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ReviewRSC advances2025

Hexavalent chromium at the crossroads of science, environment and public health.

Yaroslav Zhigalenok, Aigerim Tazhibayeva, Saule Kokhmetova, Alena Starodubtseva, Tatyana Kan, Dana Isbergenova, Fyodor Malchik

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Review in RSC advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

2 · The registry

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Integrating pharmacologically important flora into phytoremediation: The role of bacillus strains in mitigating chromium toxicity and enhancing rhizostabilization.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2026
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  6. Mechanism of Liver Injury Induced by CrAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
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  15. Green Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Dots fromSensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Yaroslav ZhigalenokAl-Farabi Kazakh National University Almaty 050040 Kazakhstan tornatore@mail.ru.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1452-1248
Aigerim TazhibayevaAl-Farabi Kazakh National University Almaty 050040 Kazakhstan tornatore@mail.ru.
Saule KokhmetovaAl-Farabi Kazakh National University Almaty 050040 Kazakhstan tornatore@mail.ru.
Alena StarodubtsevaAl-Farabi Kazakh National University Almaty 050040 Kazakhstan tornatore@mail.ru.
Tatyana KanAl-Farabi Kazakh National University Almaty 050040 Kazakhstan tornatore@mail.ru.
Dana IsbergenovaAl-Farabi Kazakh National University Almaty 050040 Kazakhstan tornatore@mail.ru.
Fyodor MalchikAl-Farabi Kazakh National University Almaty 050040 Kazakhstan tornatore@mail.ru.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6381-0738

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hexavalent chromium (Cr(vi)) contamination represents one of the most persistent and complex environmental challenges of our time. This comprehensive review synthesizes current knowledge across toxicology, environmental geochemistry, analytical chemistry, and remediation technologies to reveal fundamental disconnects between scientific understanding and practical solutions. While research has elucidated molecular mechanisms of Cr(vi) toxicity with remarkable precision - from cellular entry through oxidative damage cascades to genomic instability - this knowledge has not translated into proportionally effective environmental remediation strategies. The analysis reveals that chromium contamination is more complex and persistent than traditionally acknowledged. The reversible nature of chromium redox transformations creates dynamic contamination cycles that resist conventional treatment approaches. Emerging evidence challenges the traditional safe Cr(iii)

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PMCPMC12188526

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