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 …

Metal (loid) s (As, Hg, Se, Pb and Cd) in paddy soil: Bioavailability and potential risk to human health

R Khanam, A Kumar, AK Nayak, M Shahid… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Rice is one of the principal staple foods, essential for safeguarding the global food and
nutritional security, but due to different natural and anthropogenic sources, it also acts as …

Our evolved understanding of the human health risks of mercury

N Basu, A Bastiansz, JG Dórea, M Fujimura, M Horvat… - Ambio, 2023 - Springer
Mercury (Hg) is a chemical of health concern worldwide that is now being acted upon
through the Minamata Convention. Operationalizing the Convention and tracking its …

Toxic heavy metal and metalloid accumulation in crop plants and foods

S Clemens, JF Ma - Annual review of plant biology, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury are toxic elements that are almost ubiquitously present
at low levels in the environment because of anthropogenic influences. Dietary intake of plant …

Alternate wetting and drying: A water-saving and ecofriendly rice production system

M Ishfaq, M Farooq, U Zulfiqar, S Hussain… - Agricultural Water …, 2020 - Elsevier
Global warming and declining water resources are threatening the sustainability of rice
production and global food security. Conventional continuously flooded system (CF) of rice …

Global health effects of future atmospheric mercury emissions

Y Zhang, Z Song, S Huang, P Zhang, Y Peng… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Mercury is a potent neurotoxin that poses health risks to the global population.
Anthropogenic mercury emissions to the atmosphere are projected to decrease in the future …

Current progress on understanding the impact of mercury on human health

E Ha, N Basu, S Bose-O'Reilly, JG Dórea… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Mercury pollution and its impacts on human health is of global concern. The authors of this
paper were members of the Plenary Panel on Human Health in the 12th International …

Demethylation─ the other side of the mercury methylation coin: a critical review

T Barkay, B Gu - ACS Environmental Au, 2021 - ACS Publications
The public and environmental health consequences of mercury (Hg) methylation have
drawn much attention and considerable research to Hg methylation processes and their …

Trans-provincial health impacts of atmospheric mercury emissions in China

L Chen, S Liang, M Liu, Y Yi, Z Mi, Y Zhang, Y Li… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Mercury (Hg) exposure poses substantial risks to human health. Investigating a longer chain
from economic activities to human health can reveal the sources and critical processes of Hg …

Challenges and opportunities for managing aquatic mercury pollution in altered landscapes

H Hsu-Kim, CS Eckley, D Achá, X Feng, CC Gilmour… - Ambio, 2018 - Springer
The environmental cycling of mercury (Hg) can be affected by natural and anthropogenic
perturbations. Of particular concern is how these disruptions increase mobilization of Hg …