Soil plays a fundamental role in food safety and the adverse effects of contaminants like
heavy metal (loid) s on crop quality have threatened human health. Therefore, it is important …

Abstract Background Tea (Camellia sinensis) has a rich history and is widely consumed
across many countries, and is categorized into green tea, white tea, oolong tea, yellow tea …

Heavy metal contamination in herbal medicines is a global threat to human beings
especially at levels above known threshold concentrations. The concentrations of five heavy …

Heavy metal accumulation in medicinal plants has increased dramatically in recent years
due to agricultural and industrial activities leading to pollution of natural sources. This study …

Risk assessment regarding heavy metals in tea is crucial to ensure the health of tea
customers. However, the effects of geological difference on distribution of heavy metals in …

Tea is one of the most consumed nonalcoholic beverages. The collaborative analysis of
heavy metals soil-to-tea transfer and the associated potential risk to human health is …

In recent years, a great intensification in the use of various elements especially in modern
technology can be observed. However, the anthropogenic activities, including …

Limited comprehensive information is available on the source-specific health risks for heavy
metals (HMs) in tea plantation soils. In this study, the concentrations of HMs in tea leaves …

The present study focused on the heavy metal and essential element contents that were
detected in 37 different plants for making assessments to reveal possible heavy metal …

The concentration of potentially toxic elements (PTEs), including lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd),
arsenic (As), zinc (Zn), and copper (Cu), among 160 samples of black and green tea—both …