Effects of Metals on Human Health and Ecosystem

Heavy metals are one of the main constituents of the earth and have played an important role in living organisms. However, ingestion of large amounts of even essential heavy metals can cause serious damage and continue to cause many sufferings as pollutants in the environment. This chapter outlines the toxicity common to the general properties of heavy metals, and then details the effects of individual heavy metals on living organisms, mainly human health. And finally, it also describes the effect of reducing the antioxidant heavy metals that coexist with the adverse health effects of these heavy metals.