Isvoran, Adriana Roman, Diana Larisa Dascalu, Daniela Vlad-Oros, Beatrice Ciorsac, Alecu Pitulic, Laura Jonović, Radojka Stevanović, Zoran Ostafe, Vasile http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:318 doi:10.2478.eces-2021-0025 cobiss:65669641 Human health effects of heavy metal pollution in the cross-border area of Romania and Serbia: a review Keywords: mining activity, pollution, heavy metals, human health effects 2021 Abstract: This review illustrates the state of air. water and soil pollution with heavy metals resulting from mining activities in the cross-border area of Romania and the Republic of Serbia. It also emphasizes the possible human health effects that certain heavy metals can cause. The heavy metals that were identified as polluting the air. water, and or soil in the area of interest are: As. Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe. Hg, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, and Zn. Acute or chronic exposure to these heavy metals may cause numerous human health effects as they affect numerous organs and tissues (gastrointestinal tract, liver, lungs, kidneys, bladder, central nervous system, reproductive system, etc.). The review shows that the pollution produced by both abandoned and active mines cannot be neglected and underlines the necessity of changes in the current mining practices so that mining operations will assure better protection for the environment and human health. srp application/pdf 2393806 bytes info:eu-repo/semantics/article Ecological Chemistry and Engineering. S. - ISSN 1898-6196 (Vol. 28, iss. 3, 2021, str. 365 - 388) 28(3)