Environmental selenium and human health: an update

M Vinceti, T Filippini, LA Wise - Current environmental health reports, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Selenium, a trace element, is ubiquitous in the environment.
The main source of human exposure is diet. Despite its nutritional benefits, it is one of the …

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 …

Hydrogeochemical evaluation of groundwater aquifers and associated health hazard risk map** using ensemble data driven model in a water scares plateau region …

D Ruidas, SC Pal, ARM Towfiqul Islam, A Saha - Exposure and Health, 2023 - Springer
Health hazard risk map** (HHRM) is an important technique used to estimate the potential
health risk of an individual, a group, or an entire community of a region. To further progress …

Sources, toxicity, and remediation of mercury: an essence review

D Raj, SK Maiti - Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2019 - Springer
Mercury (Hg) is a pollutant that poses a global threat, and it was listed as one of the ten
leading 'chemicals of concern'by the World Health Organization in 2017. The review aims to …

Seasonal variations, risk assessment and multivariate analysis of trace metals in the freshwater reservoirs of Pakistan

M Saleem, J Iqbal, MH Shah - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Water samples were collected from three freshwater reservoirs of Pakistan during three
seasons (pre-monsoon, monsoon and post-monsoon). The collected samples were …

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 …

Risk of cadmium, lead and zinc exposure from consumption of vegetables produced in areas with mining and smelting past

M Ćwieląg-Drabek, A Piekut, K Gut, M Grabowski - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The study reveals links between disturbed geochemical environment being the result of
mining and smelting activities with consumers exposure to toxic and carcinogenic metallic …

Revealing selected groundwater contaminants, risks, and sustainable solutions for safe drinking water through pristine and modified biochar

YH Fseha, JF Shaheen, B Sizirici - Journal of Analytical and Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
Groundwater serves as the primary source of drinking water for nearly half of the world's
population. However, it is often contaminated with heavy metals, nitrates, fluorides …

Biogeochemistry of antimony in soil-plant system: Ecotoxicology and human health

M Shahid, S Khalid, C Dumat, A Pierart, NK Niazi - Applied Geochemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Environmental contamination by antimony (Sb), a non-essential and non-beneficial
metalloid, is a great threat to living organisms at a global scale. Owing to its various uses in …

Enhanced photo-catalytic performance by effective electron-hole separation for MoS2 inlaying in g-C3N4 hetero-junction

X Zhang, R Zhang, S Niu, J Zheng, C Guo - Applied Surface Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The MoS 2/gC 3 N 4 heterojunction composite (marked as MoS 2/gC 3 N 4-H) was
successfully prepared via calcining the melamine coated MoS 2 nano-sphere, where the …