Heavy metals are well-recognised as environmental hazards due to their toxicity,
environmental persistence, and bioaccumulation in living organisms. Human health is a …

Arsenic is a trace element and a metalloid which is prominently known as an environmental
hazard. At present, rising health apprehensions are linked to emanating from a wide array of …

Mechanisms of carcinogenicity are discussed for metals and their compounds, classified as
carcinogenic to humans or considered to be carcinogenic to humans: arsenic, antimony …

Arsenic is a metalloid, that is, considered to be a human carcinogen. Millions of individuals
worldwide are chronically exposed through drinking water, with consequences ranging from …

Chronic exposure to nickel (II), chromium (VI), or inorganic arsenic (iAs) has long been
known to increase cancer incidence among affected individuals. Recent epidemiological …

In recent times Gallbladder cancer (GBC) incidences increased many folds in India and are
being reported from arsenic hotspots identified in Bihar. The study aims to establish …

Every year more than 13 million deaths worldwide are due to environmental pollutants, and
approximately 24% of diseases are caused by environmental exposures that might be …

Abstract The EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM Panel) assessed
the risks to human health related to the presence of arsenic in food. More than 100,000 …

Although it is widely accepted that chronic exposure to arsenite, nickel, chromium and
cadmium increases cancer incidence in individuals, the molecular mechanisms underlying …

Although carcinogenic metals have been known to disrupt a wide range of cellular
processes the precise mechanism by which they exert their carcinogenic effects is not …