Heavy Metal Toxicity in Public Health

Edited by John Kanayochukwu Nduka and Mohamed Nageeb Rashed

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Abstract: It is often said that the "dosage" of any substance determines its remedy or poison effect. Heavy metal sources encompass sewage, pesticides, fertilizers, environmental contamination, occupational exposure/contact through inhalation, ingestion, and skin. Before the advent of technology/the industrial revolution, communicable diseases ravaged the human race but this seems to have given way to non-communicable diseases such as cancers, renal failure, hormonal distortion enzymes, inhibition of fetal growth, and DNA damage causing negative health issues due to heavy metals. This book brings to the fore probably the most recent experimental research/review on heavy metal contamination, remediating techniques, cellular tissue damage, and toxicological and antioxidant effects of heavy metals. It is hoped that its contents will make interesting reading for all.

JEL-codes: Q51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
ISBN: 978-1-83880-435-0
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A Role for Heavy Metal Toxicity and Air Pollution in Respiratory Tract Cancers

Chanda Siddoo-Atwal

Health Risks of Potentially Toxic Metals Contaminated Water

Om Bansal

Heavy Metal Contamination and Remediation of Water and Soil with Case Studies From Cyprus

Mustafa Ertan Akun

Intracellular Iron Concentration and Distribution Have Multiple Effects on Cell Cycle Events

Paul Seligman and Gamini Siriwardana

Mercury Toxicity in Public Health

Narjala Rama Jyothi and Nainar Abdulkhader Mohamed Farook

Sorption of Phosphorus, Nickel, and Lead from Aqueous Solution Using Manganese Oxide-Coated Materials

Nesrine Boujelben

Toxicologic Characteristics of Nanodisperse Manganese Oxide: Physical-Chemical Properties, Biological Accumulation, and Morphological-Functional Properties at Various Exposure Types

Nina Vladimirovna Zaitseva and Marina Alexandrovna Zemlianova

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DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.83101

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