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Toxicity of Heavy Metals and Recent Advances in Their Removal: A Review

  • Manar K. Abd Elnabi,
  • Nehal E. Elkaliny,
  • Maha M. Elyazied,
  • Shimaa H. Azab,
  • Shawky A. Elkhalifa,
  • Sohaila Elmasry,
  • Moustafa S. Mouhamed,
  • Ebrahim M. Shalamesh,
  • Naira A. Alhorieny and
  • Abeer E. Abd Elaty
  • + 7 authors

3 July 2023

Natural and anthropogenic sources of metals in the ecosystem are perpetually increasing; consequently, heavy metal (HM) accumulation has become a major environmental concern. Human exposure to HMs has increased dramatically due to the industrial acti...

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185 Citations
30,586 Views
20 Pages

Water Quality Degradation Due to Heavy Metal Contamination: Health Impacts and Eco-Friendly Approaches for Heavy Metal Remediation

  • Peng Zhang,
  • Mingjie Yang,
  • Jingjing Lan,
  • Yan Huang,
  • Jinxi Zhang,
  • Shuangshuang Huang,
  • Yashi Yang and
  • Junjie Ru

30 September 2023

Water quality depends on its physicochemical and biological parameters. Changes in parameters such as pH, temperature, and essential and non-essential trace metals in water can render it unfit for human use. Moreover, the characteristics of the local...

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183 Citations
16,198 Views
24 Pages

2 May 2023

Pollution from heavy metals is one of the significant environmental concerns facing the world today. Human activities, such as mining, farming, and manufacturing plant operations, can allow them access to the environment. Heavy metals polluting soil...

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157 Citations
25,810 Views
17 Pages

12 January 2024

Soil heavy metal pollution is a global environmental challenge, posing significant threats to eco-environment, agricultural development, and human health. In recent years, advanced and effective remediation strategies for heavy metal-contaminated soi...

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141 Citations
22,990 Views
15 Pages

Heavy Metal Contamination in the Aquatic Ecosystem: Toxicity and Its Remediation Using Eco-Friendly Approaches

  • Veer Singh,
  • Nidhi Singh,
  • Sachchida Nand Rai,
  • Ashish Kumar,
  • Anurag Kumar Singh,
  • Mohan P. Singh,
  • Ansuman Sahoo,
  • Shashank Shekhar,
  • Emanuel Vamanu and
  • Vishal Mishra

3 February 2023

Urbanization and industrialization are responsible for environmental contamination in the air, water, and soil. These activities also generate large amounts of heavy metal ions in the environment, and these contaminants cause various types of health...

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131 Citations
16,411 Views
28 Pages

Bioaccumulation and Bioremediation of Heavy Metals in Fishes—A Review

  • Farhan Jamil Emon,
  • Md Fazle Rohani,
  • Nusrat Sumaiya,
  • Mst Fatema Tuj Jannat,
  • Yeasmin Akter,
  • Md Shahjahan,
  • Zulhisyam Abdul Kari,
  • Albaris B. Tahiluddin and
  • Khang Wen Goh

6 June 2023

Heavy metals, the most potent contaminants of the environment, are discharged into the aquatic ecosystems through the effluents of several industries, resulting in serious aquatic pollution. This type of severe heavy metal contamination in aquacultur...

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131 Citations
14,871 Views
14 Pages

30 April 2023

Antibiotics are commonly used to prevent and control diseases in aquaculture. However, long-term/overuse of antibiotics not only leaves residues but results in the development of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (AR...

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124 Citations
8,045 Views
18 Pages

The Source and Distribution of Tetracycline Antibiotics in China: A Review

  • Donghao Chang,
  • Yizhi Mao,
  • Wei Qiu,
  • Yunshu Wu and
  • Baiyan Cai

24 February 2023

In recent years, antibiotics have been listed as a new class of environmental pollutants. Tetracycline antibiotics (TCs) used in human medical treatment, animal husbandry and agricultural production are the most widely used antibiotics. Due to their...

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116 Citations
4,727 Views
19 Pages

3 January 2023

Anthropogenic sources of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) threaten ecosystem security, human health and sustainable development. The accuracy prediction of daily PM2.5 concentration can give important information for people to reduce their exposure. A...

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110 Citations
14,156 Views
23 Pages

25 January 2023

The current water crisis necessitates the development of new materials for wastewater treatment. A variety of nanomaterials are continuously being investigated for their potential as adsorbents for environmental remediation. Researchers intend to dev...

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