Human health risk assessment of nitrate and heavy metals in urban groundwater in Southeast Nigeria

DA Ayejoto, JC Egbueri - Ecological Frontiers, 2024 - Elsevier
Groundwater contamination by nitrate and heavy metals is a growing global concern due to
its detrimental effects on human health through ingestion and dermal exposure. This study …

Health risk assessment of nitrate and fluoride toxicity in groundwater contamination in the semi-arid area of Medchal, South India

LK Duvva, KK Panga, R Dhakate, V Himabindu - Applied Water Science, 2022 - Springer
Hydrogeochemical controlling variables for the high rate of groundwater contamination in a
shallow hard rock aquifer of the semi-arid region of Medchal District, Telangana State, South …

Spatial distribution, occurrence, and health risk assessment of nitrate, fluoride, and arsenic in Bam groundwater resource, Iran

A Toolabi, Z Bonyadi, M Paydar, AA Najafpoor… - Groundwater for …, 2021 - Elsevier
Evidence shows that exposure to high levels of arsenic, fluoride, and nitrate may be
contributing to adverse hygienic effects. This work was carried out to detect the …

Potential arsenic–chromium–lead Co-contamination in the hilly terrain of Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India: Genesis and health perspective

R Goswami, C Bhagat, I Lollen, N Neog, UB Barache… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
In the recent times, multi-metal co-contamination in the groundwater of various parts of the
globe has emerged as a challenging environmental health problems. While arsenic (As) has …

Groundwater characterization and non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic health risk assessment of nitrate exposure in the Mahanadi River Basin of India

S Pasupuleti, SS Singha, S Singha, S Kumar… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Agriculture is the mainstay of India's economy and chemical fertilizers have been extensively
used to meet increasing demands. Anthropogenic interventions at the soil surface …

[HTML][HTML] Nitrate in groundwater resources of Hormozgan province, southern Iran: concentration estimation, distribution and probabilistic health risk assessment using …

A Mohammadpour, E Gharehchahi, A Badeenezhad… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
High nitrate concentration in drinking water has the potential to cause a series of harmful
effects on human health. This study aims to evaluate the health risk of nitrate in groundwater …

Distributions, origins, and health-risk assessment of nitrate in groundwater in typical alluvial-pluvial fans, North China Plain

L Gan, G Huang, L Pei, Y Gan, C Liu, M Yang… - … science and pollution …, 2022 - Springer
High concentration of nitrate (NO 3−) in groundwater is a major concern because of its
complex origin and harmful effects on human health. This study aims to investigate the …

[HTML][HTML] Sobol sensitivity analysis for non-carcinogenic health risk assessment and water quality index for Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Western Iran

S Rajabi, MR Zarei, A Karamoozian… - Arabian Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Human activities and climate may have an impact on the water quality of reservoirs.
Therefore, the present research aims to use the entropy water quality index assessment …

Fluoride and nitrate contaminations of groundwater and potential health risks assessment in the Khyber district, North-Western Pakistan

D Ather, S Muhammad, W Ali - International Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The current study was conducted to assess the concentration of nitrate (NO3) and fluoride
(F), and associated health risks in the four tehsils of district Khyber ie Jamrud, Bara, Landi …

Assessing the carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health risks of metals in the drinking water of Isfahan, Iran

M Moradnia, HM Attar, Y Hajizadeh, T Lundh… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Metals are significant contributors to water pollution, posing serious threats to human health.
This study aims to assess the carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health risks associated …