The Liwa area is a primary food production area in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and has
intensively been used for agriculture. This study investigates the pollution levels with heavy …

The aim of this study was twofold. Firstly, we performed a land capability class determination
of the agricultural soils from the Abu Dhabi Emirate, the United Arab Emirates, based on the …

Of the various airborne pollutants, pumped into the atmosphere due to anthropogenic
activities and/or natural phenomena, heavy metals constitute a potent threat to human …

The heavy metal concentration in plant tissues of Ranunculus ficaria, Plantago major,
Taraxacum officinale, and Achillea millefolium, frequently consumed or used in traditional …

This study presents the impact on human health by consuming medicinal herbs with high
melliferous potential (HMPs) from botanical areas with different pollution levels. First, the …

We conducted a dendrochemical study in order to evaluate the exposure of territories and
populations to different types of pollutants and to characterise the history of pollution in one …

This work shows that total reflection X-ray fluorescence (TXRF) is a fast, easy and successful
tool to determine the presence of potentially toxic elements in atmospheric aerosols …

Human activity has resulted in an increased release of contaminants into the environment.
The atmosphere is the element of the environment that is particularly vulnerable to …

Generally, official statistical reports provide information on the pollution extent over a region
using the average records from all the observation sites. In the outliers' presence, the …

Risk assessments can provide reliable information for medical investigations and especially
in understanding PM-related health effects. Particulate air pollutants have been associated …