a serious
threat not only to human beings but also towards aquatic lives due to the presence of …

Modern agriculture fundamentally relies on an extensive use of agrochemicals to enhance
crop productivity by controlling harmful pests, pathogens, and undesirable weeds. However …

Elevated human exposure to metals and metalloids (metal (loid) s) may lead to acute
sickness and pose a severe threat to human health. The human body is exposed to metal …

A global data analysis shows that rice grain arsenic (As) concentrations increase with
increasing soil As concentrations until about 60 mg As kg− 1 soil and then decreases. Of the …

Objectives To study Mesoamerican nephropathy (MeN) and its risk factors in three hot
occupations. Design Cross-sectional. Setting Chinandega and León municipalities, a MeN …

Abstract Background Sri Lankan Agricultural Nephropathy (SAN), a new form of chronic
kidney disease among paddy farmers was first reported in 1994. It has now become the …

There have been several global epidemics of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology
(CKDu). Some, such as Itai-Itai disease in Japan and Balkan endemic nephropathy, have …