Toxicity of rare earth elements: An overview on human health impact

AA Brouziotis, A Giarra, G Libralato… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Rare earth elements (REEs) are metals including the 15 lanthanides together with Yttrium
and Scandium. China is the leading country in their exploitation and production (∼ 90%) …

The potential environmental risks associated with the development of rare earth element production in Canada

X Yin, C Martineau, I Demers, N Basiliko… - Environmental …, 2021 - cdnsciencepub.com
The development of rare earth element (REE) production in Canada could generate
significant economic benefits but also poses serious potential risks to the environment. Rare …

Risk Assessment of Rising Temperatures Using Landsat 4–9 LST Time Series and Meta® Population Dataset: An Application in Aosta Valley, NW Italy

T Orusa, A Viani, B Moyo, D Cammareri… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Earth observation data have assumed a key role in environmental monitoring, as well as in
risk assessment. Rising temperatures and consequently heat waves due to ongoing climate …

Fate and trophic transfer of rare earth elements in a tropical estuarine food web

ACSS Santos, LA Souza, TG Araujo… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We sampled abiotic and food web components in an impacted estuarine system to assess
the transfer and fate of rare earth elements (REE). REE (based on dry weight) were …

[HTML][HTML] Rare earth element bioaccumulation and cerium anomalies in biota from the Eastern Canadian subarctic (Nunavik)

H Marginson, GA MacMillan, E Grant… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent increases in the demand for rare earth elements (REE) have contributed to various
countries' interest in exploration of their REE deposits, including within Canada. Current …

From geochemistry to ecotoxicology of rare earth elements in aquatic environments: Diversity and uses of normalization reference materials and anomaly calculation …

J Rétif, A Zalouk-Vergnoux, N Briant, L Poirier - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The geochemistry of rare earth elements (REEs) has been studied for a long time and has
allowed us to highlight enrichments or depletions of REEs in aquatic ecosystems and to …

The translocation pathways of rare earth elements from the environment to the food chain and their impact on human health

Ż Arciszewska, S Gama, B Leśniewska… - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rare earth elements (REEs) have been increasingly exploited for crucial new technologies,
and their massive use in the past decades has significantly increased their environmental …

Residual levels and health risk assessment of rare earth elements in Chinese resident diet: A market-based investigation

Y Dai, S Sun, Y Li, J Yang, C Zhang, R Cao… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The widespread use of rare earth elements (REEs) in agriculture and high-tech industry
resulted in significant release of REEs into the environment. However, there is a scarcity of …

Toxicity of three rare earth elements, and their combinations to algae, microcrustaceans, and fungi

LR Bergsten-Torralba, DP Magalhães, EC Giese… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Rare earth elements (REEs) are naturally distributed in the environment, and are
increasingly being used in agriculture and high technology materials worldwide, thereby …

Critical review of rare earth elements (REE) in cultivated macrofungi

J Falandysz, AR Fernandes, J Zhang - Food Control, 2024 - Elsevier
Edible macrofungi are being increasingly cultivated as they are seen as a sustainable and
popular food around the world. This trend is paralleled by the similar increase in the use of …