Lead toxicity in plants: Impacts and remediation

U Zulfiqar, M Farooq, S Hussain, M Maqsood… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Lead (Pb) is the second most toxic heavy metal after arsenic (As), which has no role in
biological systems. Pb toxicity causes a range of damages to plants from germination to …

[HTML][HTML] A critical prospective analysis of the potential toxicity of trace element regulation limits in soils worldwide: Are they protective concerning health risk …

V Antoniadis, SM Shaheen, E Levizou, M Shahid… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
Trace elements (TEs) may have toxic effects to plants and humans; thus, countries and
organizations impose maximum allowable regulation limits of their concentrations in soils …

What are heavy metals? Long-standing controversy over the scientific use of the term 'heavy metals'–proposal of a comprehensive definition

H Ali, E Khan - Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The term 'heavy metals' is commonly used in the environmental literature to refer to metals
and metalloids associated with environmental pollution, toxicity and adverse effects on biota …

It's time to replace the term “heavy metals” with “potentially toxic elements” when reporting environmental research

O Pourret, A Hursthouse - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Even if the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements is relatively well defined, some
controversial terms are still in use. Indeed, the term “heavy metal” is a common term used for …

Occurrence of trace metals in foodstuffs and their health impact

AA El-Kady, MA Abdel-Wahhab - Trends in food science & technology, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

Bacterial antimicrobial metal ion resistance

JL Hobman, LC Crossman - Journal of medical …, 2015 - microbiologyresearch.org
Metals such as mercury, arsenic, copper and silver have been used in various forms as
antimicrobials for thousands of years with until recently, little understanding of their mode of …

[图书][B] Mine water

B Lottermoser, B Lottermoser - 2003 - Springer
Water is needed at mine sites for dust suppression, mineral processing, coal washing, and
hydrometallurgical extraction. For these applications, water is mined from surface water …

A review of the distribution coefficients of trace elements in soils: Influence of sorption system, element characteristics, and soil colloidal properties

SM Shaheen, CD Tsadilas, J Rinklebe - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge about the behavior and reactions of separate soil components with
trace elements (TEs) and their distribution coefficients (K ds) in soils is a key issue in …

The impact of chromium ion stress on plant growth, developmental physiology, and molecular regulation

S Saud, D Wang, S Fahad, T Javed… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, heavy metals-induced soil pollution has increased due to the widespread
usage of chromium (Cr) in chemical industries. The release of Cr into the environment has …

Phytoremediation of metal-polluted soils by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

S Meier, F Borie, N Bolan, P Cornejo - Critical Reviews in …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Human activities generate wastes, some of which contain large amounts of heavy
metals/metalloids that could enter natural ecosystems and alter the activities and functioning …