ReviewHeliyon2025
From contamination to detection: The growing threat of heavy metals.
Review in Heliyon, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.
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Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed.
- Exogenous pipecolic acid ameliorates lead-induced phytotoxicity in chili (Plant signaling & behavior · 2026Article
- Biomonitoring of Toxic Metals and Metalloids in Hair and Nails of Fishermen from Lake Hawassa, Ethiopia.Biological trace element research · 2026Article
- Electrochemical sensors based on track-etched membranes for rare earth and heavy metal ion detection.RSC advances · 2026Article
- SERS-Based Detection of Food Contaminants: From Laboratory Sensitivity to Practical Implementation-Bottlenecks and Pathways to Standardization.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- Ball milled magnetic sand as a dual-mode fluorescent sensor: turn-on detection of chlorpyrifos and turn-off response to glyphosate.Nanoscale advances · 2026Article
- Highly Improved Sensitivity of FET Sensors Based on a Pulsed Temperature Profile for Lead Ion Detection.Analytical chemistry · 2026Article
- Health risk assessment and ionomic profiling under cadmium, lead, zinc, and manganese stress in Amaranthus cruentus.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Colorimetric Detection of Arsenic (III) and Mercury (II) Ions in Human Serum Albumin Samples Using Cysteine-Capped Gold Nanoparticles.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- CuO@Pyridine Composite for Efficient Removal of Malachite Green and Cd(II) from Water: Adsorption Performance and Mechanistic Insights.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- ICP-MS determination of trace metals in commercial cornflakes from the UAE market.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- A review of metallurgical processing and value-added utilization strategies for zinc oxide.Science progress · 2026Review
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- Artemisia and the Elements: A Botanical Symphony of Minerals and Metals.Biological trace element research · 2026Review
- Ion-imprinted polymer-based sensors for toxic metal-ion detection in water: coordination chemistry, transduction strategies, and environmental applications.Frontiers in chemistry · 2026Review
- Biosynthesized ZnO/CoACS omega · 2025Article
- Advances in surface-enhanced Raman scattering applications for precision agriculture: monitoring plant health and crop quality.RSC advances · 2025Review
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- Influence of photoperiod on endogenous phytohormone levels and cadmium-related gene expression inPlant signaling & behavior · 2025Article
- Advanced technologies for plastic waste recycling: examine recent developments in plastic waste recycling technologies.RSC advances · 2025Review
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Authors and funding
5 authors.
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Abstract
Heavy metals like lead, mercury, cadmium, and arsenic are environmental pollutants that accumulate in ecosystems and pose significant health risks to humans and wildlife, primarily through food chain contamination where plants absorb heavy metals, affecting their growth and threatening consumer health. Cognitive and cardiovascular functions are particularly affected by exposure to heavy metals even at low concentrations through the induction of oxidative stress. Various analytical techniques are used in measuring heavy metals in different environmental and biological samples. The atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) offers low cost, simplicity, and portability but lacks sensitivity for certain metals. Although more sensitive, the high cost of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) may limit laboratory accessibility. The inductively coupled plasma with atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) is known for its broad dynamic linear range and ability to identify minute variations in concentration. Atomic fluorescence spectrometry (AFS) is considered a powerful tool for quantifying heavy metals due to its high sensitivity, low detection limits, and wide linear range. The current article reviews heavy metal pollution's impact on health and spectrometric techniques for the detection of these contaminants. This may help efforts of international, and regional policies towards preventing this health hazard problem.
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