The global increasing contamination of water resources with toxic heavy metals poses
severe threats to human health and aqueous ecosystem. Therefore, it is of high significance …

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 …

The aim of this article is to review and present the state of the arte about the status of toxic
elements (TEs) in soils and assess the potential risk using single and total complex pollution …

Agricultural soil is a non-renewable natural resource that requires careful stewardship in
order to achieve the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. However, industrial …

The heavy metal pollution is a worldwide problem and has received a serious concern for
the ecosystem and human health. In the last decade, remediation of the agricultural polluted …

Food security concerns the economy, people's livelihood and social stability of a country or
region. Countries around the world always put food security on their high-priority political …

Abstract Microplastics (MPs) and cadmium (Cd) are widely distributed in soil ecosystems,
posing a potential threat to agricultural production and human health. However, the coupled …

Lead (Pb) toxicity has been a subject of interest for environmental scientists due to its toxic
effect on plants, animals, and humans. An increase in several Pb related industrial activities …

Agricultural soils are under threat of toxic metal/metalloid contamination from anthropogenic
activities, leading to excessive accumulation of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), and …

Cadmium (Cd) is a major environmental contaminant due to its widespread industrial use.
Cd contamination of soil and water is rather classical but has emerged as a recent problem …