Evaluation of surface water quality indices and ecological risk assessment for heavy metals in scrap yard neighbourhood

OZ Ojekunle, OV Ojekunle, AA Adeyemi, AG Taiwo… - SpringerPlus, 2016 - Springer
Pollution of surface water with heavy metals from industrial activities especially those from
scrap yard has caused a major threat to human life exposing man to series of hazard …

[PDF][PDF] Research on heavy metals in Poland

P Szyczewski, J Siepak, P Niedzielski… - Pol. J. Environ …, 2009 - researchgate.net
The analysis of 238 papers published in the Polish Journal of Environmental Studies
concerning the investigations on heavy metals conducted in the years 1998-2008 suggests …

Pollution, source apportionment and health risk of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in urban street dust of Mashhad, the …

A Najmeddin, F Moore, B Keshavarzi… - Journal of Geochemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Street dust samples from industrial, residential and heavy density traffic areas in Mashhad
metropolis were collected to study the mineralogy, distribution, accumulation, health risk …

Contamination, probabilistic health risk assessment and quantitative source apportionment of potentially toxic metals (PTMs) in street dust of a highly developed city in …

N Khodadadi, A Amini, R Dehbandi - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Street dust (SD) are the particulates that primarily originated from Earth's crust and
secondary alteration and erosion of natural and anthropogenic materials. The multi …

Flame atomic absorption spectrometric determination of trace amounts of heavy metal ions after solid phase extraction using modified sodium dodecyl sulfate coated …

M Ghaedi, K Niknam, A Shokrollahi, E Niknam… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2008 - Elsevier
A sensitive and selective solid phase extraction procedure for the determination of traces of
Cu (II), Zn (II), Pb (II) and Fe (III) has been developed. An alumina-sodium dodecyl sulfate …

Metallurgical wastes as resources for sustainability of the steel industry

DA Iluţiu-Varvara, C Aciu - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The industrial pollution caused by metallurgical waste accumulation has a negative impact
on the three environmental factors: soil, air and water. Therefore, the correct management of …

Soil heavy metal pollution assessment near the largest landfill of China

C Liu, J Cui, G Jiang, X Chen, L Wang… - Soil and Sediment …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
To assess the extent and potential hazards of heavy metal pollution at Shanghai Laogang
Landfill, the largest landfill in China, surface soil samples were collected near the landfill …

Soil pollution status due to potentially toxic elements in active open dumpsites: insights from different Nigerian geological environments

TO Ale, TH Ogunribido, O Ademila… - Environmental Earth …, 2024 - Springer
Potentially toxic elements from heavy metal pollution in soils and water pose significant
health risks to humans and ecosystems. This study aims to assess heavy metal pollution in …

Geochemistry of potentially toxic trace elements in soils of mining area: a case study from Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine, Armenia

KA Ghazaryan, HS Movsesyan… - Bulletin of environmental …, 2018 - Springer
Research was carried out to determine and asses the influence of mining industries on soil
contamination with application of various pollution indices. For soil sampling 13 points were …

Heavy metals enrichment in surface soil from abandoned waste disposal sites in a hot and wet tropical area

O Akoto, C Nimako, J Asante, D Bailey - Environmental Processes, 2016 - Springer
High levels of heavy metals in the environment pose threat to the ecosystem, due to their
deleterious effects on humans, animals and plants. The present study aims at determining …