Toxicity of heavy metals and recent advances in their removal: a review

MK Abd Elnabi, NE Elkaliny, MM Elyazied, SH Azab… - Toxics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Natural and anthropogenic sources of metals in the ecosystem are perpetually increasing;
consequently, heavy metal (HM) accumulation has become a major environmental concern …

Cancer diagnosis in areas of conflict

A Al-Ibraheem, AS Abdlkadir, A Mohamedkhair… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
To date, many Arab countries within the Middle East are facing political, financial, and social
instability from war and conflicts. These conflicts have led to severe resources shortages and …

Environmental and health hazards of military metal pollution

AV Skalny, M Aschner, IP Bobrovnitsky, P Chen… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
An increasing body of literature has demonstrated that armed conflicts and military activity
may contribute to environmental pollution with metals, although the existing data are …

Removal of metals and assimilable organic carbon by activated carbon and reverse osmosis point-of-use water filtration systems

HY Yu, S Gupta, Z Zhou - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Activated carbon (AC) systems and reverse osmosis (RO) systems are commonly used point-
of-use (POU) water filtration systems for removing trace-level contaminants in tap water to …

[HTML][HTML] Waterborne diseases and wastewater treatment in Iraq

ECD Todd - Journal of Food Protection, 2024 - Elsevier
Iraq is a desert country with access to large river resources and an extensive aquifer, but
these have already been overdrawn for domestic, industry and agriculture use. The …

Characterization of Uranyl (UO22+) Ion Binding to Amyloid Beta (Aβ) Peptides: Effects on Aβ Structure and Aggregation

E Berntsson, F Vosough, A Noormägi… - ACS Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Uranium (U) is naturally present in ambient air, water, and soil, and depleted uranium (DU)
is released into the environment via industrial and military activities. While the radiological …

U (VI) exposure induces apoptosis and pyroptosis in RAW264. 7 cells

Z Yan, Y Zhang, L Du, L Liu, H Zhou, W Song - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
U (VI) pollution has already led to serious harm to the environment and human health with
the increase of human activities. The viability of RAW264. 7 cells was assessed under …

The Janus face of uranium in toxicology

HM Bolt - Archives of Toxicology, 2022 - Springer
The first publication on uranium in Archives of Toxicology (at that time:“Fühner-Wieland's
Sammlung von Vergiftungsfällen”) dates back to its second volume, when Woldrich and …

Transcriptome analysis of damage mechanism of Candida utilis under U (VI) stress

L Liu, F Liu, Z Yan, H Zhou, W Song - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
Marine radioactive pollution has a great impact on Marine microorganisms, but the damage
mechanism by hexavalent uranium (U (VI)) exposure has been rarely known. In this study …

The 12 dimensions of health impacts of war (the 12-D framework): a novel framework to conceptualise impacts of war on social and environmental determinants of …

S Jayasinghe - BMJ global health, 2024 - gh.bmj.com
Global rates of armed conflicts have shown an alarming increase since 2008. These
conflicts have devastating and long-term cumulative impacts on health. The overriding aim …