Cadmium accumulates in plants and animals with a long half-life of about 25-30 years. Epidemiological data suggest that occupational and environmental cadmium exposure may be related to various types of cancer, including breast, lung, prostate, nasopharynx, pancreas, and kidney cancers. It has been also demonstrated that …
1. Introduction. The rapid economic growth in China has brought about significant environmental challenges, including the release of heavy metals into the environment, particularly in agricultural soils [42].One of the most prominent concerns of heavy metals is cadmium (Cd), with an average annual increase of 4 μg Cd kg −1, much …
Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic non-essential transition metal that has detrimental impacts on all kinds of organisms. With the rapid industrialization in recent decades, Cd …
Cadmium (Cd) is a heavy metal that is highly toxic for plants, animals, and human beings. A better understanding of the mechanisms involved in Cd accumulation in plants is beneficial for developing strategies for either the remediation of Cd-polluted soils using hyperaccumulator plants or preventing excess Cd accumulation in the edible parts …
Cadmium is used to make low-temperature melting alloys, such as solder and Wood's Metal for indoor sprinkler systems. The latter is an alloy of 50%Bi, 25%Pb, 12.5% Sn, and 12.5%Cd which melts at about 160 degrees Fahrenheit, the temperature of a very hot shower. Cadmium compounds are used both in black and white and color television tubes.
Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic non-essential transition metal that has detrimental impacts on all kinds of organisms. With the rapid industrialization in recent decades, Cd contamination in agricultural soils has become one of the most important environmental issues worldwide [], as a result of the unreasonable discharge of industrial wastes, metal …
Certain heavy metals are well known to be essential microelements needed for plants to grow and complete their life cycle. Elevated concentrations of these metals, however, can be toxic and induce inhibition of various plant metabolic processes (reviewed, e.g., in [1–3]).Cadmium can occur in very high concentrations in the soil that are …
In crop plants, the toxicity of Cd reduces uptake and translocation of nutrients and water, increases oxidative damage, disrupts plant metabolism, and inhibits …
YCF1-transgenic plants contained far higher amounts of heavy metals than PBI121 transformants : the lead and cadmium levels in transgenic lines 1, 3 and 5 were more than twofold higher than those ...
Substances. Fertilizers. Cadmium. Selenium. Cd is the third major contaminant of greatest hazard to the environment after mercury and lead and is considered as the only metal that poses health risks to both humans and animals at plant tissue concentrations that are generally not phytotoxic. Cd accumulation in plant shoots …
Cadmium status in soil. Cadmium (Cd), a lustrous, ductile and very malleable transition metal, is non-essential/poisonous for plants, animals and humans (Gupta and Gupta 1998).It has an extremely long biological half-life (>20 years), is one of the 126 priority contaminants declared by the US-EPA (IARC 1994), stands seventh …
Cadmium (Cd) is a non-essential heavy metal with high toxicity to plants. Plants have acquired specialized mechanisms to sense, transport, and detoxify Cd. Recent studies have identified many transporters involved in Cd uptake, transport, and detoxification. However, the complex transcriptional regulatory networks involved in Cd …
Cadmium (Cd+2) renders multifarious environmental stresses and highly toxic to nearly all living organisms including plants. Cd causes toxicity by unnecessary augmentation of ROS that targets essential molecules and fundamental processes in plants. In response, plants outfitted a repertory of mechanisms to offset Cd toxicity. The …
Soil co-contamination with lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) is a tenacious risk to crop production globally. The current experiment observed the roles of amendments [biochar (BC), slag (SL), and ferrous manganese ore (FMO)] for enhancing Pb and Cd tolerance in sesame (Sesamum indicum L.). Our results reve …
Cadmium absorption from soil, air and water. Plant species and soil texture type, layer structure, pH value and the microbiome including the rhizosphere all affect Cd uptake ( Table 1) ( Sarwar et al., 2010 ). Cd in the air is another important source of Cd absorption by plants. Everyday industrial activities, especially metallurgy and mining ...
Cadmium-induced ROS production and scavenging in plants. The table catalogues research articles published over the last 5 years (since 2018) that report Cd-induced ROS production and effects on both antioxidant enzymes (transcript levels and/or activity) and metabolites (transcript levels/activity of biosynthetic enzymes and/or …
Most cadmium ore (greenockite): exists as cadmium sulfide, is refined during zinc production, and; occurs in association with zinc. It is released into the environment …
Abstract. River water used to irrigate arable land in Dayu County, Jiangxi Province, China, is polluted with cadmium from tailings and the wastewater of tungsten ore dressing plants. From information about the date on construction of ore dressing plants and an analysis of the annual growth rings of trees, we deduced that local residents have ...
Cadmium (Cd) is an unessential trace element in plants that is ubiquitous in the environment. Anthropogenic activities such as disposal of urban refuse, smelting, mining, metal manufacturing, and application of synthetic phosphate fertilizers enhance the concentration of Cd in the environment and are carcinogenic to human health.
The inadvertent uptake of toxic metals can affect plant metabolism, cell structure, transport, and membranes. Cadmium (Cd) is one of the most deleterious soil pollutants and is widely spread in the environment. Cd is phytotoxic, causing plant growth inhibition, stunting, and chlorosis due to altered plant metabolism.
Uranium is a key resource for the nuclear power plants, since it is inexpensive and produces a large amount of electricity. ... This study is shifted to (1) explain the potentiality of recovery of the metal values (uranium, copper, and cadmium) from the Gibbsite ore material at Talet Seleim using various leaching techniques namely acid …
Cadmium is an important pollutant in the environment, toxic to most organisms and a potential threat to human health: Crops and other plants take up Cd from the soil or water and may enrich it in their roots and shoots. In this review, we summarize natural and anthropogenic reasons for the occurrence of Cd toxicity, and evaluate the observed ...
Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic heavy metal primarily released from human industrial activities and agriculture. It contaminates soil and water and then is absorbed by the plant roots to enter the aerial tissues. Although Cd is …
Cadmium toxicity causes the over-production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and results in damage to plant membranes and destruction of cell biomolecules …
Therefore, this chapter presents an overview of Cd effects in plants, the biochemical responses of different plants to cope with Cd stress, and advances using …
Abstract. The hazardous heavy cadmium (Cd) metal deposits into soil through various anthropogenic activities. It is harmful to both animals and plants, …
Cadmium is not an element that is used by the body, and it is toxic. It mainly affects kidneys and bones. It is also a carcinogen by inhalation. Cadmium can accumulate in liver, kidneys and bones, which may serve as sources of exposure later in life. In the environment, cadmium is toxic to plants, animals and micro-organisms.
Abstract. Cadmium, a transition metal, is a member of Group IIB of the periodic table, which also includes zinc and mercury. Pure cadmium is a bluish-white metal but does not occur as such in nature. It was first discovered in 1817 by a German chemist, F. Stromeyer, as a constituent of the zinc ore smithsonite (ZnCO 3 ).
ANOVA proved that cadmium and zinc treatments influenced manganese, lead and copper transfer from soil and their concentration in plants. Zinc uptake and accumulation in either roots or above ...
Cadmium is mainly a byproduct of beneficiating and refining of zinc metal from sulfide ore concentrates. The mined zinc ores are crushed and ground to liberate the zinc sulfide particles from the waste host rock. The ground ore is usually treated by a differential flotation process to separate the zinc-bearing particles from the waste rock ...
Cadmium has been found to be a micronutrient for an ecotype of Thalassiosira weissflogii, a marine alga [] and many other heavy metals such as copper, nickel and zinc are well-known for a long time already as essential trace elements for plants.While general aspects of the entry of Cd into the environment are dealt with in …
In its pure form, cadmium is a silvery white, malleable metal with a bluish hue. It is found naturally in the earth's crust and is a relatively rare metal, ranking 67th in abundance among the 90 naturally occurring elements …
Cadmium (Cd) is an extremely hazardous metal that has a deleterious impact on plant development and productivity. These plants uptake Cd by symplastic, …
Cadmium (Cd) is a highly toxic heavy metal that adversely affects humans, animals, and plants, even at low concentrations. It is widely distributed and has both natural and anthropogenic sources. Plants readily absorb and distribute Cd in …
Cadmium (Cd) is an important environmental pollutant and long-term Cd exposure is closely related to autoimmune diseases, cancer, cardiovascular diseases (CVD), and hepatic dysfunction. Zinc (Zn ...
Cadmium, cobalt and nickel are precipitated using antimony chemical and zinc dust. Cadmium removal After arsenic-based removal of cobalt and nickel, cadmium is removed using Outotec's state-of-the-art fluidized bed system, which gives the lowest possible zinc dust consumption and produces cadmium sponge with high cadmium and low zinc ...
ore deposits as greenockite (CdS). The principal source of cadmium is zinc ore, sphalerite. Other sulphides and sulphosalts may also carry small amounts of the metal. In India, cadmium is recovered as a by-product during zinc smelting and refining. The concentration of cadmium in sphalerite, the principal ore of zinc, ranges from 0.03 to 9.0 wt ...