Heavy Metal Contamination: Sources, Health Impacts, and Sustainable Mitigation Strategies with Insights from Nigerian Case Studies
F1000Research,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
14, P. 134 - 134
Published: Jan. 27, 2025
Heavy
metal
contamination
has
gradually
become
a
very
much
important
significant
global
issue
due
to
its
continual
existence
in
the
environment
and
bioaccumulation
ecosystems,
posing
deleterious
risks
human
health.
This
review
aims
investigate
sources,
pathways,
toxicological
impacts
of
heavy
metals
such
as
cadmium,
lead,
mercury,
arsenic,
elucidating
their
health
consequences
plausible
mitigation
strategies.
Furthermore,
explores
dual
origins
contamination;
natural
geological
processes
anthropogenic
activities
industrial
emissions,
mining,
agricultural
practices.
These
sip
into
soil,
water,
food
chains,
leading
bioaccumulation,
bio-magnification
causing
risks,
including
cardiovascular
diseases,
neurological
disorders,
reproductive
toxicity.
Additionally,
addition
indigenous
case
studies
from
Nigeria,
lead
poisoning
Zamfara
State
Great
Kwa
River
Cross
Rivers
underscores
disproportionate
impact
pollution
developing
nations.
reveal
socio-economic
environmental
dimensions
issue,
providing
contextual
understanding
region-specific
vulnerabilities
outcomes.
To
address
these
problems,
evaluates
already
existing
strategies,
chelation
therapy
phytoremediation,
while
proposing
sustainable,
cost-effective
solutions
for
reducing
exposure
mitigating
impacts.
It
emphasizes
importance
integrative
approaches
involving
policy,
community
engagement,
technological
innovations
fight
effectively.
In
conclusion,
this
seminar
contributes
toxicity,
giving
showcasing
insights
sources
implications
contamination.
By
integrating
theoretical
perspectives
with
practical
solutions,
provides
robust
framework
informing
policy
makers
advancing
sustainable
management
practices.
Language: Английский
Heavy Metal Contamination: Sources, Health Impacts, and Sustainable Mitigation Strategies with Insights from Nigerian Case Studies
F1000Research,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
14, P. 134 - 134
Published: Feb. 18, 2025
Heavy
metal
contamination
has
gradually
become
a
very
much
important
significant
global
issue
due
to
its
continual
existence
in
the
environment
and
bioaccumulation
ecosystems,
posing
deleterious
risks
human
health.
This
review
aims
investigate
sources,
pathways,
toxicological
impacts
of
heavy
metals
such
as
cadmium,
lead,
mercury,
arsenic,
elucidating
their
health
consequences
plausible
mitigation
strategies.
Furthermore,
explores
dual
origins
contamination;
natural
geological
processes
anthropogenic
activities
industrial
emissions,
mining,
agricultural
practices.
These
sip
into
soil,
water,
food
chains,
leading
bioaccumulation,
bio-magnification
causing
risks,
including
cardiovascular
diseases,
neurological
disorders,
reproductive
toxicity.
Additionally,
addition
indigenous
case
studies
from
Nigeria,
lead
poisoning
Zamfara
State
Great
Kwa
River
Cross
Rivers
underscores
disproportionate
impact
pollution
developing
nations.
reveal
socio-economic
environmental
dimensions
issue,
providing
contextual
understanding
region-specific
vulnerabilities
outcomes.
To
address
these
problems,
evaluates
already
existing
strategies,
chelation
therapy
phytoremediation,
while
proposing
sustainable,
cost-effective
solutions
for
reducing
exposure
mitigating
impacts.
It
emphasizes
importance
integrative
approaches
involving
policy,
community
engagement,
technological
innovations
fight
effectively.
In
conclusion,
this
seminar
contributes
toxicity,
giving
showcasing
insights
sources
implications
contamination.
By
integrating
theoretical
perspectives
with
practical
solutions,
provides
robust
framework
informing
policy
makers
advancing
sustainable
management
practices.
Language: Английский
Heavy Metal Contamination: Sources, Health Impacts, and Sustainable Mitigation Strategies with Insights from Nigerian Case Studies
F1000Research,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
14, P. 134 - 134
Published: April 24, 2025
Heavy
metal
contamination
has
gradually
become
a
highly
significant
global
issue
due
to
its
continual
existence
in
the
environment
and
bioaccumulation
ecosystems,
posing
deleterious
risks
human
health.
This
review
aims
investigate
sources,
pathways,
toxicological
impacts
of
heavy
metals
such
as
cadmium,
lead,
mercury,
arsenic,
elucidating
their
health
consequences
plausible
mitigation
strategies.
Furthermore,
explores
dual
origins
contamination;
natural
geological
processes
anthropogenic
activities
industrial
emissions,
mining,
agricultural
practices.
These
seep
into
soil,
water,
food
chains,
leading
bioaccumulation,
bio-magnification
causing
risks,
including
cardiovascular
diseases,
neurological
disorders,
reproductive
toxicity.
Additionally,
addition
indigenous
case
studies
from
Nigeria,
lead
poisoning
Zamfara
State
Great
Kwa
River
Cross
Rivers
underscores
disproportionate
impact
pollution
developing
nations.
reveal
socio-economic
environmental
dimensions
issue,
providing
contextual
understanding
region-specific
vulnerabilities
outcomes.
To
address
these
problems,
evaluates
already
existing
strategies,
chelation
therapy
phytoremediation,
while
proposing
sustainable,
cost-effective
solutions
for
reducing
exposure
mitigating
impacts.
It
emphasizes
importance
integrative
approaches
involving
policy,
community
engagement,
technological
innovations
fight
effectively.
In
conclusion,
this
seminar
contributes
toxicity,
giving
showcasing
very
much
important
insights
sources
implications
contamination.
By
integrating
theoretical
perspectives
with
practical
solutions,
provides
robust
framework
informing
policy
makers
advancing
sustainable
management
practices.
Language: Английский
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The Science of The Total Environment,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
959, P. 178181 - 178181
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