The toxicity of mercury and its chemical compounds: molecular mechanisms and environmental and human health implications: a comprehensive review

YS Wu, AI Osman, M Hosny, AM Elgarahy… - Acs Omega, 2024 - ACS Publications
Mercury is a type of hazardous and toxic pollutant that can result in detrimental effects on the
environment and human health. This review is aimed at discussing the state-of-the-art …

Effect of heavy metals: An overview

R Bharti, R Sharma - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, environmental pollution has become a serious concern worldwide. In this modern
era, more Urbanization and Industrialization have led to the wide distribution of pollutants …

Toxicity of heavy metals in plants and animals and their uptake by magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles

AU Rehman, S Nazir, R Irshad, K Tahir… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metal exist naturally in environment, but due to human and some natural activities
they have been entered to water bodies, air and soil and have become one of the major …

Environmental mercury and its toxic effects

KM Rice, EM Walker Jr, M Wu… - Journal of preventive …, 2014 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Mercury exists naturally and as a man-made contaminant. The release of processed
mercury can lead to a progressive increase in the amount of atmospheric mercury, which …

Modulators of mercury risk to wildlife and humans in the context of rapid global change

CA Eagles-Smith, EK Silbergeld, N Basu… - Ambio, 2018 - Springer
Environmental mercury (Hg) contamination is an urgent global health threat. The complexity
of Hg in the environment can hinder accurate determination of ecological and human health …

Interactions between chemical and climate stressors: A role for mechanistic toxicology in assessing climate change risks

MJ Hooper, GT Ankley, DA Cristol… - Environmental …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Incorporation of global climate change (GCC) effects into assessments of chemical risk and
injury requires integrated examinations of chemical and nonchemical stressors …

Impacts of sublethal mercury exposure on birds: a detailed review

MC Whitney, DA Cristol - Reviews of Environmental Contamination and …, 2018 - Springer
Mercury is a ubiquitous environmental contaminant known to accumulate in, and negatively
affect, fish-eating and oceanic bird species, and recently demonstrated to impact some …

[HTML][HTML] Warning on nine pollutants and their effects on avian communities

FJ Richard, M Gigauri, G Bellini, O Rojas… - Global Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic pollution is increasingly pervasive throughout all ecosystems worldwide. In
recent years, negative consequences on many taxa, such as birds, have been observed. We …

[HTML][HTML] Birds as bioindicators of river pollution and beyond: specific and general lessons from an apex predator

VN Maznikova, SJ Ormerod, MÁ Gómez-Serrano - Ecological Indicators, 2024 - Elsevier
Birds can be impacted by pollution but are seldom used as bioindicators. One exception
involves the Dippers Cinclus spp., a genus of five passerines adapted uniquely to swim and …

The effects of anthropogenic global changes on immune functions and disease resistance

LB Martin, WA Hopkins, LD Mydlarz… - Annals of the New York …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Humans are changing the environmental conditions of our planet, and animal immune
functions are being affected by these modifications. For instance, a diversity of chemical …