Environmental pollution of heavy metals (HMs), mainly due to anthropogenic activities, has
received growing attention in recent decades. HMs, especially the non-essential …

Food safety has emerged as a high-urgency matter for sustainable agricultural production.
Toxic metal contamination of soil and water significantly affects agricultural productivity …

Water pollutions of heavy metal and metalloids (HMMs), typically including As, Cd, Cu, Cr,
Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn, are becoming a severe environmental problem to be controlled …

Owing to their roles in the arsenic (As) biogeochemical cycle, microorganisms and plants
offer significant potential for developing innovative biotechnological applications able to …

Abstract The abandoned Allchar Mine in the Republic of North Macedonia is a globally
unique deposit with the highest known grades of thallium (Tl) and arsenic (As) …

Pityrogramma calomelanos and Pteris vittata are cosmopolitan fern species that are the
strongest known arsenic (As) hyperaccumulators, with potential to be used in the …

Heavy metal (HM) contamination in ecosystem has dramatically increased in recent
decades. A remarkable increase in anthropogenic activities such as swift urbanization …

We studied the ability of Argyrochosma formosa growing in an arsenic heavily contaminated
site to accumulate this metalloid; morphological characteristics and translocation of arsenic …

Few pteridophytes have proven the capacity to accumulate and remediate heavy metals
from contaminated soils. Pityrogramma calomelanos, a non-seasonal fast-growing, a …

Since the onset of the industrial revolution, metalloids are an exceptional class of toxicants
that adversely affects plant growth and productivity when present in high concentrations in …