Water is a basic and significant asset for living beings. Water assets are progressively
diminishing due to huge populace development, industrial activities, urbanization and rural …

Natural and human activities introduced an excess level of toxic lead (Pb) to the
environment. Pb has no known biological significance and its interactions with plants lead to …

Rapid global industrialization has increased the chances of toxic trace element
accumulation in plants and other living things via the food chain. Thus, there is an urgent …

Water quality criteria are the scientific basis for formulating water quality standards and
environmental management practices. Due to the development of urbanization and …

Hormesis, which describes the stimulatory effect of low doses of toxic substances on growth,
is a well-known phenomenon in the plant and animal kingdoms. However, the mechanisms …

The pollution of soil, water, and air by potentially toxic trace elements poses risks to
environmental and human health. For this reason, many chemical, physical, and biological …

Among heavy metals, lead (Pb) is a non-essential metal having a higher toxicity and without
any crucial known biological functions. Being widespread, non-biodegradable and …

The work is devoted to evaluation of the ability of Phragmites australis Сav. to indicate the
soil pollution with heavy metals (HMs) and priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) …

Abstract Arsenic (As) and lead (Pb) are highly toxic and carcinogenic metal (loid) s. The
present study evaluated the human exposure risk via estimating As and Pb uptake and …

Hedysarum scoparium, a species characterized by rapid growth and high drought
resistance, has been used widely for vegetative restoration of arid regions in Northwest …