RETRACTED: Sources, effects and present perspectives of heavy metals contamination: Soil, plants and human food chain

🤖 Plain-English Summary

Heavy metal (HM) poisoning of agricultural soils poses a serious risk to plant life, human health, and global food supply. Lastly, we identified certain research gaps and suggested further study.

🔑 Key Findings

• When HM levels in agricultural soils get to dangerous levels, it harms crop health and yield.
• Chromium (Cr), arsenic (As), nickel (Ni), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), zinc (Zn), and copper (Cu) are the main heavy metals.
• The environment contains these metals in varying degrees, such as in soil, food, water, and even the air.

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