Search Results - "Qamar, Zahir"
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The uptake and bioaccumulation of heavy metals by food plants, their effects on plants nutrients, and associated health risk: a review
Published in Environmental science and pollution research international (01-09-2015)“…Heavy metal contamination is a globally recognized environmental issue, threatening human life very seriously. Increasing population and high demand for food…”
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Tissue distribution of HCH and DDT congeners and human health risk associated with consumption of fish collected from Kabul River, Pakistan
Published in Ecotoxicology and environmental safety (01-03-2016)“…Distribution of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) congeners in tissues of four different fish species and their associated…”
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Genotoxic effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) present in vehicle-wash wastewater on grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) and freshwater mussels (Anodonta cygnea)
Published in Environmental pollution (1987) (15-06-2023)“…Vehicle-wash wastewater (VWW) contains high levels of various petrochemicals such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), a carcinogenic category of…”
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Appraisement, source apportionment and health risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in vehicle-wash wastewater, Pakistan
Published in The Science of the total environment (15-12-2017)“…•USEPA declared carcinogenic-16PAHs were observed in the vehicle-wash wastewater.•The annual PAHs discharge was 5109.9g with naphthalene as dominant…”
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Quantification of PAHs and health risk via ingestion of vegetable in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Published in The Science of the total environment (01-11-2014)“…This study was conducted to evaluate the concentrations of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the soil and vegetable irrigated with wastewater in 11…”
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Toxic metal interactions affect the bioaccumulation and dietary intake of macro- and micro-nutrients
Published in Chemosphere (Oxford) (01-03-2016)“…The present study was conducted to evaluate the effects of heavy metals (cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) and Cd–Pb mix) on bioaccumulation of different nutrients…”
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Organic amendments impact the availability of heavy metal(loid)s in mine-impacted soil and their phytoremediation by Penisitum americanum and Sorghum bicolor
Published in Environmental science and pollution research international (01-02-2016)“…The amendment of contaminated soil with organic materials is considered to be an environmentally friendly technique to immobilize heavy metal(loid)s and…”
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Application of sewage sludge and sewage sludge biochar to reduce polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and potentially toxic elements (PTE) accumulation in tomato
Published in Environmental science and pollution research international (01-08-2015)“…The effects of sewage sludge (SS) and its derived biochar (SSBC) on the availability and uptake of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and potential toxic…”
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Contamination of soil, medicinal, and fodder plants with lead and cadmium present in mine-affected areas, Northern Pakistan
Published in Environmental monitoring and assessment (01-09-2015)“…This study aimed to investigate the lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) concentrations in the soil and plants (medicinal and fodder) grown in chromite mining-affected…”
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Spatial distribution of toxic metals in drinking water sources and their associated health risk in district buner, Northern Pakistan
Published in Human and ecological risk assessment (03-04-2018)“…Vigorous knowledge on the occurrence and distribution of toxic metals (TMs) in theenvironment is needed to assess their toxicological impacts on human health…”
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Congener-specific evaluation of biota-sediment accumulation factor model for HCHs and DDTs under small-scale in situ riverine condition
Published in Journal of soils and sediments (01-02-2017)“…Purpose The congener-specific biota-sediment accumulation factors (BSAFs) model for hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes (DDTs)…”
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