Healthy soil is foundational to human health. Healthy soil is needed to grow crops, provides
food, and sustains populations. It supports diverse ecosystems and critical ecological …

Amounting epidemiological evidence has shown detrimental effects of heavy metals on a
wide range of diseases. However, the effect of heavy metal exposure on mortality in the …

Abstract Introduction Native American communities suffer disproportionately from elevated
metal exposures and increased risk for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. DNA …

Abstract The European Commission asked EFSA to update its 2009 risk assessment on
arsenic in food carrying out a hazard assessment of inorganic arsenic (iAs) and using the …

Background: Inorganic arsenic (As) may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD)
and all-cause mortality through accelerated aging, which can be estimated using epigenetic …

As the most classic and extensively studied transcription factor in response to environmental
toxic chemicals, the human aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) has been implicated in …

One of the main goals of food science is to ensure the high quality and safety of food. The
inspection technology for known hazards has matured, and the identification of unknown …

Arsenic is a ubiquitous environmental pollutant. Microbe-mediated arsenic bio-
transformations significantly influence arsenic mobility and toxicity. Arsenic transformations …

Growing evidences supported that arsenic exposure contributes to non-alcoholic fatty liver
disease (NAFLD) risk, but findings were still inconsistent. Additionally, once absorbed …

Background: Chronic arsenic exposure has been associated with an increased risk of
cardiovascular disease; diabetes; cancers of the lung, pancreas and prostate; and all-cause …