[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 …

Hazardous heavy metals contamination of vegetables and food chain: Role of sustainable remediation approaches-A review

S Kumar, S Prasad, KK Yadav, M Shrivastava… - Environmental …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
This review emphasizes the role of toxic metal remediation approaches due to their broad
sustainability and applicability. The rapid developmental processes can incorporate a large …

A comparison of technologies for remediation of heavy metal contaminated soils

S Khalid, M Shahid, NK Niazi, B Murtaza, I Bibi… - Journal of geochemical …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Soil contamination with persistent and potentially (eco) toxic heavy metal (loid) s is
ubiquitous around the globe. Concentration of these heavy metal (loid) s in soil has …

A review of environmental contamination and health risk assessment of wastewater use for crop irrigation with a focus on low and high-income countries

S Khalid, M Shahid, Natasha, I Bibi, T Sarwar… - International journal of …, 2018‏ - mdpi.com
Population densities and freshwater resources are not evenly distributed worldwide. This
has forced farmers to use wastewater for the irrigation of food crops. This practice presents …

Agroecological responses of heavy metal pollution with special emphasis on soil health and plant performances

V Srivastava, A Sarkar, S Singh, P Singh… - Frontiers in …, 2017‏ - frontiersin.org
With modern day urbanization and industrialization, heavy metal (HM) contamination has
become a prime concern for today's society. The impacts of metal contamination on …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of the potential health risks associated with the aluminium, arsenic, cadmium and lead content in selected fruits and vegetables grown in Jamaica

JMR Antoine, LAH Fung, CN Grant - Toxicology reports, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Thirteen Jamaican-grown food crops− ackee (Blighia sapida), banana (Musa acuminate),
cabbage (Brassica oleracea), carrot (Daucus carota), cassava (Manihot esculenta), coco …

Assessment of potential risks associated with chemicals in wastewater used for irrigation in arid and semiarid zones: A review

M Elgallal, L Fletcher, B Evans - Agricultural Water Management, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Irrigation with raw, partially and treated wastewater is a widespread practice in many arid
and semi-arid zones. The importance of wastewater for agriculture has increasingly been …

Effects of lead and cadmium on the immune system and cancer progression

M Ebrahimi, N Khalili, S Razi… - … of Environmental Health …, 2020‏ - Springer
In our daily life, we are surrounded by harmful pollutants, including heavy metals that are not
visible in the macroscopic view easily. Heavy metals can disrupt different aspects of human …

Human health risk assessment of heavy metals in agricultural soil and food crops in Hamadan, Iran

A Kharazi, M Leili, M Khazaei, MY Alikhani… - Journal of food …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
In this study, 103 water, agricultural soil, and crops irrigated with wastewater or tube-well
water were collected, and their heavy metal content was evaluated using inductively …

Assessment of the bioavailability, bioaccessibility and transfer of heavy metals in the soil-grain-human systems near a mining and smelting area in NW China

B Liu, S Ai, W Zhang, D Huang, Y Zhang - Science of the total environment, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Elucidating the transfer behaviour of heavy metals from soils to grains and ultimately to
humans is of great significance for both human health risk assessment and pollution control …