[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 …

Heavy metal removal by biomass-derived carbon nanotubes as a greener environmental remediation: A comprehensive review

AT Hoang, S Nižetić, CK Cheng, R Luque, S Thomas… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The concentrations of heavy metal ions found in waterways near industrial zones are often
exceed the prescribed limits, posing a continued danger to the environment and public …

Heavy metal contaminations in herbal medicines: Determination, comprehensive risk assessments, and solutions

L Luo, B Wang, J Jiang, M Fitzgerald… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of heavy metals and medicinal crops on ecological systems, environmental pollution, cultivation, and production processes in China

YG Chen, JH Huang, R Luo, HZ Ge, A Wołowicz… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metals are widely distributed in the environment due to the natural processes and
anthropogenic human activities. Their migration into no contaminated areas contributing …

Glycine betaine accumulation, significance and interests for heavy metal tolerance in plants

S Ali, Z Abbas, MF Seleiman, M Rizwan, İ YavaŞ… - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Unexpected biomagnifications and bioaccumulation of heavy metals (HMs) in the
surrounding environment has become a predicament for all living organisms together with …

Bioremediation of aquatic environments contaminated with heavy metals: A review of mechanisms, solutions and perspectives

CF Demarco, MS Quadro, F Selau Carlos, S Pieniz… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The degradation of water resources is related to anthropic actions such as rapid
urbanization and industrial and agricultural activities with inefficient land use and occupation …

Assessing pollution and health risks from chromite mine tailings contaminated soils in India by employing synergistic statistical approaches

S Banerjee, S Ghosh, S Jha, S Kumar, G Mondal… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Potentially toxic elements (PTEs) contamination in the agricultural soil can generate a
detrimental effect on the ecosystem and poses a threat to human health. The present work …

A comprehensive evaluation of heavy metal contamination in foodstuff and associated human health risk: a global perspective

S Hembrom, B Singh, SK Gupta, AK Nema - … environmental issues and …, 2020 - Springer
Heavy metal contamination has an adverse effect on the aquatic, terrestrial, and
atmospheric environment. These may be natural or anthropogenic in origin and not easily …

Medicinal plant growth in heavy metals contaminated soils: Responses to metal stress and induced risks to human health

RM Hlihor, M Roșca, L Hagiu-Zaleschi, IM Simion… - Toxics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Accelerating heavy metal pollution is a hot issue due to a continuous growth in consumerism
and increased activities in various global industries. Soil contamination with heavy metals …

Smart sensing with edge computing in precision agriculture for soil assessment and heavy metal monitoring: A review

MN Akhtar, AJ Shaikh, A Khan, H Awais, EA Bakar… - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
With the implementation of the Internet of Things, the agricultural domain has become data-
driven, allowing for well-timed and cost-effective farm management while remaining …