Search Results - "Environmental geochemistry and health"

Pollution indices as useful tools for the comprehensive evaluation of the degree of soil contamination–A review by Kowalska, Joanna Beata, Mazurek, Ryszard, Gąsiorek, Michał, Zaleski, Tomasz

“…The paper provides a complex, critical assessment of heavy metal soil pollution using different indices. Pollution indices are widely considered a useful tool…”
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Climate change and its effect on groundwater quality by Barbieri, Maurizio, Barberio, Marino Domenico, Banzato, Francesca, Billi, Andrea, Boschetti, Tiziano, Franchini, Stefania, Gori, Francesca, Petitta, Marco

“…Knowing water quality at larger scales and related ground and surface water interactions impacted by land use and climate is essential to our future protection…”
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Air pollution and public health: emerging hazards and improved understanding of risk by Kelly, Frank J, Fussell, Julia C

“…Despite past improvements in air quality, very large parts of the population in urban areas breathe air that does not meet European standards let alone the…”
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Heavy metal-induced oxidative stress on seed germination and seedling development: a critical review by Seneviratne, Mihiri, Rajakaruna, Nishanta, Rizwan, Muhammad, Madawala, H. M. S. P., Ok, Yong Sik, Vithanage, Meththika

“…Heavy metal contamination in soils can influence plants and animals, often leading to toxicosis. Heavy metals can impact various biochemical processes in…”
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Distribution, risk assessment, and source apportionment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) using positive matrix factorization (PMF) in urban soils of East India by Ambade, Balram, Sethi, Shrikanta Shankar, Chintalacheruvu, Madhusudana Rao

“…This study investigated 16 United States environmental protection agency priority PAHs profiles and their sources in 40 urban soils collected from two…”
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Remediation of soils contaminated with heavy metals with an emphasis on immobilization technology by Derakhshan Nejad, Zahra, Jung, Myung Chae, Kim, Ki-Hyun

“…The major frequent contaminants in soil are heavy metals which may be responsible for detrimental health effects. The remediation of heavy metals in…”
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Poor groundwater quality and high potential health risks in the Datong Basin, northern China: research from published data by He, Xiaodong, Li, Peiyue, Wu, Jianhua, Wei, Miaojun, Ren, Xiaofei, Wang, Dan

“…Datong Basin in China is a typical arid–semiarid inland basin, with high levels and wide distributions of arsenic (As), fluoride (F − ), and iodine (I). To…”
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The mechanisms of biochar interactions with microorganisms in soil by Gorovtsov, Andrey V., Minkina, Tatiana M., Mandzhieva, Saglara S., Perelomov, Leonid V., Soja, Gerhard, Zamulina, Inna V., Rajput, Vishnu D., Sushkova, Svetlana N., Mohan, Dinesh, Yao, Jun

“…Biochar, a carbonaceous material, is increasingly used in the remediation of the anthropogenically polluted soils and the restoration of their ecological…”
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ZnO and CuO nanoparticles: a threat to soil organisms, plants, and human health by Rajput, Vishnu, Minkina, Tatiana, Sushkova, Svetlana, Behal, Arvind, Maksimov, Alexey, Blicharska, Eliza, Ghazaryan, Karen, Movsesyan, Hasmik, Barsova, Natalia

“…The progressive increase in nanoparticles (NPs) applications and their potential release into the environment because the majority of them end up in the soil…”
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Groundwater fluoride contamination, probable release, and containment mechanisms: a review on Indian context by Mukherjee, Indrani, Singh, Umesh Kumar

“…Fluoride contamination in the groundwater has got great attention in last few decades due to their toxicity, persistent capacity and accumulation in human…”
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A critical analysis of wastewater use in agriculture and associated health risks in Pakistan by Natasha, Shahid, Muhammad, Khalid, Sana, Murtaza, Behzad, Anwar, Hasnain, Shah, Ali Haidar, Sardar, Aneeza, Shabbir, Zunaira, Niazi, Nabeel Khan

“…Freshwater shortage and its contamination with various types of pollutants are becoming the most alarming issues worldwide due to impacts on socioeconomic…”
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Heavy metals contamination in urban surface soils of Medak province, India, and its risk assessment and spatial distribution by Adimalla, Narsimha

“…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…”
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Quality criteria for groundwater use from a rural part of Wanaparthy District, Telangana State, India, through ionic spatial distribution (ISD), entropy water quality index (EWQI) and principal component analysis (PCA) by Subba Rao, N., Sunitha, B., Adimalla, N., Chaudhary, M.

“…The present study region comprises granite and granite gneisses aquifer system constituted by Precambrian rocks. Groundwater is the primary source for drinking…”
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Bioavailability of heavy metals in soils: definitions and practical implementation—a critical review by Kim, Rog-Young, Yoon, Jeong-Ki, Kim, Tae-Seung, Yang, Jae E, Owens, Gary, Kim, Kwon-Rae

“…Worldwide regulatory frameworks for the assessment and remediation of contaminated soils have moved towards a risk-based approach, taking contaminant…”
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Controlling factors and mechanism of groundwater quality variation in semiarid region of South India: an approach of water quality index (WQI) and health risk assessment (HRA) by Adimalla, Narsimha

“…The study region comprises fractured granitic, basaltic and lateritic aquifer system constituted by Precambrian rocks. Groundwater is the primary source for…”
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A systematic review on global pollution status of particulate matter-associated potential toxic elements and health perspectives in urban environment by Ali, Muhammad Ubaid, Liu, Guijian, Yousaf, Balal, Ullah, Habib, Abbas, Qumber, Munir, Mehr Ahmad Mujtaba

“…Airborne particulate matter (PM) that is a heterogeneous mixture of particles with a variety of chemical components and physical features acts as a potential…”
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An integrated approach to explore the suitability of nitrate-contaminated groundwater for drinking purposes in a semiarid region of India by Panneerselvam, Balamurugan, Muniraj, Kirubakaran, Duraisamy, Karunanidhi, Pande, Chaitanya, Karuppannan, Shankar, Thomas, Maciej

“…The main objective of the present study is to perform risk assessment of groundwater contaminated by nitrate (NO 3 − ) and evaluate the suitability of…”
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Spatial distribution of quality of groundwater and probabilistic non-carcinogenic risk from a rural dry climatic region of South India by Subba Rao, N.

“…Having safe drinking water is a fundamental human right, which affects directly the human health. In view of this, an effort has been made for understanding…”
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Micronutrient deficiencies in African soils and the human nutritional nexus: opportunities with staple crops by Kihara, J., Bolo, P., Kinyua, M., Rurinda, J., Piikki, K.

“…A synthesis of available agronomic datasets and peer-reviewed scientific literature was conducted to: (1) assess the status of micronutrients in sub-Saharan…”
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A review of global outlook on fluoride contamination in groundwater with prominence on the Pakistan current situation by Rasool, Atta, Farooqi, Abida, Xiao, Tangfu, Ali, Waqar, Noor, Sifat, Abiola, Oyebamiji, Ali, Salar, Nasim, Wajid

“…Several million people are exposed to fluoride (F − ) via drinking water in the world. Current review emphasized the elevated level of fluoride concentrations…”
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