Many technologies have been designed to monitor, evaluate, and improve surface water
quality, as high-quality water is essential for human activities including agriculture, livestock …

Trace elements (TEs) are deposited to soils mainly due to anthropogenic activities and pose
a significant threat to human health. In this review we aimed at (a) discussing the …

Heavy metals occur naturally in very small amounts in living organisms, but exposure to their
higher concentrations is hazardous. Heavy metals at hazardous levels are commonly found …

Rice is a worldwide staple food and heavy metal contamination is often reported in rice
production. Heavy metal can originate from natural sources or be present through …

Concentration of eight heavy metals in surface and groundwater around Dhaka Export
Processing Zone (DEPZ) industrial area were investigated, and the health risk posed to local …

This research work was focused to evaluate the concentration of heavy metals (ie, Cr, Pb,
Mn, Cu and Fe) in sediment samples collected from the Dhaleshwari River near the area of …

Although soil contamination by potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in Europe has a history of
many centuries, related problems are often considered as having been dealt with due to the …

We studied Cd, Cr, As, Ni, Mn, Pb, and Hg in three agricultural areas of Hunan province and
determined the potential non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic risks for residents. Soil and …

Abstract The Meghna River, the largest and the widest river in Bangladesh, is important for
navigation, irrigation, fish spawning and shelter, industrial usages, and drinking water …

Samples for sediment and two species of native mangrove plants were collected from seven
sampling sites for assessing the level of metal contamination. Results of the studied metals …