Removal of toxic elements and microbial contaminants from groundwater using low-cost treatment options

DA Da'ana, N Zouari, MY Ashfaq, M Abu-Dieyeh… - Current Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This paper reviews various low-cost treatment techniques such
as adsorption, permeable reactive barrier, and biological techniques for the simultaneous …

Detection of emerging pollutants using aptamer-based biosensors: recent advances, challenges, and outlook

EA Flores-Contreras, RB González-González… - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The synergistic potentialities of innovative materials that include aptamers have opened new
paradigms in biosensing platforms for high-throughput monitoring systems. The available …

Groundwater contamination through potentially harmful metals and its implications in groundwater management

Z Ullah, A Rashid, J Ghani, J Nawab… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Groundwater contamination through potentially harmful metals (PHMs) is an environmental
hazard in Pakistan with significant human health risk reports. The current research was …

[HTML][HTML] Potentially harmful metals, and health risk evaluation in groundwater of Mardan, Pakistan: Application of geostatistical approach and geographic information …

A Rashid, M Ayub, A Javed, S Khan, X Gao, C Li… - Geoscience …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigates the values of pH, total dissolved solids (TDS), elevation, oxidative
reduction potential (ORP), temperature, and depth, while the concentrations of Br, and …

Level, distribution, ecological, and human health risk assessment of heavy metals in soils and stream sediments around a used-automobile spare part market in …

TO Kolawole, OM Ajibade, JO Olajide-Kayode… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
The aim of this research was to assess the distribution, sources, contamination status,
ecological risk, and human health risk of heavy metals (HMs) in soil and sediments of a used …

Modeling the impact of potentially harmful elements on the groundwater quality of a mining area (Nigeria) by integrating NSFWQI, HERisk code, and HCs

JC Egbueri, MT Enyigwe, DA Ayejoto - Environmental Monitoring and …, 2022 - Springer
With excess potentially harmful elements (PHEs), drinking water is marked unsuitable and
could pose some health risks when ingested or absorbed by humans. Different age groups …

Biosensor constructs for the monitoring of persistent emerging pollutants in environmental matrices

RB González-González… - Industrial & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Water and soil contamination represents a global environmental concern that severely
affects food and water security, leading to an increased interest in the detection of …

Integrated approach to hydrogeochemical appraisal of groundwater quality concerning arsenic contamination and its suitability analysis for drinking purposes using …

Z Ullah, XC Zeng, A Rashid, J Ghani, A Ali, M Shah… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Arsenic (As), contamination in drinking groundwater resources is commonly environmental
problem in many developing countries including Pakistan, with significant human health risk …

Geospatial distribution and health risk assessment of groundwater contaminated within the industrial areas: an environmental sustainability perspective

RA Khan, NA Khan, R El Morabet, M Alsubih, A Qadir… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Groundwater is the second largest water source for daily consumption, only next to surface
water resources. Groundwater has been extensively investigated for its pollution level in …

Improvement of ecological risk considering heavy metal in soil and groundwater surrounding electroplating factories

H Fang, X Wang, D Xia, J Zhu, W Yu, Y Su, J Zeng… - Processes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Heavy metals in groundwater and soil are toxic to humans. An accurate risk assessment of
heavy metal contamination can aid in environmental security decision making. In this study …