Urban dust contamination is becoming progressively noticeable, and heavy metals are
primary pollutants in urban environments. The contamination of heavy metals in urban dust …

Public transport has undergone major changes in recent years. In particular, they relate to
the issue of environmental impact. Due to the significant emission of pollutants from the …

Pyrite is a typical sulfide mineral which contains various potentially toxic metal (loid) s
(PTMs). The pyrite smelting and subsequent industrial utilization activities usually release …

Aims: Air quality changes with human health risk assessment were investigated. Methods:
The measurement results obtained by the Regional Environmental Protection Inspectorate …

The main objective of this study was to explore the impact of various spectral indices on the
performance of change vector analysis (CVA) for detecting the land cover changes on the …

Risk to human health as a consequence of toxic materials found in modern societies is a
matter of grave concern to the world community. What is more, risks to humans that arise …

Street dust samples from Durgapur, the steel city of eastern India, were collected from five
different land use patterns, ie, national highways, urban residential area, sensitive area …

Operational small-scale coal mining (OSCM) is one of the most significant sources of
chromium (Cr) and lead (Pb) pollution in Bangladesh. Attempts to minimize or lessen the …

Long-term exposure to high levels of heavy metals can lead to a variety of diseases. In
recent years, researchers have paid more attention to mining and smelting areas, industrial …

Increasingly stringent environmental regulations and industry adoption of waste
minimization guidelines have thus, stimulated the need for the development of recycling and …