Heavy metal and metalloid poisoning in the environment and food has piqued the public's
interest since it poses significant hazards to the ecological system and human health. In …

An uncontrolled industrialisation and urbanisation have caused environmental
contamination with toxic inorganic and organic substances. The enormous release of …

Heavy metals are chemical elements with a toxic effect on the human body. The expansion
of industries has led to significant increasing levels of these constituents in the environment …

Heavy metals are any metallic element that has a proportionally high density and is
poisonous at low concentrations. Also, heavy metals are non-biodegradable in natural …

Heavy metal contamination has an adverse effect on the aquatic, terrestrial, and
atmospheric environment. These may be natural or anthropogenic in origin and not easily …

Background Unlike organic pollutants, heavy metals are not created nor are biodegradable
materials. They naturally occur in earth crust and many of them reach the environment via …

The widespread release of heavy metals into natural water bodies and accumulation in the
human body interfere with the transport of human proteins and enzymes, causing …

Thirty samples of widely used vitamins and herbal preparations distributed on the Croatian
market were analyzed by atomic absorption spectrometry in order to estimate contamination …

Vegetable consumption is a significant route to elevate the concentrations of potentially toxic
heavy metals to be mobilized and enter the food chain. Therefore, the purpose of this …

Background In recent decades, contaminations with heavy metals ions have adversely
affected the environment, food safety, and human health. Heavy metals, leaching to water …