Atmospheric particulate matter (PM) pollution is one of the most serious global
environmental problems, regarded to be associated with a wide range of diseases, eg …

Lead (Pb) is a non-essential and extremely noxious metallic-element whose
biogeochemical cycle has been influenced predominantly by increasing human activities to …

Dust storms are a common phenomenon in arid and semi-arid regions in West Asia, which
has led to high levels of PM 10 in local and remote area. The Yazd city in Iran with a high PM …

Measurement of particulate matter (PM) constituent such as black carbon (BC) over urban
sites is critically important owing to its adverse health and climate impacts. However, the …

One of the persistent environmental problems in the provinces of northern Thailand is
severe air pollution during the dry season because of open vegetation burning by farmers …

Lead (Pb) is a toxic metal whose global anthropogenic fluxes are an order of magnitude
higher than natural fluxes. Among all the environmental compartments, the atmosphere is …

Southeast Asia has become a hotspot of anthropogenic particulate matter (PM) emissions
due to increased coal combustion, high-temperature industrial operations, vehicular traffic …

Plant metal uptake can occur through both soil-root and atmospheric transfer from leaves.
The latter holds potential implications for development of biofiltration systems. To explore …

A geochemical study of the trace metals and lead isotopic ratios of soil and sediments in
Korba, Chhattisgarh, India is presented here for the first time. Korba, the nation's 'power …

Recent reports of 1 in 3 children globally having blood lead levels≥ 5microgram decilitre− 1
demands thorough understanding of lead (Pb) sources of the present century and the fate of …