Distribution, source identification, ecological and health risks of heavy metals in surface sediments of the Rupsa River, Bangladesh

R Proshad, T Kormoker, S Islam - Toxin reviews, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The present study was conducted to assess the pollution level and distribution of heavy
metals and their ecological and health risk in sediments of the Rupsa River, Bangladesh …

Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in fish species of Iran: a review

H Sheikhzadeh, AH Hamidian - Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2021 - Springer
Accumulation of heavy metals (HMs) in fish tissues is an important factor in monitoring the
health and safety of aquatic ecosystems. Furthermore, fish are important parts of aquatic …

Pollution, ecological-health risks, and sources of heavy metals in soil of the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

J Wu, J Lu, L Li, X Min, Y Luo - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, especially the northeastern region, is not a pure land
any more due to recently increasing anthropogenic activities. This study collected soil …

Levels and ecological and health risk assessment of PM2.5-bound heavy metals in the northern part of the Persian Gulf

F Faraji Ghasemi, S Dobaradaran, R Saeedi… - … Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
Bushehr, a port along the northern part of the Persian Gulf, has repeatedly encountered dust
storms in recent years but there is not been a comprehensive study on the PM 2.5 contents …

Distribution and bioconcentration of heavy metals in a tropical aquatic food web: a case study of a tropical estuarine lagoon in SE Mexico

M Mendoza-Carranza, A Sepúlveda-Lozada… - Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Despite the increasing impact of heavy metal pollution in southern Mexico due to urban
growth and agricultural and petroleum activities, few studies have focused on the behavior …

Source identification and risk assessment of heavy metal contaminations in urban soils of Changsha, a mine-impacted city in Southern China

L Ma, Z Yang, L Li, L Wang - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2016 - Springer
The urban soils suffered seriously from heavy metal pollutions with rapid industrialization
and urbanization in China. In this study, 54 urban soil samples were collected from …

Heavy metals concentration in mangrove tissues and associated sediments and seawater from the north coast of Persian Gulf, Iran: Ecological and health risk …

M Rezaei, R Kafaei, M Mahmoodi, AM Sanati… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
We evaluated the concentration of copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), mercury (Hg), nickel (Ni),
chromium (Cr), vanadium (V), and cobalt (Co) in the mangrove tissues (leaf and root) and …

Potentially toxic elements (PTEs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in fish and prawn in the Persian Gulf, Iran

N Soltani, F Moore, B Keshavarzi, A Sorooshian… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study aimed to speciate and quantify potentially toxic elements (PTEs) and polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), in addition to estimate potential human health risk of PTEs …

Spatial distribution and pollution evaluation of heavy metals in Yangtze estuary sediment

R Liu, C Men, Y Liu, W Yu, F Xu, Z Shen - Marine pollution bulletin, 2016 - Elsevier
To analyze the spatial distribution patterns and ecological risks of heavy metals, 30
sediment samples were taken in the Yangtze River Estuary (YRE) in May 2011. The content …

Potential human health risks from toxic metals via mangrove snail consumption and their ecological risk assessments in the habitat sediment from Peninsular Malaysia

WH Cheng, CK Yap - Chemosphere, 2015 - Elsevier
Samples of mangrove snails Nerita lineata and surface sediments were collected from nine
geographical sampling sites in Peninsular Malaysia to determine the concentrations of eight …