Heavy metals in food crops: Health risks, fate, mechanisms, and management
Food security is a high-priority issue for sustainable global development both quantitatively and qualitatively. In recent decades, adverse effects of unexpected contaminants on crop quality have threatened both food security and human health. Heavy metals and metalloids (e.g., Hg, As, Pb, Cd, and C...
Main Authors: | Prabhat Kumar Rai, Sang Soo Lee, Ming Zhang, Yiu Fai Tsang, Ki-Hyun Kim |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-04-01
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Series: | Environment International |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412018327971 |
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