The effect of environmental lead exposure on human health and the contribution of inflammatory mechanisms, a review

M Boskabady, N Marefati, T Farkhondeh… - Environment …, 2018 - Elsevier
Lead (Pb) pollution has been considered as a major threat for human health due to
induction of inflammatory cascades in various tissues. The aim of present review is to …

Gamma‐glutamyltransferase: a predictive biomarker of cellular antioxidant inadequacy and disease risk

G Koenig, S Seneff - Disease markers, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Gamma‐glutamyltransferase (GGT) is a well‐established serum marker for alcohol‐related
liver disease. However, GGT's predictive utility applies well beyond liver disease: elevated …

Heavy metal poisoning and cardiovascular disease

EM Alissa, GA Ferns - Journal of toxicology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an increasing world health problem. Traditional risk factors
fail to account for all deaths from CVD. It is mainly the environmental, dietary and lifestyle …

Lead toxicity part II: the role of free radical damage and the use of antioxidants in the pathology and treatment of lead toxicity.

L Patrick - Alternative medicine review, 2006 - search.ebscohost.com
Lead is an environmentally persistent toxin that causes neurological, hematological,
gastrointestinal, reproductive, circulatory, and immunological pathologies. The propensity for …

Developmental neurotoxicants in e-waste: an emerging health concern

A Chen, KN Dietrich, X Huo, S Ho - Environmental health …, 2011 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Objective Electronic waste (e-waste) has been an emerging environmental health issue in
both developed and developing countries, but its current management practice may result in …

Mechanisms of cadmium carcinogenesis

P Joseph - Toxicology and applied pharmacology, 2009 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd), a heavy metal of considerable occupational and environmental concern, has
been classified as a human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer …

Current health risk assessment practice for dietary cadmium: Data from different countries

S Satarug, DA Vesey, GC Gobe - Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2017 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) is an environmental toxicant with high rates of soil-to-plant transference. This
makes exposure to Cd through the food-chain contamination a public health concern. Cd …

Low level lead exposure and oxidative stress: current opinions

M Ahamed, MKJ Siddiqui - Clinica chimica acta, 2007 - Elsevier
Lead continues to pose a serious threat to the health of many children as well as adults.
Concern about lead exposure as a significant public health problem has increased as …

Lead exposure and oxidative stress: a systematic review

ACBA Lopes, TS Peixe, AE Mesas… - … and Toxicology Volume …, 2016 - Springer
Lead is an environmental toxicant that can induce oxidative stress (OS) via reactive oxygen
species (ROS) generation, which has been reported as an important mechanism underlying …

Multi-omics reveals that lead exposure disturbs gut microbiome development, key metabolites, and metabolic pathways

B Gao, L Chi, R Mahbub, X Bian, P Tu… - Chemical research in …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Lead exposure remains a global public health issue, and the recent Flint water crisis has
renewed public concern about lead toxicity. The toxicity of lead has been well established in …