ReviewHeliyon2024
Sources, effects and present perspectives of heavy metals contamination: Soil, plants and human food chain.
Review in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 156 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
156 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 668 citations in OpenAlex.
- Toxic heavy metals distribution in urban soils of Africa: a systematic review.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2026Pooled it
- Toxic Metal in Plant-Based Therapeutics: Contamination Pathways, Oxidative Stress Induction, and Onset of Disease.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2026Pooled it
- PRISMA-based review ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Pooled it
- Electrochemical Detection of Heavy Metals Using Graphene-Based Sensors: Advances, Meta-Analysis, Toxicity, and Sustainable Development Challenges.Biosensors · 2025Pooled it
- Human Health Risk Assessment From Exposure to Toxic Metals in Soils and Leafy Vegetables in Smallholder Farms of Northeastern Brazil.Journal of applied toxicology : JAT · 2026Article
- Heavy metal contamination, source apportionment and health risk in soil-crop systems of high-geochemical-background Pb-Zn mining area.iScience · 2026Article
- Integrated nutrient and plant growth regulator management improves cadmium phytoextraction in Ricinus communis.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2026Article
- Combined Effects and Potential Mechanisms of Multiple Metals Exposure on Coronary Artery Disease in the US Population: An Integrated Epidemiological and Network Toxicology Study.Biological trace element research · 2026Article
- Deciphering the role of human peroxiredoxins for combating lead and zinc mediated cellular toxicity using a yeast model.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2026Article
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- Study of the potential of composite material based on zeolite and geopolymer as an adsorbent of toxic metals.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2026Article
- OsELP Mediated Apoplastic Sequestration in Roots Acts as an Arsenic Filter, Limiting Grain Accumulation in Rice.Plant, cell & environment · 2026Article
- Harnessing biostimulants to alleviate potentially toxic element stress in vegetable crops.Planta · 2026Review
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- Designing a Whole-Cell Biosensor for Detection of Toxic Metals Using Intein Splicing Inhibition ofACS omega · 2026Article
- Integration of feather waste hydrolysis, enzyme production, and cultivation of Spirulina (Limnospira platensis) and its potential economic and environmental benefits.Bioprocess and biosystems engineering · 2026Article
- SlJMJ12 overexpression confers improved cadmium tolerance in Arabidopsis and tomato.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Contamination levels and health risk assessment of heavy metals in edible leafy vegetables distributed in Rafsanjan, southeast Iran.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Regulatory dynamics of molecular determinants in divergent rice varieties under the influence of nano-structured Zinc: an integrative study of OsbZIP genes and their targeting miRNAs.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Detection of Potentially Toxic Elements and Tolerant Native Fungi Presence in an Urban Stream in Argentina.Environmental microbiology reports · 2026Article
96 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
- Retraction · 2026-01-22Computer-Aided Content or Computer-Generated Content · Concerns/Issues about Authorship/Affiliation · Investigation by Journal/Publisher · Objections by Author(s) · Unreliable Results and/or Conclusions ·
Authors and funding
7 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Heavy metal (HM) poisoning of agricultural soils poses a serious risk to plant life, human health, and global food supply. When HM levels in agricultural soils get to dangerous levels, it harms crop health and yield. Chromium (Cr), arsenic (As), nickel (Ni), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), zinc (Zn), and copper (Cu) are the main heavy metals. The environment contains these metals in varying degrees, such as in soil, food, water, and even the air. These substances damage plants and alter soil characteristics, which lowers crop yield. Crop types, growing circumstances, elemental toxicity, developmental stage, soil physical and chemical properties, and the presence and bioavailability of heavy metals (HMs) in the soil solution are some of the factors affecting the amount of HM toxicity in crops. By interfering with the normal structure and function of cellular components, HMs can impede various metabolic and developmental processes. Humans are exposed to numerous serious diseases by consuming these affected plant products. Exposure to certain metals can harm the kidneys, brain, intestines, lungs, liver, and other organs of the human body. This review assesses (1) contamination of heavy metals in soils through different sources, like anthropogenic and natural; (2) the effect on microorganisms and the chemical and physical properties of soil; (3) the effect on plants as well as crop production; and (4) entering the food chain and associated hazards to human health. Lastly, we identified certain research gaps and suggested further study. If people want to feel safe in their surroundings, there needs to be stringent regulation of the release of heavy metals into the environment.
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