Heavy metal pollution in soils caused by mining and smelting has attracted worldwide attention for its potential health risks to residents. This paper studies the concentrations and accumulations of Sb and As in both soils and vegetables and the human health risks of Sb and As in vegetables from Xikuangshan (XKS) Sb mine, Hunan, China. Results showed that the soils were severely polluted by Sb ...

An effect of environment on the sensitivity of welsh onion genome to provocative mutagenesis with formaldehyde was studied. Seeds of welsh onion were collected from plants grown at localities with different values of ecological impact “bad”, “middle” and “good”. Seeds (at the 19th month of storage) from three localities were germinated in formaldehyde solution (0,0004%) or in distilled water as...