Heavy Metal

Heavy Metal. Various sources of heavy metals include soil erosion natural weathering of the earths crust mining industrial effluents urban runoff sewage discharge insect or disease control agents applied to crops and many others Morais et al 2012. However each metal is known to have unique features and physic-chemical properties that confer to its specific toxicological mechanisms of action.

Directed by Gerald Potterton John Bruno John Halas Julian Harris Jimmy T. Rest of the elements which are shown in yellow color show. Heavy metal-induced toxicity and carcinogenicity involves many mechanistic aspects some of which are not clearly elucidated or understood.

In the case of the human body heavy metals can bind to vital cellular components and interfere with their functioning such as structural proteins enzymes and nucleic acids.

Heavy metals are of high toxicity and can pollute the environment severely. This review provides an analysis of the environmental. Examples of heavy metals that can cause toxicity include lead mercury arsenic cadmium and chromium. A heavy metals panel test measures multiple heavy metals in one test sample.