Metal toxicity poses a potential global threat to the environment and living beings. Their
numerous agricultural, medical, industrial, domestic, and technological applications result in …

Toxicity testing relies heavily on animals, especially rodents as part of the non-clinical
laboratory testing of substances. However, the use of mammalians and the number of …

Zooplankton are a key group of organisms at the base of the marine food web and are
fundamental to providing a broad range of societal and economic benefits which have …

Living organisms have an innate ability to regulate the synthesis of inorganic materials, such
as bones and teeth in humans. Cadmium sulfide (CdS) can be utilized as a quantum dot that …

The rupture of the Fundão dam (Mariana, MG, southeast Brazil) released a huge flood of
mine tailings to Doce river basin and its adjacent coastal area, in November 2015. This …

Abstract Effects of household post-consumer plastics and tyre rubber on a Baltic Sea
copepod Limnocalanus macrurus were assessed. Fragments of commercial recycled low …

Various xenobiotics are constantly being released and accumulated into the aquatic
environments and consequently, the aquatic organisms are continuously being exposed to …

Arctic marine ecosystems act as a global sink of mercury (Hg) and other metals, and high
concentrations of these have been measured in higher trophic-level organisms …

Hardness is one important water quality parameter that influences the toxicity of cadmium.
Several studies have derived water quality criteria (WQC) for cadmium, but most of these …

Cadmium (Cd) is a heavy metal of considerable toxicity, inducing a number of hazardous
effects to humans and animals including neurotoxicity. This experiment was aimed to …