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Effects of heavy metals and metalloids on plant-animal interaction and biodiversity of terrestrial ecosystems-an overview.
Environ Monit Assess
December 2024
CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla County, Menglun, 666316, Yunnan Province, P.R. China.
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- Heavy metals and metalloids are widespread in the environment, primarily due to human activities like industrial emissions and mining, posing significant risks to public health and ecosystems.
- Their negative impact on interspecies interactions, particularly between plants and pollinators, results in compromised nectar quality and pollen viability, which can hinder plant reproduction and pollinator health.
- Evidence shows that heavy metal exposure, like cadmium and zinc, adversely affects pollinator performance, growth, and survival, ultimately disrupting plant-pollinator dynamics essential for ecological balance.
Brine shrimp Artemia salina to evaluate the impact of environmental concentrations of BMAA and isomers, DAB and AEG, via mortality (nauplii) and behavioural (adult) tests.
Sci Total Environ
December 2024
UPR CHROME (Risques CHROniques et eMErgents), University of Nîmes, Nîmes, France. Electronic address:
BMAA and its isomers, DAB and AEG, are toxins mainly produced by cyanobacterial blooms and represent an emerging risk worldwide. Anthropization and climate changes are expanding blooms and the presence of these toxins has been evidenced in different environments including water and air. Investigated since decades, BMAA is a recognized danger in cases of bioaccumulation or when directly exposed to relatively high doses (μg/L).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA multi-scale integrative approach to study the impact of a common pesticide, the dimethoate, on a mangrove fiddler crab Tubuca urvillei.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
December 2024
Université de Mayotte, 8 Rue de L'Université, BP 53, 97660, Dembeni, Mayotte, France.
At land-sea interface, mangroves are likely to be exposed to pesticides due to agricultural run-offs. In Mayotte Island (Comoros archipelago, Mozambique Channel), dimethoate (DMT) is found in high concentrations in tomatoes, but no data confirm its presence in mangroves. We aimed at screening the presence of DMT in three mangroves of Mayotte at different levels (highest point above crops, village, upstream mangrove, downstream mangrove) and assessing the impact of DMT coupled with reduced salinity on mangrove crab physiology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHuman health risk assessment of potentially toxic and essential elements in medicinal plants consumed in Zabol, Iran, using the Monte Carlo simulation method.
Sci Rep
October 2024
Social Development and Health Promotion Research Center, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Article Synopsis
- * The study involved analyzing 150 samples of 10 commonly consumed MPs for various PTEs using advanced scientific methods, finding significant differences in PTE levels among types.
- * Results indicated that the average PTE concentration in all samples was below WHO standards, and health risk assessments showed that consuming these MPs poses no significant carcinogenic or non-carcinogenic risks for both children and adults.
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