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Arsenic - Science topic
A shiny gray element with atomic symbol As, atomic number 33, and atomic weight 75. It occurs throughout the universe, mostly in the form of metallic arsenides. Most forms are toxic. According to the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP 85-002, 1985), arsenic and certain arsenic compounds have been listed as known carcinogens. (From Merck Index, 11th ed)
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Sustainability, food security, and human health. This study builds on previous research [1] and explores the role of phytoremediation, a plant-based, eco-friendly strategy in mitigating heavy metal pollution to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Well-being) while addressing its lesser-known implications for oral and dental heal...
Despite global efforts to phase out coal, the world’s coal production and consumption reached a record high in 2022. Even though soil pollution around collieries stands in the shadow of greenhouse gas emissions, the anthropogenic geochemical impact of coal mining will persist for decades to centuries after the coal phaseout. Soils are of paramount...
Changes in land use/land cover (LULC) patterns have important implications for groundwater quality. This study investigated the long-term spatial and temporal variations of fluoride (F) and arsenic (As) in the central Yinchuan Plain, along with the LULC patterns for the years 2006, 2012 and 2018 using statistical models, Inverse Distance Weighted (...
The Yellowknife area was one of the most productive and profitable gold districts in Canadian history. The early years of operation were associated with large releases of mining waste to local water bodies that have resulted in an enduring environmental legacy in the region. Here, we compile, for the first time, archival information on the scale of...
Rice plants accumulate arsenic (As), a toxic metalloid found both naturally and as a form of anthropogenic pollution in rice fields. Arsenic concentrations in rice grain may pose human health risks, particularly when consumed regularly or used in food products for infants and young children. The purpose of this review is to summarize evidence-based...
This study investigates the status of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution during the autumn and winter seasons of 2022-2023. Utilizing thorough data analysis alongside scientific research techniques, it uncovers the characteristics and sources of PM2.5 components with the goal of offering scientific guidance for pollution management in WJQ Ci...
Groundwater in Wadi Ranyah, the main water source for local communities, was analyzed using 77 samples to evaluate physicochemical properties, major ions, and heavy metal concentrations. While most parameters met World Health Organization (WHO) standards, levels of arsenic, lead, cadmium, chromium, and nickel exceeded permissible limits. Hydrochemi...
This study investigated the presence of heavy metals in the soils of Uliastai soum, Zavkhan province, and compared the findings with previous soil sample analyses from 2022. A total of 20 soil samples were collected and analyzed for 33 elements at an SGS-accredited laboratory. Particular attention was given to nine heavy metals (As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu,...
An imidazolium salt (E)‐3‐(hydroxy‐4‐(((2‐hydroxyphenyl) imino) methyl) benzyl)‐1‐methyl‐1 H‐imidazol‐3‐ium chloride (HBIm) is synthesized and evaluated for its fluorescence behavior toward metal ions. The probe detected Al³⁺ and As³⁺ ions when excited at 326 nm in an aqueous medium. The nonfluorescent HBIm exhibited a “turn‐on” fluorescence respon...
The increasing concentration of heavy metal contamination, especially arsenic, in water resources presents significant risks to both human health and overall water quality. This study examines the adsorption efficiency of TiO2 and Al2O3 powders for arsenic removal from drinking water. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, Brunauer–Emmett–Teller,...
Despite the high efficacy of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) and arsenic trioxide (ATO) in treating acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), approximately 10-20% of patients develop drug resistance due to mutations in PML-RARα and other factors. Here, it is demonstrated that inhibiting USP2 with ML364 or silencing USP2 reduces PML-RARα protein levels in...
The coexistence of cadmium (Cd(II)) and arsenic (As(III)) has long been an environmental problem. Green and cost-effective biochar (BC) shows considerable potential for addressing environmental issues, including the concurrent elimination of cadmium (Cd(II)) and arsenic (As(III)) from water and soil after nano-sized goethite modification. However,...
The present study focuses on the sources and spatial distribution of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) and organic pollutants in water, canal bed sediment, and soil in the Versiliana urban park, an inclusive green area near the coast in the densely populated Versilia Plain of Tuscany. Surface water and bed sediments from canals crossing the urban p...
Electrowinning is commonly used to remove arsenic, antimony, and bismuth from copper electrorefining circuits and can also be used to recover these metals from purified solutions. However, when an electrolyte contains dissolved arsenic, toxic arsine gas may form on the cathode. For example, in so-called liberator cells, there is a risk of simultane...
This study presents a facile, cost-effective hydrothermal transformation of natural lateritic iron ore into hematite nanorods, offering significant economic and technical benefits for the remediation of toxic arsenic ions. Lateritic iron ore was subjected to alkaline modification for different durations (12 h (HM12), 24 h (HM24), 36 h (HM36), and 4...
An investigation of groundwater of Kuruabahi village in the Golaghat district of Assam, one of the worst arsenic-affected states in India, revealed a widespread contamination of arsenic up to 344 μg L⁻¹, much above the WHO guideline value of 10 μg L⁻¹ for drinking water. Except a few, most of the villagers were unaware of its connection with preval...
A facile solvothermal approach was employed to synthesize novel titanium-based MOF (Ti-MOF) precursors from titanium (IV) butoxide and 2-amino terephthalic acid. The material was amicably characterized by Ti-MOF. The highly porous Ti-MOF was shown to exhibit the monoclinic cubic structure of TiO2. The solid was found to be thermally stable below 60...
High arsenic (As) exposure (≥ 100 µg/l) is associated with cardiovascular (CVD) outcomes, however, the CVD risk from low-to-moderate As exposure (< 100 µg/l) has been less explored. There is a paucity of systematic reviews that comprehensively evaluate both urine and water As exposure metrics in assessing As-related CVD outcomes within the general...
Eucalyptus trees around rice fields can provide benefits like acting as windbreaks, reducing soil erosion, and improving drainage, but they may also compete for water and light and release chemicals that inhibit crop growth. Proper management is essential to balance these effects. The current study was undertaken to explore the effects of eucalyptu...
Due to the high occupational exposure of miners to heavy metals, the concentration of arsenic, cadmium, lead, copper, and zinc in raw and cooked foods consumed by mine workers and the risk assessment of the consumption of these foods were investigated. A total of 105 samples of raw and cooked foods and beverages were collected. Samples were oven‐dr...
In Côte d’Ivoire, despite an intense development of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) activities in the last two decades, the environmental impacts of this activity are poorly documented. This study aimed to document the concentrations of geogenic and exogenous contaminants potentially released by ASGM (metals and cyanides) in different...
The Lavrio mining district, well known for its millennia of mining and metallurgical activity, has attracted increasing attention due to its polymetallic pollution. The present pollution can possibly pose a threat not only to the environment but also to the local population. In this study, utilizing geochemical data collected and screened from the...
To assess the needs and condition of the waste dump at La Soterraña, researchers carry out a soil characterization. Previous data indicate widespread metal(loid) contamination throughout the area, which was once a mining site. The waste dump remains unrestored, barren of vegetation, and its material is classified as spolic technosol. In the laborat...
Arsenic (As) contamination has become a significant environmental challenge due to the global expansion of industrial, agricultural, and mining activities, which contribute to the contamination of water, air, soils, and biota with As and other metals and metalloids. This review elucidates the geochemical behavior of As in soils, focusing on the fac...
Arsenic contamination in water remains a critical global challenge, particularly in rural and resource-limited regions. Clays have been widely studied as cost-effective and efficient adsorbents for arsenic removal. This systematic review provides a comprehensive analysis of the application of clays in arsenic adsorption, focusing on clay types, ope...
The sustainable recovery of critical and added-value metals from industrial by-products is essential for circular economy strategies in metallurgical industries. This study presents an integrated approach for the speciation and selective recovery of copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), bismuth (Bi), iron (Fe), cadmium (Cd), bismuth (Bi), and lead (Pb) from elec...
Heavy metals (HMs), characterized by their non-biodegradable nature, are prone to enrichment in river sediments, thereby severely jeopardizing the equilibrium of ecosystems and human health. Given the critical importance of safeguarding valuable water resources, it is of utmost urgency to initiate research on HMs within the Yellow River Basin (YRB)...
Background: Safe, reliable, and clean drinking water sources are a basic necessity. More than 1.7 million individuals rely on private wells for drinking water in Georgia and are confronted with water quality challenges stemming from chemical contamination as private wells are not under mandated regulations as public water supplies. In Georgia, prev...
Arsenic is associated with lung disease and experimental models suggest that arsenic-induced degradation of the chloride channel CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) is a mechanism of arsenic toxicity. We examined associations between arsenic exposure, sweat chloride concentration (measure of CFTR function), and pulmonary func...
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Objective: To conduct a systematic review in the Scopus database to analyze the impacts of exposure to heavy metals on workers' health in different sectors of the Brazilian industry. Method: The study used a qualitative approach and exploratory bias, following the PRISMA protocol. Eleven articles published between 2015 and 2024 were selected, focus...
Wastewater generation rates have increased considerably in recent years due to population growth, urbanisation, and industrialisation. Although wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) play a crucial role in purifying wastewater and mitigating industrial and domestic pollution in global freshwater reserves, their impact on air quality in nearby areas is...
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC) is a prevalent and aggressive malignancy with poor prognosis, underscoring the need for novel biomarkers and therapeutic strategies. This study investigates the role of C16orf74 as a potential diagnostic and prognostic biomarker in HNSC. Bioinformatics analyses revealed that C16orf74 is significantly ove...
Selecting the most appropriate method for monitoring arsenic in freshwaters is crucial due to the diversity of available approaches and their inherent objectives, advantages, and limitations. This study addresses this challenge by conducting a comparative analysis of three well-established monitoring methodologies that have been among the most used...
This study presents an innovative one-step Joule heating pyrolysis strategy for synthesizing zero-valent ferromagnetic biochar composites (BC@20Fe ⁰ ) through controlled precursor impregnation of wheat straw with FeCl 3 . The proposed technique overcomes the limitations of conventional tube furnace carbonization by achieving uniform heating with 97...
The non-dissipative quasistatic longitudinal optical response of insulators is characterized by an intrinsic geometric capacitance, determined by the ratio of the quantum metric to the energy gap, as recently stablished. We study the photonic spin Hall effect (PSHE) in this low-frequency regime, induced by reflection from an atomically thin materia...
The Cambrian-Ordovician Saq Aquifer System, a vital groundwater resource in the hyper-arid Al Qassim Province of Central Saudi Arabia, is increasingly threatened by anthropogenic and geologic inconvenience, necessitating an in-depth analysis of ionic balance error (IBE) regimes to elucidate spatiotemporal hydrochemical disequilibrium. This study co...
Heavy metal contamination is a prominent issue which poses threats to aquatic ecosystems due to its toxicity, long half-life, resistance to degradation, bioaccumulation potential and resultant deleterious effects on human health. This study assessed the concentration of heavy metals in fish tissues and its attendant health risk to consumers. Lead (...
Diabetes mellitus, a chronic metabolic disorder characterized by impaired glucose metabolism and insulin resistance, has reached epidemic proportions worldwide. While genetic predisposition and lifestyle factors, such as diet and physical inactivity, have long been recognized as major contributors to the disease, recent studies have shed light on t...
Arsenic trioxide (ATO) is able to selectively target and degrade the disease-causing PML::RARα (P/R) oncoprotein in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) for curing the disease. However, some relapsed patients develop resistance to ATO due to mutations in the promyelocytic leukemia (PML) part of the PML::RARα fusion gene. A relapsed APL patient had sh...
The pervasive contamination of water sources by the toxic heavy metal arsenic presents a serious threat to human health and ecological systems. This raises the critical need for innovative detection platforms that can detect such contamination at low cost and as part of an onsite, distributed sensor network. In this context, we report an Arsenic (A...
Redox‐active electrosorbents are promising platforms for selective separations. However, these platforms face intrinsic challenges in extracting multiple species simultaneously, as their binding mechanisms are typically tailored to separate a single ion preferentially. Here, bipolar electrochemistry is leveraged to introduce a new strategy for the...
Heavy metals in water sources are a worldwide issue that requires regular risk assessments to address any possible health risks to humans. The sample analysis was investigated for 6 physicochemical parameters and 12 heavy metal (loid)s comprising (pH, temperature (°C), oxidation-reduction potential (ORP), dissolved oxygen (DO), total dissolved soli...
Bioremediation of arsenic by medicinal plants had been studied in the present paper. Cascabela thevetia (Kaner) having few anticancer properties and Tinospora cordifolia (Giloy) may adversely affect the health if grown on arsenic contaminated soil. Different initial concentrations of arsenic i.e. 5 ppm, and 2 ppm had been taken at different pH valu...
Assessing bottled mineral water (BMW) against drinking water guidelines set by the World health organization, international bottled water association, and Pakistan standards and quality control authority is critical for ensuring product safety. The present study used physico-chemical parameters to conduct a spatio-temporal analysis of BMW brands in...
Rice is a globally important crop and is particularly efficient at assimilating arsenic (As). Identifying QTLs and genes associated with grain As is essential for breeding low‐As rice cultivars. In this study, data on As accumulation in grains of Rice Diversity Panel 1 in five field environments at four diverse geographic sites were reanalyzed to c...
The efficacy of ZnO-MXene nanocomposites as extremely effective adsorbents for the removal of metal ions from wastewater is investigated in this work. The two-step chemical method used to create composites showed how temperature affected their shape. In the adsorption studies, a high removal efficiency of 97% for chromium, 91% for cadmium, 97% for...
This article proposes two empirical methods for calculating vibrational zero-point energies (ZPVEs) of organoarsenic compounds. In the first one, the increment of the arsenic atom was determined and incorporated into the Schulman and Disch empirical formula. The second method involved determining the bond contributions of As–H, As–C, As–O, As–Cl, A...
Corn is one of the most important grains in the human food basket and is also widely cultivated in Iran. This research was conducted to evaluate the status of arsenic, lead, and chromium contamination in corn (Zea mays) samples grown in Dezful and Behbahan cities in Khuzestan province. In this research, five farms were randomly selected in each cit...
This study investigates the antioxidant response of Silybum marianum to oxidative stress induced by heavy metals (Cd, Pb, and As), focusing on the role of silymarin and associated defense mechanisms. Plants exposed to metal-contaminated soils showed a marked increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS: up to 6.55 ± 0.68 nmol/g FW) and malondialdehyde...
Accurate ecological risk assessment of trace metals in lake sediments remains a significant challenge due to the widespread use of generalized regional background values, which often fail to capture the spatial and historical heterogeneity of sedimentary environments. This study addresses this gap by establishing sediment-specific background values...
Due to their desirable properties, NASICON-type LATP materials are considered strong candidates for use as solid-state electrolytes in lithium batteries. However, their ionic conductivity, essential for optimal battery performance, remains lower than liquid electrolytes. This study highlights the effectiveness of a dual-strategy approach to improve...
Heavy metals (HMs) pollution of soil adversely impacts agricultural productivity and poses risks to public health, necessitating regular and timely monitoring of HMs accumulation in soils. Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), as a globally cultivated staple crop, is particularly vulnerable to HM-induced stress, which can significantly reduce its yield and...
This study investigates the adsorption properties of arsenic (As(V)) from aqueous solutions using natural clay (NAC) and heat-treated natural clay (HTNAC), highlighting its novelty and significance as a sustainable approach to arsenic removal. The unique adsorption behaviors of the clays, enhanced by heat treatment, provide valuable insights into t...
This study investigates the source, environmental impact, and health risks of potentially toxic metal(loid)s (PTMs) in agricultural soil from the Al Lith area along the Red Sea coast in Saudi Arabia. Soil samples were collected from 25 farms and analyzed using inductively coupled plasma–atomic emission spectrometry. Various indices were used to ass...
This study analyzed the impact of air-mass transport via the Yellow Sea (YS) pathway on PM2.5 concentrations and chemical composition in Seoul from 2016 to 2021, focusing on heavy metals while also considering inorganic and organic species. Using backward trajectories from the HYSPLIT model, the analysis showed that YS-pathway cases consistently sh...
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Arsenic (As) immobilization in soil using inorganic/organic amendments may improve the productivity of As-contaminated soils. However, the degree of immobilization may vary depending on soil texture, phosphorus and organic matter content. A pot study was designed to investigate the effect of phosphate rock (PR) and farmyard manure (FYM) on...
Arsenic (As) is a ubiquitous and toxic metalloid in nature, posing significant risks to living organisms. Developing sustainable strategies to mitigate As stress and reduce As accumulation in rice is critical for ensuring food safety in contaminated regions. Herein, we synthesized a new nano-ferro-silicon biochar (NNFB) composed of biochar, γ-Fe2O3...
Most cases of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) are driven by the PML::RARA fusion gene, which is sensitive to differentiation induction therapy comprising of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) and arsenic trioxide (ATO). Treatment with ATRA plus ATO has achieved remarkable clinical outcome in patients with typical APL. However, 5% of patients still d...
Algae are known to accumulate high concentrations of arsenic in different forms as inorganic or organic molecules called arsenic species. This study reports the water-soluble arsenic species in seven brown macroalgae collected from Mosquito Bay, New South Wales, Australia, during autumn 2021. The algae thalli were sectioned into four parts, i.e., h...
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Previous studies have identified that exposure to heavy metals increases the prevalence of congenital heart defects (CHDs); however, limited information exists regarding the association between combined exposure to barium (Ba) and arsenic (As), and CHDs. This study aims to investigate the association between prenatal exposure to Ba and A...
Arsenic (As) contamination in groundwater is a serious environmental and public health issue, particularly in regions where groundwater is a primary source of drinking water. Many Asian countries, particularly Bangladesh, India and parts of Southeast Asia are adversely affected with As contaminated aquifers. The present study thus aims to explore t...
Phytoremediation is an evolving green technology based on utilizing hyper-accumulator plant
species that can tolerate and accumulate elevated amounts of arsenic present in the surroundings. The purpose of this research was to identify the toxicity symptom of As including how
much amount of As that Pennisetum purpureum Schumach can uptake in a CW ar...
This study analyzed the health risks associated with the consumption of certain vegetables (carrot, onion, tomato, and pepper) grown in soils potentially polluted with metals (Cd, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn) and metalloids (As) from 15 vegetable gardens in the Sasar locality. The research includes measurement of soil and plant metal concentrations, assessm...
Heavy metal contamination of vegetables irrigated with wastewater is a critical environmental and public health issue in developing Asian countries. Understanding this problem is crucial for ensuring food safety and sustainable agriculture in water-scarce regions. This review reveals widespread contamination of vegetables with toxic metals like cad...
The toxicity of arsenic and its detrimental impact on human health have driven extensive research into effective removal methods (Smedley and Kinniburgh, 2002). Arsenate AsO 4 3-can be efficiently sequestered from aqueous solutions by inducing the precipitation of mimetite (Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl), a stable and sparingly soluble phase with an apatite-like st...
This study investigated the levels of some heavy metals (HMs) in surface water samples from River Aleto, located in Aleto-Eleme, Southern Nigeria. The possible health hazards associated with exposure to the selected heavy metals were evaluated. Experimental surface water samples were collected from River Aleto at upstream and downstream locations w...
This study utilized the magnetic Fe3O4‐MnO2 composite for As(III) removal by Box–Behnken design (BBD) model based on response surface methodology. The main objective of this study was to reduce the operational runs with the help of modeling with maximum accurate output and oxidized toxic from As(III) to As(V) with the help of MnO2, after that As(V)...
The introduction of arsenic trioxid (ATO) associated to all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) is the therapeutic standard for standard-risk acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). ATO has been shown to induce dysplastic changes on bone marrow progenitor cells. Despite that, observational studies evaluating bone marrow morphology during follow-up of APL patien...
In China, coal remains the dominant energy source, leading to substantial production of coal gangue. This study established comparative zones—a study area and a control area—and applied the Geo-Detector model (GDM), Absolute Principal Component Score-Multiple Linear Regression (APCS-MLR) model, and cadmium isotope fingerprinting to delineate the or...
The inaugural issue of the Journal of Environmental Science, Health & Sustainability is dedicated to Dr. Dipankar Chakraborti (popularly known as Dip) in honor of his unwavering commitment to addressing the arsenic (As) crisis in the Bengal delta. As a visionary scientist, he played a crucial role in bringing global attention to the widespread As c...
Mango fruits (Mangifera indica L.) significantly contribute to dietary diversity and economic growth, especially in East Asian regions. This study assessed the safety, quality, and nutritional impact of various ripening agents on mangoes commonly used in Pakistan, focusing on their biochemical properties, nutrient composition, and contamination by...
Heavy metal (HM) accumulation in soil poses a major hazard to both ecological health and plant growth progressions. Cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), copper (Cu), chromium (Cr), arsenic (As), zinc (Zn), and nickel (Ni) are examples of HMs that negatively impact the growth and development of plants, resulting in lower agricultural output and food safety conc...
Keywords Bacterial Detoxification Efficiency, Risk Assessment Index, Heavy Metal Toxicity, Public Health Risk, Metal Detoxification. This study evaluated the detoxification efficiency of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus cereus, and Escherichia coli for the bioremediation of six heavy metals: arsenic (As), nickel (Ni), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), le...
An estimated 250 million children under five fail to reach their cognitive development potential in Africa. Growing evidence suggests reduced neurodevelopments for children from environmental exposures, yet research on this topic in Sub-Saharan Africa remains limited. This study examined the effects of multi-chemical prenatal exposure to heavy meta...
Heavy metal contamination from mining activities presents significant risks to soil quality, crop safety, and human health. This study systematically evaluates the levels, spatial distribution, bioaccumulation, and health risks of cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), arsenic (As), and chromium (Cr) in agricultural soils and staple crops (wheat an...
Prostate cancer (PCa) is a major global health concern, particularly in advanced stages where chemotherapy resistance and androgen-independent tumor growth reduce survival rates to below 30%. Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3), regulated by tumor suppressor p53, is a promising therapeutic target due to its role in tumor cell apoptosis. However, chronic ex...
Due to the growing demand for lithium mainly related to the increase in the production of lithium-ion batteries used in electric or hybrid vehicles andin portable electronic equipment, and to a lesser extent also in other strategic fields (military, nuclear technolo-gies), new lithium deposits are being searched for in many countries, as well as po...
Arsenic contamination poses a significant threat to agricultural productivity, necessitating the development of rapid and non-invasive stress detection methods. This study proposes biospeckle optical coherence tomography (bOCT), a noninvasive imaging technique capable of monitoring dynamic cellular activity, as a reliable tool for detecting arsenic...
One of the most important constituents of multifactorial environment which exert its operative influence on any and every ontogenic phase in life cycle of a plant, is water. The water gets polluted as the washouts from catchment area brings along with it various metallic ions, e. g. nickel, zinc, cadmium, lead, arsenic, copper, etc. Many of these a...
This study quantitatively determined the concentration of toxic trace metals in hair and fingernails as bioindicators of occupational exposure among auto repairers of vehicles in workshops within Yola, Nigeria. Exposure was evaluated from the concentrations of toxic metals in the hair and fingernail samples using an atomic absorption spectrophotome...
Heavy metal exposure is associated with adverse health effects in children including impaired cognitive functioning. Studies have identified spices as a potential source of heavy metals. However, in Lancaster, PA no such studies have been conducted. Hence the aim of this study was to quantify arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) in spices from...
In recent years, the frequent occurrence of heavy metal contamination in orchard soils has posed a threat to the quality and edible safety of fruits. To investigate the remediation efficiency and explore the application potential of intercropping patterns featuring hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata in orchards, this study focused on peach trees, a ma...
This study examines the factors driving heavy metal pollution in karst soils and assesses the associated environmental risks. Using a representative karst depression in Guangxi as a case study, we measured soil concentrations of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), and zinc (Zn). These concentrations were analyzed in relation to soil physicochemi...
Hippophae rhamnoides (family Elaeagnaceae) is a deciduous shrub that has become a uniquely advantageous species in the arsenic sandstone area of Inner Mongolia due to its well-developed root system and strong tillering ability. This study, by taking 10-year-old H. rhamnoides in the arsenic sandstone area as the research object and analyzing the mor...
Borophene is found as a monolayer of boron. It emerges as a promising 2D nanomaterial with unique characteristics like anisotropic metallic nature and direction‐dependent mechanical and optical properties. High electrical conductivity, surface corrugation, high chemical reactivity, and substantially high electron mobility are the unique properties...
Multiple myeloma is the second most common hematologic malignancy in older patients. The standard front-line VRD regimen (bortezomib/lenalidomide/dexamethasone) achieves high efficacy but is associated with significant toxicity, leading to infections, bone marrow suppression, and treatment discontinuation in approximately 20% of patients. Alternati...
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive subtype lacking hormonal and HER2 receptors, making it highly resistant to treatment. Apo2L/TRAIL, a tumor necrosis factor-related ligand, induces apoptosis in cancer cells via the death receptor DR4. However, TNBC often develops resistance to TRAIL-mediated apoptosis, limiting its therapeutic p...
Background
The accumulation of heavy metals in surface soil raises significant environmental and public health concerns around the world. This study aimed to examine the relationship between exposure to heavy metals in surface soil and the risk of pain among residents.
Methods
Using national data on eight heavy metals (arsenic, cadmium, chromium,...
Natural casings are integral components in the production of various meat products, including sausages, and their quality and safety have to be controlled to eliminate any risks to consumers’ health. A total of 35 samples of salted natural sheep casings from Turkey, Iran, China, Mongolia, Pakistan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Belgium were...
Heavy metal contamination in wastewater remains a critical environmental concern. This study investigates the adsorption performance of pyridine-functionalized chitosan (CS-PY) for the removal of arsenic (As) and antimony (Sb) from aqueous solutions. Batch experiments were conducted using unmodified chitosan (CS) and CS-PY under varying conditions,...
While environmental and lifestyle factors contribute to urothelial carcinoma (UC) development, their differential effects on bladder cancer (UB) versus upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) and the underlying epigenetic mechanisms remain unclear. This study investigated location-specific risk factors and the mediating role of LINE-1 DNA methylati...
Recent proteomic studies have found several different lysine modifications in plants related to various important metabolic pathways. Lysine deacylation is a key feature of sirtuins for the regulation of several cellular processes in mammals. This may be involved in the tolerance against different stress conditions in case of plants. In this study,...
Arsenic contamination of groundwater is a global health concern, leading to adverse health effects, including skin diseases. Early detection is crucial for prevention and treatment, although manual methods are often time-consuming and error-prone. To address this issue, deep learning methods, specifically transfer learning, offer a promising soluti...
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune condition complicated by drug resistance issues, significantly challenging its treatment. The protein 14-3-3η has been noted for its association with drug resistance in various cancers, and while it is particularly expressed at high levels in RA patients, its role in the disease's pathogenesis is no...
Water pollution is a critical environmental issue affecting rivers and water bodies worldwide. River Yamuna particularly its 22 km stretch through Delhi, is one of the most polluted areas, often referred to as the dead stretch, contributing 80% of the river's total pollution. The present study investigates the physicochemical parameters and heavy m...
Over the past three decades, global coal consumption has increased significantly. Indonesia has become one of the largest consumers in the ASEAN region. One of the primary by-products of coal combustion is fly ash, a fine particulate material that contains various heavy metals such as lead, arsenic, chromium, and cadmium. Although the concentration...
Volcanic eruption can be a source of heavy metal contamination and such contamination may cause certain risks to the environment and to those who are exposed to the volcanic contents. This study aimed to determine the ecological and health risks from heavy metal exposure in the soil after a volcanic eruption. The agricultural soil samples were coll...
Entomophagy has received considerable attention due to its vulnerability to toxic chemical elements, thus requiring safety assessment. In this study, edible insects Rhyncophorus phoenics larvae (palm weevil) and Macrotermes bellicosus (termite) commonly found and sold in Anambra State, Nigeria, were collected from market vendors and identified. The...
