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 …

The quality of coastal sediments contaminated by metals has been discussed for decades
worldwide. However, there is a lack of information on the current situation and trends in this …

In recent years, the pursuit of sustainable aquaculture practices has focused on alternatives
to fisheries-derived ingredients, to avoid economic and environmental unsustainability. Low …

Temporal trends for concentrations of mercury (Hg), lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) were
evaluated from year 2000–2020 in 20 (Hg), 23 (Pb) and 11 (Cd) watercourses in remote …

Increasing soil salinisation represents a serious threat to food security, and therefore the
exploitation of high-yielding halophytes, such as Salicornia and Sarcocornia, needs to be …

The consumption of bottled water has witnessed substantial global expansion in recent
times. This study aimed to quantitatively evaluate the concentrations of eight heavy metals …

Compound pollution at industrial sites impedes urban development, especially when there
is a lack of understanding about the spatial variations of internal pollution in industrial areas …

Mass spectrometric innovations in analytical instrumentation tend to be accompanied by the
development of a data-processing methodology, expecting to gain molecular-level insights …

In this work, we demonstrated a sensor array with multiple fluorescence channels using
dendritic mesoporous silica nanoparticles embedded with three quantum dots for the …

Dende and babassu coconuts are largely used in tropical countries, namely in Brazil, for the
extraction of oils from kernels. The remaining biowastes are industrially processed to …