[www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

During the last few decades, increased anthropogenic activities, rapid industrialization, and modern agricultural practices have resulted in increased heavy metal contamination in the environment, which causes toxicity to the living organisms (Eapen and D'souza, 2005; Kavamura and Esposito, 2010; Miransari, 2011). Large areas of land have been contaminated with heavy metals due to the use of pesticides, fertilizers, municipal and compost wastes, and also due to heavy metal release from smelting industries and metalliferous mines (Yang et al., 2005).

It is expected that world population will be about 10 billion by the middle of the twenty-first century, and we will witness serious food shortages (Smith et al., 2010; Naika et al., 2013).

Being sessile organisms, plants cannot escape unwanted changes in the environment. Exposure to heavy metals triggers a wide range of physiological and biochemical alterations, and plants have to develop and/or adopt a series of strategies that allow them to cope with the negative consequences of heavy metal toxicity.

The roots of sessile plants are the first organ that encounters heavy metals, and thus, roots have been widely studied to assess the impact of a stressor. Plants growing on heavy metal-rich soils suffer from both decreased growth and yield (Keunen et al., 2011)

Once inside the cell, heavy metals alter metabolism that results into a reduction of growth and lower biomass accumulation (Nagajyoti et al., 2010).

Pb is one of the most toxic heavy metals that has soil retention time of 150–5000 years and reported to maintain its concentration high for as long as 150 years (NandaKumar et al., 1995; Yang et al., 2005). Plants growing in heavy metal-contaminated sites generally accumulate higher amounts of heavy metals, and thus, contamination of food chain occurs.

Nitrogen is the most essential nutrient as it is the major constituent of proteins, nucleic acids, vitamins, and hormones. It has the potentiality of alleviating heavy metal toxicity, as it enhances the photosynthetic capacity by increasing chlorophyll synthesis, often synthesizes N-containing metabolites like proline, GSH, etc. and by enhancing the activity of antioxidant enzymes (Sharma and Dietz, 2006; Lin et al., 2011).

Sulfur (S), another mineral nutrient, serves as an important constituent of several coenzymes, vitamins, and ferredoxin. Wangeline et al. (2004) reported that Cd toxicity could be alleviated by the upregulation of S-assimilation pathway, thus suggesting toward alleviating role of S under heavy metal toxicity.

Potassium (K) ion is required by the plant to maintain anion–cation balance in cells and plays important regulatory role in protein synthesis and enzyme activation. By improving nutritional status of K, condition of oxidative stress in plants can be minimized (Shen et al., 2000).

Magnesium (Mg), an important constituent for chlorophyll biosynthesis, plays an essential role under heavy metal toxicity. Abul Kashem and Kawai (2007) reported that Cd (0.25 ?M) -induced toxicity in Japanese mustard spinach was alleviated by Mg at 10 mM, and Cd accumulation was reduced by 40%.

Studies on lettuce grown under Pb and Cd toxicity supplemented with Se showed a decrease in heavy metal accumulation as well as enhanced uptake of essential nutrients (He et al., 2004).

it is known that proteins directly take part in plant stress responses, and plant adaptations to heavy metal stress are always accompanied with deep proteomic changes.

Phytochelatins (PCs) have been the best-characterized chelators in plant systems. It has been reported that PCS were activated under heavy metal exposure (Rauser, 1995; Cobbett, 2000),

Brassinosteroids are group of hormones having ability of regulating ion uptake in plant cells and very effectively reducing the heavy metal accumulation in plants. BRs can also impart plant stress tolerance against variety of biotic and abiotic stresses such as heavy metal, salinity, drought, low and high temperatures, and pathogen attack (Bajguz and Hayat, 2009; Hao et al., 2013).

That's interesting about the antidotes to heavy metals.

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During the last few decades, increased anthropogenic activities, rapid industrialization, and modern agricultural practices have resulted in increased heavy metal contamination in the environment, which causes toxicity to the living organisms (Eapen and D'souza, 2005; Kavamura and Esposito, 2010; Miransari, 2011). Large areas of land have been contaminated with heavy metals due to the use of pesticides, fertilizers, municipal and compost wastes, and also due to heavy metal release from smelting industries and metalliferous mines

However, they neglected to mention one gigantic source of heavy metal contamination of the environment -

[www.geoengineeringwatch.org]

Heavy Metals In Atmosphere, Autism, ADD & Illness, It’s All Connected

Cancer, Heavy Metals and Climate Engineering

Geoengineering controls our weather, fills skies with heavy metals

Climate Engineering, Heavy Metal Contamination, And Cover-up

Heavy Metal Contamination And Radio Frequency Exposure, A Very Bad Mix

Heavy Metal Skies

Chemtrails: The Consequences of Toxic Metals and Chemical Aerosols on Human Health

ETC....

Yes, if people realized that geoengineering was the cause of man-made climate changes (and perhaps many covid-like symptoms too), people would put pressure on their governments to quit these programs.

Also, not sure where I read it - maybe on that website, but the geoengineering mix contains graphene, also. So after also reading about or watching a video that the graphene contained in the Kill Shot - and maybe the tests and face masks, also - acts like microscopic razor blades in our body, it's not a stretch to figure our insides are being cut to pieces. I never got a test, but I did wear the blue surgical masks sometimes which is worrisome.

I must look up where I heard about the graphene razor blades and the graphene in the chemtrails.