Groundwater is considered as the primary source of water for the majority of the world's
population. The preponderance of the nation's drinking water, as well as agricultural and …

Monitoring of trace elements concentration in various types of sample matrices is an
important research theme in the field of pollution and health hazards. Various research …

Contamination of farmland soils by trace elements (TEs) has become an international issue
concerning food safety and human health risks. In the present research, the concentrations …

Sources of heavy metals (As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn) in the road dust of Bandar
Abbas city, Iran, and its west suburb were apportioned and the related source-specific …

Assessments for groundwater quality and potential health risk are significant for better
utilization and exploitation. In the present study, seventy groundwater samples were …

Several indices have been developed to define water quality for human consumption, but
each one has some drawbacks that limit their wide applicability. So there is a need for a new …

Rapid urbanization, population growth, agricultural practices, and industrial activities have
led to widespread groundwater contamination. This study evaluated heavy metal …

Nangasai basin is a semi-arid watershed where agriculture is the main source of economy.
In present day, increasing population demands increase in food productivity which leads to …

The rapid mining activities of mica mines in Giridih district, India, have led to toxic metal
pollution of agricultural soil. This is a key concern for environmental risk and human health …

Groundwater is essential for regional ecological-economic system and is an important
resource of drinking water, especially in the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP), where is a typical …