Heavy metals contamination and associated health risks in food webs—a review focuses on food safety and environmental sustainability in Bangladesh

A Sarker, JE Kim, ARMT Islam, M Bilal… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Heavy metals occur naturally in very small amounts in living organisms, but exposure to their
higher concentrations is hazardous. Heavy metals at hazardous levels are commonly found …

A comprehensive assessment of heavy metal contamination in road dusts along a hectic national highway of Bangladesh: Spatial distribution, sources of …

MH Kabir, T Kormoker, RS Shammi, TR Tusher… - Toxin …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Human activities around or within national highways, combined with atmospheric mixing,
produce road dust, which can cause health problems through a variety of exposure routes …

Ecotoxicological risk assessment for sediments of Çavuşlu stream in Giresun, Turkey: association between garbage disposal facility and metallic accumulation

B Yüksel, F Ustaoğlu, C Tokatli, MS Islam - Environmental Science and …, 2022 - Springer
The objective of this paper was to stress the possible potential toxic element (PTE)
accumulation in the surface sediments of the Çavuşlu Stream (ÇS), as well as examining the …

Sources, effects and present perspectives of heavy metals contamination: Soil, plants and human food chain

PB Angon, MS Islam, S Kc, A Das, N Anjum, A Poudel… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Heavy metal (HM) poisoning of agricultural soils poses a serious risk to plant life, human
health, and the global food supply. When HM levels in agricultural soils get to dangerous …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in the determination of major and trace elements in plants using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry

M Senila - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
Interest in measuring major and trace elements in plants has increased in recent years
because of growing concerns about the elements' contribution to daily intakes or the health …

Potentially toxic elements in vegetable and rice species in Bangladesh and their exposure assessment

MS Islam, ARMT Islam, K Phoungthong… - Journal of Food …, 2022 - Elsevier
Five different types of vegetable and six rice cultivars were analyzed by inductively coupled
plasma mass spectrometer to evaluate the levels of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) and …

Present status and mitigation approaches of arsenic in the environment of Bangladesh: A critical review

MS Islam, K Phoungthong, A Islam, MM Ali… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Arsenic is a toxic metalloid that enters the environment through natural and anthropogenic
sources. A small amount of arsenic remains in living organisms, but its exposure at elevated …

Contamination and ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in water and sediment from hubs of fish resource river in a developing country

MM Ali, ML Ali, MRJ Rakib, MS Islam, A Habib… - Toxin …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
River water and sediment embody environmental characteristics that give valuable
information about the eco-environment. Due to rapid unplanned urbanization and …

Arsenic in the foodstuffs: potential health appraisals in a developing country, Bangladesh

MS Islam, RA Mustafa, K Phoungthong… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
The presence of highly poisonous arsenic (As) elements in food concerns humans and
animals. In Bangladesh, arsenic-contaminated groundwater is frequently utilized for …

Toxicity assessment of heavy metals translocation in maize grown in the Ganges delta floodplain soils around the Payra power plant in Bangladesh

MS Islam, A Al Bakky, S Ahmed, MT Islam… - Food and Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
As a cereal crop, maize ranked third place after wheat and rice in terms of land area
coverage for its cultivation, and in Bangladesh, it ranked second place after rice in its …