Heavy metals are well‐known environmental pollutants due to their toxicity, persistence in
the environment, and bioaccumulative nature. Their natural sources include weathering of …

Textile wastewater heavy metal pollution has become a severe environmental problem
worldwide. Metal ion inclusion in a dye molecule exhibits a bathochromic shift producing …

Heavy metal accumulation in soil has been rapidly increased due to various natural
processes and anthropogenic (industrial) activities. As heavy metals are non-biodegradable …

Water is an exceptionally essential source for the presence of life on the earth. The water
quality has seriously affected because of the overgrowth of the population, human activities …

Nickel is a transition element extensively distributed in the environment, air, water, and soil.
It may derive from natural sources and anthropogenic activity. Although nickel is ubiquitous …

With current intensive agriculture practices and industrialization, pollution of natural
resources like land and water with heavy metals, organic pollutants, radionuclides …

With the increasing development of industry and urbanization, heavy metal contaminated
sites have become progressively conspicuous, particularly by unreasonable emissions from …

Globally there are over 20 million ha of land contaminated by the heavy metal (loid) s As,
Cd, Cr, Hg, Pb, Co, Cu, Ni, Zn, and Se, with the present soil concentrations higher than the …

Certain five heavy metals viz. arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr)(VI), mercury (Hg),
and lead (Pb) are non-threshold toxins and can exert toxic effects at very low concentrations …

Heavy metals are highly toxic elements which are persistent in the natural environment,
resulting in magnification throughout the food chain, adversely affecting both human and …