Lead toxicity is a major public health issue in developed and developing countries. Both
acute and chronic lead exposure has the potential to cause many deleterious systematic …

Neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer (AD) and Parkinson (PD) have attracted
attention in last decades due to their high incidence worldwide. The etiology of these …

Abstract The Nrf2-Keap1-ARE pathway is a redox and xenobiotic sensitive signaling axis
that functions to protect cells against oxidative stress, environmental toxicants, and harmful …

Heavy metals are widely distributed in the environment due to the natural processes and
anthropogenic human activities. Their migration into no contaminated areas contributing …

Water pollution caused by the discharge of hazardous textile effluents is a serious
environmental problem worldwide. In order to assess the pollution level of the textile …

Over 50 million cubic meters of mining tailings were released in the Rio Doce basin after the
collapse of the Fundão dam (Samarco) in November 2015. Predicting significant impacts on …

Cadmium is an environmental pollutant known as endocrine disruptor. Testis is particularly
susceptible to cadmium, and testis injury occurs at high but even low levels of exposure …

Arsenic (As) and fluoride (F−) are the two most conspicuous contaminants, in terms of
distribution and menace, in aquifers around the world. While the majority of studies focus on …

The long-term effects of sediment exposure on aquatic organisms are poorly understood, yet
it is critical for determining threshold effects and exposure limits to mitigate potential impacts …

Toxic metals are extensively found in the environment, households, and workplaces and
contaminate food and drinking water. The crosstalk between environmental exposure to …