Environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology of hazardous heavy metals: environmental persistence, toxicity, and bioaccumulation

H Ali, E Khan, I Ilahi - Journal of chemistry, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Heavy metals are well‐known environmental pollutants due to their toxicity, persistence in
the environment, and bioaccumulative nature. Their natural sources include weathering of …

The impact of endocrine disrupting compounds and carcinogens in wastewater: implications for breast cancer

M du Plessis, C Fourie, W Stone, AM Engelbrecht - Biochimie, 2023 - Elsevier
The incidence of breast cancer is often associated with geographic variation which indicates
that a person's surrounding environment can be an important etiological factor in cancer …

Heavy metals in wastewater and sewage sludge from selected municipal treatment plants in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

MA Agoro, AO Adeniji, MA Adefisoye, OO Okoh - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study assessed the distribution of five heavy metals (Cd, Pb, Cu, Zn, and Fe) across the
various stages of treatment in three selected sewage treatment facilities and their receiving …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of heavy metal contamination in sediment at the newly established tannery industrial Estate in Bangladesh: A case study

MS Rahman, Z Ahmed, SM Seefat, R Alam… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
This research work was focused to evaluate the concentration of heavy metals (ie, Cr, Pb,
Mn, Cu and Fe) in sediment samples collected from the Dhaleshwari River near the area of …

Arsenic and heavy metal contaminations in the tube well water of Punjab, Pakistan and risk assessment: A case study

A Rasool, T Xiao, A Farooqi, M Shafeeque… - Ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
The present study for the first time highlighted the arsenic and heavy metals (HM)
concentrations as well as their source of contamination in tube-well water and associated …

[HTML][HTML] Potentially harmful metals, and health risk evaluation in groundwater of Mardan, Pakistan: Application of geostatistical approach and geographic information …

A Rashid, M Ayub, A Javed, S Khan, X Gao, C Li… - Geoscience …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigates the values of pH, total dissolved solids (TDS), elevation, oxidative
reduction potential (ORP), temperature, and depth, while the concentrations of Br, and …

Toxic metal pollution in Pakistan and its possible risks to public health

SK Shakir, A Azizullah, W Murad, MK Daud… - … and Toxicology Volume …, 2017 - Springer
Environmental pollution has increased many folds in recent years and in some places has
reached levels that are toxic to living things. Among pollutant types, toxic heavy metals and …

Geochemical profile and source identification of surface and groundwater pollution of District Chitral, Northern Pakistan

A Rashid, SA Khattak, L Ali, M Zaib, S Jehan… - Microchemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study investigated the physicochemical parameters of the ground and surface water of
district Chitral, northern Pakistan, with particular emphasis on the fate, source distribution …

Ecological risk assessment for metals in sediment and waters from the Brazilian Amazon region

DF Gomes, TJ da Silva Pinto, LB Raymundo… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Pollution by metals is a matter of concern around the world. In recent decades, the high
population growth in urban centers has significantly magnified the entry of these pollutants …

Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals in Water, Sediments, and Tissues and Their Histopathological Effects on Anodonta cygnea (Linea, 1876) in Kabul River, Khyber …

MI Khan, M Khisroon, A Khan, N Gulfam… - BioMed research …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The present investigation aimed to assess the concentrations of selected heavy metals in
water and sediments and their bioaccumulation in tissues of freshwater mussels and their …