[HTML][HTML] Heavy metals in food crops: Health risks, fate, mechanisms, and management
Food security is a high-priority issue for sustainable global development both quantitatively
and qualitatively. In recent decades, adverse effects of unexpected contaminants on crop …
and qualitatively. In recent decades, adverse effects of unexpected contaminants on crop …
Sources of soil pollution by heavy metals and their accumulation in vegetables: A review
A Zwolak, M Sarzyńska, E Szpyrka… - Water, air, & soil …, 2019 - Springer
The presence of heavy metals in food is a threat to human health. Exposure to heavy metals
as a result of consumption of contaminated vegetables, as well as their toxicity, is a serious …
as a result of consumption of contaminated vegetables, as well as their toxicity, is a serious …
Exploring the mechanism of Cd uptake and translocation in rice: Future perspectives of rice safety
H Jing, W Yang, Y Chen, L Yang, H Zhou… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) contamination in rice fields has been recognized as a severe global agro–
environmental issue. To reach the goal of controlling Cd risk, we must pay more attention …
environmental issue. To reach the goal of controlling Cd risk, we must pay more attention …
The vertical farm: A review of developments and implications for the vertical city
K Al-Kodmany - Buildings, 2018 - mdpi.com
This paper discusses the emerging need for vertical farms by examining issues related to
food security, urban population growth, farmland shortages,“food miles”, and associated …
food security, urban population growth, farmland shortages,“food miles”, and associated …
Heavy metals in contaminated environment: destiny of secondary metabolite biosynthesis, oxidative status and phytoextraction in medicinal plants
BA Lajayer, M Ghorbanpour, S Nikabadi - … and Environmental Safety, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Heavy metals uptake and translocation by medicinal plants depends on various
factors.•Heavy metals act as abiotic elicitor in biosynthesis of secondary metabolites.•Status …
factors.•Heavy metals act as abiotic elicitor in biosynthesis of secondary metabolites.•Status …
Accumulation of heavy metals in vegetable species planted in contaminated soils and the health risk assessment
H Zhou, WT Yang, X Zhou, L Liu, JF Gu… - International journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
The objectives of the present study were to investigate heavy metal accumulation in 22
vegetable species and to assess the human health risks of vegetable consumption. Six …
vegetable species and to assess the human health risks of vegetable consumption. Six …
Urban vegetable for food security in cities. A review
C Eigenbrod, N Gruda - Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2015 - Springer
Global food production faces great challenges in the future. With a future world population of
9.6 billion by 2050, rising urbanization, decreasing arable land, and weather extremes due …
9.6 billion by 2050, rising urbanization, decreasing arable land, and weather extremes due …
Urban agriculture in the developing world: a review
F Orsini, R Kahane, R Nono-Womdim… - Agronomy for sustainable …, 2013 - Springer
The year 2007 marked a critical event in the world history. For the first time, more than half of
the world population now lives in cities. In many developing countries, the urbanization …
the world population now lives in cities. In many developing countries, the urbanization …
Contributing to food security in urban areas: differences between urban agriculture and peri-urban agriculture in the Global North
I Opitz, R Berges, A Piorr, T Krikser - Agriculture and Human Values, 2016 - Springer
Food security is becoming an increasingly relevant topic in the Global North, especially in
urban areas. Because such areas do not always have good access to nutritionally adequate …
urban areas. Because such areas do not always have good access to nutritionally adequate …
Urban agriculture of the future: an overview of sustainability aspects of food production in and on buildings
K Specht, R Siebert, I Hartmann, UB Freisinger… - Agriculture and human …, 2014 - Springer
Innovative forms of green urban architecture aim to combine food, production, and design to
produce food on a larger scale in and on buildings in urban areas. It includes rooftop …
produce food on a larger scale in and on buildings in urban areas. It includes rooftop …