[HTML][HTML] Heavy metals in food crops: Health risks, fate, mechanisms, and management

PK Rai, SS Lee, M Zhang, YF Tsang, KH Kim - Environment international, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …

[PDF][PDF] Waste water use in crop production: a review

MPS Khurana, P Singh - Resources and environment, 2012 - researchgate.net
Paucity of quality fresh water for agriculture has made waste water (WW) application a
popular option. Available data on chemical composition of different waste water, their effect …

Health risks of heavy metals in contaminated soils and food crops irrigated with wastewater in Beijing, China

S Khan, Q Cao, YM Zheng, YZ Huang, YG Zhu - Environmental pollution, 2008 - Elsevier
Consumption of food crops contaminated with heavy metals is a major food chain route for
human exposure. We studied the health risks of heavy metals in contaminated food crops …

Assessment of human health risks and pollution index for heavy metals in farmlands irrigated by effluents of stabilization ponds

A Karimi, A Naghizadeh, H Biglari, R Peirovi… - … Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
Areas contaminated with heavy metals can pose major risks to human health and ecological
environments. The aims of this study are to assess human health risk and pollution index for …

Heavy metals in soil and plants after long-term sewage irrigation at Tianjin China: A case study assessment

W Meng, Z Wang, B Hu, Z Wang, H Li… - Agricultural water …, 2016 - Elsevier
Due to the constraints of freshwater for agricultural irrigation, sewage water has been used
in farmland irrigation as an important supplement and alternative water resources during the …

Rice life cycle-based global mercury biotransport and human methylmercury exposure

M Liu, Q Zhang, M Cheng, Y He, L Chen… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Protecting the environment and enhancing food security are among the world's greatest
challenges. Fish consumption is widely considered to be the single significant dietary source …

[PDF][PDF] Assessment of heavy metals in wheat plants irrigated with contaminated wastewater.

NU Hassan, Q Mahmood, A Waseem… - Polish Journal of …, 2013 - researchgate.net
Untreated discharges from industrial, domestic, and storm waters, agricultural runoff, and
other sources significantly affect the quality of irrigation water both on short-and long-term …

Sewage irrigation increased methane and nitrous oxide emissions from rice paddies in southeast China

J Zou, S Liu, Y Qin, G Pan, D Zhu - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2009 - Elsevier
Greenhouse gas emissions from rice paddies under sewage irrigation deserve much
attention since domestic sewage effluents are increasingly used for agriculture in …

Characteristics of heavy metals in soils and grains of wheat and maize from farmland irrigated with sewage

P Xue, Q Zhao, H Sun, L Geng, Z Yang… - Environmental Science and …, 2019 - Springer
The farmland irrigation with the sewage is a common and better pathway to save the
resource of groundwater in Northern China. The investigation was conducted in the …

Mercury emissions from biomass burning in China

X Huang, M Li, HR Friedli, Y Song… - … science & technology, 2011 - ACS Publications
Biomass burning covers open fires (forest and grassland fires, crop residue burning in fields,
etc.) and biofuel combustion (crop residues and wood, etc., used as fuel). As a large …