Heavy metals contamination in urban surface soils of Medak province, India, and its risk assessment and spatial distribution

N Adimalla - Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2020 - Springer
The main purpose of the current study is to assess the contamination status, human health
risk, and spatial distribution of heavy metals in the urban soils from the Medak province in …

Spatial distribution, sources and health risk assessment of heavy metals in topsoil around oil and natural gas drilling sites, Andhra Pradesh, India

KK Aradhi, BM Dasari, D Banothu, S Manavalan - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Soils are usually the interface between human activity and environmental components that
must be conserved and protected. As a result of rising industrialization and urbanization …

Assessing the contamination level, sources and risk of potentially toxic elements in urban soil and dust of Iranian cities using secondary data of published literature

M Tashakor, S Modabberi, A Argyraki - Environmental Geochemistry and …, 2022 - Springer
Research in urban geochemistry has been expanding globally in recent years, following the
trend of the ever-increasing human population living in cities. Environmental problems …

Biogeochemical assessment of soils and plants in industrial, residential and recreational areas of Saint Petersburg

MA Pashkevich, J Bech, VA Matveeva… - Записки Горного …, 2020 - cyberleninka.ru
Soils and plants of Saint Petersburg are under the constant technogenic stress caused by
human activity in industrial, residential, and recreational landscapes of the city. To assess …

Potentially toxic element contamination and risk assessment of borehole water within a landfill in the Nnewi metropolis

CC Aralu, PAC Okoye, HO Abugu, VC Eze… - Health and …, 2023 - syncsci.com
Borehole water has been used as a vital source of water for many communities. The
pollution of these boreholes by potentially toxic elements using unlined solid waste …

Contamination levels, health risks and source apportionment of potentially toxic elements in road dusts of a densely populated African City

ET Odediran, JA Adeniran, RO Yusuf… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Potentially toxic elements (PTEs) are increasingly becoming a health and ecological
concern, especially in cities with heavy traffic from rapid urbanization and industrialization …

Exploring geochemical distribution of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in wetland and agricultural soils and associated health risks

I Khan, BC Choudhary, S Izhar, D Kumar… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
This study is carried out to understand the degree of soil pollution, transport mechanism, and
distribution pattern of potentially toxic elements (PTEs), including the exposure effects on …

Fractionation, source apportionment, and health risk assessment of selected metals in the soil of public parks of Lahore, Pakistan

YK Khan, MH Shah - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2023 - Springer
The aim of this study is to evaluate the mobility/availability of potentially toxic elements in the
soil of public parks to assess the environmental quality and potential health risks. The …

Биогеохимическая оценка состояния почвенно-растительного покрова в промышленных, селитебных и рекреационных зонах Санкт-Петербурга

МА Пашкевич, Б Дж, ВА Матвеева… - Записки Горного …, 2020 - cyberleninka.ru
Почвы и растения Санкт-Петербурга испытывают техногенную нагрузку, связанную с
деятельностью человека в промышленных, селитебных и рекреационных зонах …

Combination of enrichment factor and positive matrix factorization in the estimation of potentially toxic element source distribution in agricultural soil

PC Agyeman, K John, NM Kebonye, L Borůvka… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
The study intended to assess the level of pollution of potential toxic elements (PTEs) at
different soil depths and to evaluate the source contribution in agricultural soil. One hundred …