BACKGROUND Several trace minerals have been shown to be associated with thyroid cancer.Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC)is deemed the most mineral-rich country globally.Data on the characteristics of thyroid nodules i...
Supported by the Hainan Province Science and Technology Special Fund (No.ZDYF2022SHFZ317);the Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology (No.2023B1212060047);the Program for Scientific Research Start-up Funds of Guangdong Ocean University (No.060302332301)。
Expanded polystyrene (EPS) is a common type of microplastics (MPs) often found in coastal areas especially aquaculture areas.It is considered as an important site for microbial colonization and biofilm formation,as we...
Supported by the Marine Economic Development Project(No.GDNRC[2022]36);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2018YFD0900206);the Tianjin Science and Technology Program Project(No.21YDTPJC00340)。
Marine pollution poses a critical threat to biodiversity.The synergistic effects of microplastics,specifically high-density polyethylene(HDPE),combined with benzo[a]pyrene(B[a]P)and heavy metals,on the physiology and ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of Shandong(No.ZR2020ZD20);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.22193051);the National Young Top-Notch Talents(No.W03070030);the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.Y202011).
Identification of the most appropriate chemically extractable pool for evaluating Cd and Pb availability remains elusive,hindering accurate assessment on environmental risks and effectiveness of remediation strategies...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.42025705);the Construction Project of Modern Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Alliance of Guangdong Province,China(No.2023KJ112);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41977291 and 42177242);the GDAS’Project of Science and Technology Development,China(No.2019GDASYL-0103048).
Coal power plants annually generate quantities of byproducts that release environmentally hazardous heavy metals like Cd and Pb.Understanding the behavior and spatiotemporal impacts on soils of these releases is cruci...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2022YFC3203604);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51808541,and U1904205).
The floodplain of the Yellow River is a typical area characterized by redox fluctuations and heavy metal pollution.However,the mobilization behavior of heavy metals in floodplain sediments during redox fluctuations re...
Heavy metal(HM)accumulation in soil poses a major hazard to both ecological health and plant growth progressions.Cadmium(Cd),lead(Pb),copper(Cu),chromium(Cr),arsenic(As),zinc(Zn),and nickel(Ni)are examples of HMs that...
supported by the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.LR24C140001 and LZ23C130002);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.U23A20178);the Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(Grant Nos.Y2023QC22 and CAAS-CSCB-202301).
The cell surface receptor chitin elicitor receptor kinase 1(CERK1)is a well-known component of plant immunity.OsCERK1 is involved in regulating copper(Cu)uptake in rice,though the underlying mechanisms remain elusive....
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52100184,and U22A20617).
Controlling heavy metal pollution in agricultural soil has been a significant challenge.These heavy metals seriously threaten the surrounding ecological environment and human health.The effective assessment and remedi...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2019YFC1804501);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.42122056 and U1901210);Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(No.2021B1515020063);the Key Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province(No.2021B1111380003);the Local Innovative and Research Teams Project of Guangdong Pearl River Talents Program(No.2017BT01Z032).
Coking industry is a potential source of heavy metals(HMs)pollution.However,its impacts to the groundwater of surrounding residential areas have not been well understood.This study investigated the pollution character...