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Aimin Li, Guochen Zheng, Ning Chen, Weiyi Xu, Yuzhi Li, Fei Shen, Shuo Wang, Guangli Cao and Ji Li
Organophosphorus compounds have toxic effects on organisms and the ecosystem. Therefore, it is vital to monitor and control the effluent organophosphorus levels of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). This study analyzed the composition and concentration...
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Young-Eun Kim, Darae Jeon, Hyeri Lee, Yujeong Huh, Soohyung Lee, Jong Guk Kim and Hyoung Seop Kim
Pesticides are beneficial in protecting crops from pests and improving agricultural productivity; however, concerns on pesticide pollution in water have increased due to their indiscriminate use and lack of adequate regulations. Many studies have focused...
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Levente Levei, Maria-Alexandra Hoaghia, Marius Roman, Luminita Marmureanu, Corina Moisa, Erika Andrea Levei, Alexandru Ozunu and Oana Cadar
The human health risk associated with PM10 exposure was assessed for the residents of Cluj-Napoca city, Romania, for a best case-scenario based on the monthly average PM10 and for a worst-case scenario based on the monthly 90th percentile of PM10 concent...
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Siwatt Pongpiachan, Akihiro Iijima and Junji Cao
Bonfire night is a worldwide phenomenon given to numerous annual celebrations characterised by bonfires and fireworks. Since Thailand has no national ambient air quality standards for metal particulates, it is important to investigate the impacts of part...
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Jingdong Zhang, Liyun Zhu, Fei Li, Chaoyang Liu, Zhenzhen Qiu, Minsi Xiao and Ying Cai
Honghu Lake, which listed in the ?Ramsar Convention?, is the seventh largest freshwater lake in China and is regarded as one of the biggest freshwater product output areas in China. The toxic element distribution in cultured and wild fish and the corresp...
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Guanghui Guo, Mei Lei, Yanwen Wang, Bo Song and Jun Yang
This study investigated the accumulation of As, Cd, and Pb in 16 wheat cultivars and the associated health risks for the inhabitants of Jiyuan, China. The results indicated that the concentrations of As, Cd, and Pb decreased in the order of root > lea...
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Hang Zhou, Wen-Tao Yang, Xin Zhou, Li Liu, Jiao-Feng Gu, Wen-Lei Wang, Jia-Ling Zou, Tao Tian, Pei-Qin Peng and Bo-Han Liao
The objectives of the present study were to investigate heavy metal accumulation in 22 vegetable species and to assess the human health risks of vegetable consumption. Six vegetable types were cultivated on farmland contaminated with heavy metals (Pb, Cd...
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Rajesh Kushwaha, Naba Hazarika, Arin Srivastava
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A pilot study was carried out in New Delhi, India, to assess the level of traffic related aerosol exposure, individually and associated metals. These investigations also try to formulate their risk assessment using different modes of transport on a typic...
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Kui Cai and Zefeng Song
To investigate the bioconcentration and potential health risks of metal(loid)s in a particular agro-ecological area, 230 pairs of soil and corresponding crop grain samples were collected from typical corn and wheat plants. The geo-accumulation index (Ige...
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Junhua Wu, Yi Man, Guangyi Sun and Lihai Shang
In order to assess the exposure of rural residents to trace metals via drinking water ingestion, 222 drinking water samples of rural areas from 8 provinces in China were collected and 18 trace metals analyzed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectromet...
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Bouwèdèo Toi Bissang, Antonio J. Aragón-Barroso, Gnon Baba, Jesús González-López and Francisco Osorio
Drinking water requires excellent physico-chemical quality. It must therefore not contain any substance which is harmful, or which may harm the health of the consumer. The drinking water supply of Bangeli canton (Togo) is provided by ground water and sur...
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Jari S. Algethami, Mohsen A. M. Alhamami, Mohamed F. Ramadan and Osama I. Abdallah
The dissipation profiles of the acaricides abamectin, hexythiazox, and spiromesifen in the fruits of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) grown under field conditions in Najran, Saudi Arabia, were studied. Extraction was performed with acetonitrile, and UPLC-...
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Amélia P. Marinho-Reis, Cristiana Costa, Fernando Rocha, Mark Cave, Joanna Wragg, Teresa Valente, Amália Sequeira-Braga and Yves Noack
The main objectives of the present study were to (i) investigate the effects of mineralogy and solid-phase distribution on element bioaccessibility and (ii) perform a risk assessment to calculate the risks to human health via the ingestion pathway. Multi...
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Magdalena Strzebonska, Agnieszka Gruszecka-Kosowska and Anna Kostka
Urban rainwater samples, collected in various districts of Kraków during the period from the spring of 2019 to the winter of 2020, were investigated, and relevant risk implications were assessed. The contents of 31 components were determined, including: ...
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Marc J. Addison, Michael O. Rivett, Peaches Phiri, Prince Mleta, Emma Mblame, Modesta Banda, Oliver Phiri, Wilson Lakudzala and Robert M. Kalin
Consumption of groundwater containing fluoride exceeding World Health Organization (WHO) 1.5 mg/L standard leaves people vulnerable to fluorosis: a vulnerability not well characterised in Malawi. To evaluate geogenic fluoride source and concentration, gr...
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María Custodio, Walter Cuadrado, Richard Peñaloza, Raúl Montalvo, Salomé Ochoa and Jocelyn Quispe
Water pollution by heavy metals is one of the leading environmental concerns as a result of intense anthropogenic pressure on the aquatic environment. This constitutes a significant limitation to the human right of access to drinking water. In this conte...
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Agnieszka Gruszecka-Kosowska
The presence of potentially harmful elements (PHEs) in popularly consumed fruits in Poland was determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, Se, Sb, Tl, and Zn contents were investigated in 21 fruit speci...
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Fasil Ejigu Eregno, Melesse Eshetu Moges, Arve Heistad
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The scarcity and pollution of freshwater are extremely crucial issues today, and the expansion of water reuse has been considered as an option to reduce its impact. This study aims to assess the efficiency of an integrated greywater treatment system and ...
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Muhammad Saleem, Javed Iqbal, Zongbo Shi, Scott H. Garrett and Munir H. Shah
Although fish are often recommended as a component of a healthy diet, the environmental accumulation of heavy metals in many fish species has been of considerable concern for those weighing the nutritional health benefits against adverse toxic outcome of...
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Djouhaina Brella, Lazhar Belkhiri, Ammar Tiri, Hichem Salhi, Fatma Elhadj Lakouas, Razki Nouibet, Adeltif Amrane, Ryma Merdoud and Lotfi Mouni
In this study, we analyzed the quality and the potential noncarcinogenic health risk of nitrate in groundwater in the El Milia plain, Kebir Rhumel Basin, Algeria. Moran?s I and the ordinary kriging (OK) interpolation technique were used to examine the sp...
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