Levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the water and sediment of Buffalo River Estuary, South Africa and their health risk assessment

AO Adeniji, OO Okoh, AI Okoh - Archives of environmental contamination …, 2019 - Springer
The incidence and spatial distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the
Buffalo River Estuary in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa were assessed in this …

Characteristics, sources, and health risks of atmospheric PM10-bound heavy metals in a populated middle eastern city

E Idani, S Geravandi, M Akhzari, G Goudarzi… - Toxin reviews, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This study reports on the characteristics, sources, and health risks of atmospheric PM10-
bound heavy metals (HMs) on citizenship living in different regions of Ahvaz, Southwest of …

Characterization, sources, and risk assessment of PAHs in borehole water from the vicinity of an unlined dumpsite in Awka, Nigeria

CC Aralu, PAC Okoye, HO Abugu, NC Eboagu… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are contaminants of interest in the ecosystem due
to associated health risks. Therefore, their detection in the environment is important. In this …

Health risk assessment on human exposed to heavy metals in the ambient air PM10 in Ahvaz, southwest Iran

G Goudarzi, N Alavi, S Geravandi, E Idani… - International journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Heavy metals (HM) are one of the main components of urban air pollution. Today,
megacities and industrial regions in southwest of Iran are frequently suffering from severe …

Evaluation of physicochemical characteristics and health risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in borehole waters around automobile workshops in Southeastern …

UP Onydinma, L Aljerf, A Obike, OE Onah… - Groundwater for …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are environmentally hazardous
pollutants that have been linked to severe global health effects in humans as a result of …

Comparative study on the occurrence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in breast milk and infant formula and risk assessment

S Santonicola, A De Felice, L Cobellis, N Passariello… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
The study compared the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) profile of human milk
collected from Italian mothers and different brands of infant formula available on Italian …

Association between cancer risk and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons' exposure in the ambient air of Ahvaz, southwest of Iran

G Goudarzi, S Geravandi, N Alavi, E Idani… - International journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Nowadays, a large number of health endpoints such as disease rates, treatment costs, and
death, by air pollutants, have been a serious health problem for humans. One of the most …

Contaminants bioaccumulation and pathological assessment in Mytilus galloprovincialis in coastal waters facing the brownfield site of Bagnoli, Italy

M Arienzo, M Toscanesi, M Trifuoggi, L Ferrara… - Marine pollution …, 2019 - Elsevier
We studied the bioaccumulation of metals and PAHs, the pathological conditions, regressive
phenomena and pathogens in wild Mytilus galloprovincialis taken along the North Pier …

Environmental effects on the bioaccumulation of PAHs in marine zooplankton in Gaoping coastal waters, Taiwan: Concentration, distribution, profile, and sources

HY Hsieh, KC Huang, JO Cheng, WT Lo, PJ Meng… - Marine pollution …, 2019 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are toxic and ubiquitous in the environment and
pose great risks. Bioaccumulation by plankton is the outset for PAHs entering marine food …

Occurrence and distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in mussels from the gulf of Naples, Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy

R Mercogliano, S Santonicola, A De Felice… - Marine pollution …, 2016 - Elsevier
To assess the potential impact of the industrial activity on food safety and risk for consumers,
the aim of the study was to evaluate the levels of 14 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) …