Due to rapid urbanization and industrialization, heavy metal (HM) pollution in coastal areas
of the East China Sea (ECS) has attracted extensive attention. This article attempts to review …

River water and sediment embody environmental characteristics that give valuable eco-
environmental information. Due to rapid industrialization, the aquatic environment of any …

Quantification of four toxic metals (As, Cr, Cd, and Pb) in water and sediments at the
Sitakunda ship breaking area in Bangladesh was studied. Along with this, sediment quality …

Heavy metal pollution greatly harms the soil environment and poses threats to food safety
and human health. This study aimed to quantify and analyze the sources of heavy metals …

This paper analyzed the spatiotemporal distribution of heavy metals in 6746 samples of
aquatic organisms (fishes, shrimp and crabs), to make health risk assessments of six heavy …

Rapid urbanization and industrialization in the coastal zone have caused increasingly
serious impacts on coastal ecosystems. It is necessary to assess the ecological risk caused …

River water and sediment embody environmental characteristics that give valuable
information about the eco-environment. Due to rapid unplanned urbanization and …

Soils in coastal areas of the land-sea interface are vulnerable to heavy metal (HM)
accumulation and subsequently to human health risk. However, few studies have …

Metal pollution poses a significant threat to ecological security and human health. Current
research on the causes, sources and distribution of metal pollution in the Yangtze River …

Environmental pollution with toxic metals can lead to the possible contamination of the
marine fish. We investigated the levels of As, Cd, Cr, Hg and Pb in 652 marine fish samples …