The relative impact of toxic heavy metals (THMs) (arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr)(VI), mercury (Hg), and lead (Pb)) on the total environment: an overview

• Published in: Environmental monitoring and assessment Vol. 191; no. 7; p. 419
• Main Authors: Rahman, Zeeshanur, Singh, Ved Pal
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.07.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acids; Arsenic; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Biosphere; Cadmium; Chromium; death; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecology; Ecotoxicology; Environment; Environmental Management; Extremities; Heavy metals; humans; Hydrosphere; Industrial areas; Lead; Lithosphere; Low concentrations; Mercury; Mercury (metal); Metal concentrations; Metals; Microorganisms; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis; Pedosphere; Pesticides; plants (botany); Toxicity; Toxins; Bangladesh; Vietnam; Hungary; United States > US; China; Japan; Philippines; Mexico; Australia; Peru; Nepal; India; Human; Environment; Natural system; Toxicity; Heavy metal

Certain five heavy metals viz. arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr)(VI), mercury (Hg), and lead (Pb) are non-threshold toxins and can exert toxic effects at very low concentrations. These heavy metals are known as most problematic heavy metals and as toxic heavy metals (THMs). Several industria...