Potentially toxic elements in solid waste streams: Fate and management approaches

X Xiong, X Liu, KM Iris, L Wang, J Zhou, X Sun… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Solid wastes containing potentially toxic elements (PTEs) are widely generated around the
globe. Critical concerns have been raised over their impacts on human health and the …

Phytotoxicity of radionuclides: A review of sources, impacts and remediation strategies

S Ali, SB Baloch, J Bernas, P Konvalina… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Various anthropogenic activities and natural sources contribute to the presence of
radioactive materials in the environment, posing a serious threat to phytotoxicity …

Evaluation of environmental radioactivity in soils around a coal burning power plant and a coal mining area in Barapukuria, Bangladesh: Radiological risks …

MA Habib, R Khan, K Phoungthong - Chemical Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
To study the distributions and potential dispersions of naturally occurring radioactive
materials (NORMs: 226 Ra, 232 Th, and 40 K) from coal-based activities (Barapukuria …

Environmental impacts of coal-mining and coal-fired power-plant activities in a developing country with global context

MA Habib, R Khan - Spatial modeling and assessment of environmental …, 2021 - Springer
To represent a comprehensive scenario regarding the coal mining and coal-fired power
plant activities in a developing country (Bangladesh) and to understand the total …

Risk assessment of naturally occurring radioactivity in soil adjacent to a coal-fired brick kiln

MMM Siraz, J Al Mahmud, MS Alam, MB Rashid… - Radiation Physics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Being aware of the potential health effects brought on by exposure to radionuclides, besides
chemical and air pollution, produced by coal-fired brick kilns, first-ever measurements of …

Assessment of natural radioactivity in coals and coal combustion residues from a coal-based thermoelectric plant in Bangladesh: implications for radiological health …

MA Habib, T Basuki, S Miyashita, W Bekelesi… - Environmental …, 2019 - Springer
To study the level of radioactivity concentrations from a coal-based power plant
(Barapukuria, Bangladesh) and to estimate the associated radiological hazards, coal and …

Radioactivity in soil and coal samples collected from the vicinity of the coal-fired thermal power plant and evaluation of the associated hazard parameters

MMM Siraz, MJ Dewan, MIA Chowdhury… - International Journal …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This research assesses radioactivity in soil and coal samples around the Barapukuria coal-
fired thermal power plant using a high-purity germanium detector. The range of activity of …

A review on radionuclide pollution in global soils with environmental and health hazards evaluation

K Chandra, R Proshad, HC Dey, AM Idris - … geochemistry and health, 2023 - Springer
Human populations are being exposed to a wide spectrum of radiation from soils as a result
of the availability of radiation sources. Assessing the ecological and health effects of …

Assessing radioactivity and hazards: Analysis of soil, water, and coal samples near a coal-fired thermal power plant and their implications for human health and the …

S Yeasmin, SK Das, MMM Siraz… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The combustion of coal poses significant risks, increasing the radioactive burden on the
atmosphere and affecting the health of individuals near coal mines and coal-fired thermal …

Does exposure to weathered coal ash with an enhanced content of uranium-series radionuclides affect flora? Changes in the physiological indicators of five referent …

B Skoko, SR Brkanac, Ž Kuharić, M Jukić… - Journal of hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Coal ash deposited in open landfills is a potential source of environmental pollutants due to
the contained toxic element content. The weathered coal ash used in this study additionally …