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Advances in “Omics” Approaches for Improving Toxic Metals/Metalloids Tolerance in Plants

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Food safety has emerged as a high-urgency matter for sustainable agricultural production. Toxic metal contamination of soil and water significantly affects agricultural productivity, which is further aggravated by extreme anthropogenic activities and ...
Ali Raza, Javaria Tabassum, Zainab Zahid, Sidra Charagh, Shanza Bashir, Rutwik Barmukh, Rao Sohail Ahmad Khan, Fernando Barbosa, Chong Zhang, Hua Chen, Weijian Zhuang, Rajeev K. Varshney, Rajeev K. Varshney, Rajeev K. Varshney   +13 more
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Urinary trace metals, maternal circulating angiogenic biomarkers, and preeclampsia: a single-contaminant and mixture-based approach

Environmental Health, 2019
Background Exposures to toxic metals and deficiencies in essential metals disrupt placentation and may contribute to preeclampsia. However, effects of exposure to combinations of metals remain unknown.
Paige A. Bommarito, Stephani S. Kim, John D. Meeker, Rebecca C. Fry, David E. Cantonwine, Thomas F. McElrath, Kelly K. Ferguson   +6 more
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Quantification of toxic metals using machine learning techniques and spark emission spectroscopy [PDF]

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2020
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) list of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) includes toxic metal suspected or associated with development of cancer.
S. A. Davari, A. S. Wexler, A. S. Wexler, A. S. Wexler   +3 more
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Alopecia Areata and Toxic Metals [PDF]

, 2020
Toxic metals are not so rare but are often neglected causes of alopecia areata in men and women. Thallium, arsenic, selenium, and mercury are the most common cause of metals-related alopecia, which is what Vicky Yu and colleagues' found.
L. Brambilla, S. M. Ferrucci, Paolo Pigatto, G. Guzzi   +3 more
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Toxic and Essential Metals in Human Health and Disease 2021

Biomolecules, 2022
The Special Issue of Biomolecules called “Toxic and Essential Metals in Human Health and Disease 2021” represents a follow-up of the previous Special Issue with the name of “Toxic and Essential Metals in Human Health and Disease” [...]
Jan O. Aaseth
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The Severity of Autism Is Associated with Toxic Metal Body Burden and Red Blood Cell Glutathione Levels

Journal of Toxicology, 2009
This study investigated the relationship of children's autism symptoms with their toxic metal body burden and red blood cell (RBC) glutathione levels. In children ages 3–8 years, the severity of autism was assessed using four tools: ADOS, PDD-BI, ATEC ...
J. B. Adams, M. Baral, E. Geis, J. Mitchell, J. Ingram, A. Hensley, I. Zappia, S. Newmark, E. Gehn, R. A. Rubin, K. Mitchell, J. Bradstreet, J. M. El-Dahr   +12 more
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Seasonal Source Apportionment of Heavy Metals and Physicochemical Parameters: A Case Study of Sapanca Lake Watershed

Journal of Spectroscopy, 2020
This study was aimed to evaluate the water quality and pollution sources in Sapanca Lake and its tributaries by applying multivariate statistical techniques to physicochemical parameters and toxic metals.
Asude Ateş, Hülya Demirel, Rabia Köklü, Şenay Çetin Doğruparmak, Hüseyin Altundağ, Bülent Şengörür   +5 more
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Elemental biomapping of human tissues suggests toxic metals such as mercury play a role in the pathogenesis of cancer

Frontiers in Oncology
Toxic metals such as mercury, lead, and cadmium have multiple carcinogenic capacities, including the ability to damage DNA and incite inflammation. Environmental toxic metals have long been suspected to play a role in the pathogenesis of cancer, but ...
Roger Pamphlett, David P. Bishop
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Removal of toxic metals from aqueous phase using cacao pod husk biochar in the era of green chemistry

Applied Water Science, 2022
Cacao pod husk biochar was used as an adsorbent for the adsorption of toxic metals from aqueous phase. Cacao pod husk signifies a readily available source of eco-friendly and low-cost adsorbent in Sub-Saharan Africa that has scarcely been paid attention ...
Comfort Yaa Boatemaa Abbey, Abudu Ballu Duwiejuah, Albert Kojo Quianoo   +2 more
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Neuron Protection by EDTA May Explain the Successful Outcomes of Toxic Metal Chelation Therapy in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Biomedicines, 2022
Many mechanisms have been related to the etiopathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) such as multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and Alzheimer’s disease.
Maria Elena Ferrero
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