Native Endomycorrhiza With Tolerance to Heavy Metal Contamination in Organic Culture Media

Hazards of heavy metal contamination.

The main threats to human health from heavy metals are associated with exposure to lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic. These metals have been extensively studied and their effects on human health regularly reviewed by international bodies such as the WHO. Heavy metals have been used by humans for thousands of years. Although several adverse health effects of heavy metals have been known for a l...

Heavy Metal Tolerance

Heavy metal contamination in bats in Britain.

Toxic metals are bioaccumulated by insectivorous mammals but few studies (none from Britain) have quantified residues in bats. We measured renal mercury (Hg), lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) concentrations in bats from south-west England to determine how they varied with species, sex, age, and over time, and if they were likely to cause adverse effects. Residues were generally highest in whiskered b...

Heavy Metal Contamination of Popular Nail Polishes in Iran

Background: Toxic and hazardous heavy metals like arsenic, lead, mercury, zinc, chromium and iron are found in a variety of personal care products, e.g. lipstick, whitening toothpaste, eyeliner and nail color. The nails absorb the pigments of nail polishes and vaporized or soluble metals can easily pass it. The goal of this survey was to assess whether the different colors of nail polishes comp...

Heavy Metal Contamination of Vegetables in Delhi

INTRODUCTION: This paper describes selected findings from an interdisciplinary research project funded by the UK Department for International Development (January 2000 to April 2003) which was carried out in Delhi and Varanasi by Imperial College, London in partnership with Srishti; Delhi University; Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; Development Tracks, New Delhi and the Indian Agricultural R...