• Mayank Vyas
• Ruchika Purohit
• Pawan Chouhan
• Dr. Anil Vyas
• Dr. Suresh Kumar Singh

Wastes are the major source of soil pollution, originating from mining, chemical, metal processing industries and other allied industries. These wastes include many chemicals like heavy metals, phenolic, organic, non-metals etc. Heavy metals are the intrinsic components of the environment, with essential and non-essential both types. Heavy metal accumulation in soil is major concern in agricultural production due to its adverse effect on food safety, marketability and crop growth and also due to phyto-toxic effects and environment health of soil organism .The toxic effect of heavy metals, even though they do not have any biological role, remain present in some or the other form harmful for human body and its person functioning . Metal toxicity depends upon the absorbed dose, the route of exposure and duration of exposure, acute or chronic .This can lead to various disorder and can also result in excessive damage due to oxidative stress induced by free radical formation. This review paper details about some heavy metals and their toxicity mechanism along with their health effect. Heavy metals exhibit toxic effects towards soil by affecting key microbial process and decrease the number and activity of soil micro-organism. Even low concentration of heavy metal in plants and subsequent accumulation along the food chain is potential threat to human health.

Heavy metals, effects on Human health, toxicity, Effects on plants

"A REVIEW ON EFFECTS OF SOME HEAVY METALS ON PLANTS AND HUMAN HEALTH", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 12, page no.132-136, December-2017, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1712027.pdf

"A REVIEW ON EFFECTS OF SOME HEAVY METALS ON PLANTS AND HUMAN HEALTH", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 12, page no. pp132-136, December-2017, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1712027.pdf