Safeguarding drinking water: A brief insight on characteristics, treatments and risk assessment of contamination

D Kundu, D Dutta, A Joseph, A Jana… - Environmental …, 2024 - Springer
Water pollution stands as a critical worldwide concern, bearing extensive repercussions that
extend to human health and the natural ecosystem. The sources of water pollution can be …

Contamination of Arsenic, Chromium and Fluoride in the Indian groundwater: a review, meta-analysis and cancer risk assessment

T Poonia, N Singh, MC Garg - International Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
It is well known that the long-term intake of water contaminated with arsenic (As), chromium
(Cr) and fluoride (F−) can develop carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health problems. This …

Human health risk assessment of nitrate and heavy metals in urban groundwater in Southeast Nigeria

DA Ayejoto, JC Egbueri - Ecological Frontiers, 2024 - Elsevier
Groundwater contamination by nitrate and heavy metals is a growing global concern due to
its detrimental effects on human health through ingestion and dermal exposure. This study …

Estimation of groundwater pollution levels and specific ionic sources in the groundwater, using a comprehensive approach of geochemical ratios, pollution index of …

NS Rao, A Dinakar, L Sun - Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
This study aimed to evaluate the degree of groundwater pollution and to assess the
contribution of specific ionic sources to groundwater, thereby hel** to identify the changes …

Characteristics, water quality index and human health risk from nitrate and fluoride in Kakhk city and its rural areas, Iran

M Qasemi, M Darvishian, H Nadimi… - Journal of Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
Groundwater is an important source for drinking water supply in the arid and semi-arid
regions around the world. Eighty four groundwater samples collected from Kakhk and its all …

Anthropogenic nitrate in groundwater and its health risks in the view of background concentration in a semi arid area of Rajasthan, India

A Rahman, NC Mondal, KK Tiwari - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract An increased nitrate (NO3−) concentration in groundwater has been a rising issue
on a global scale in recent years. Different consumption mechanisms clearly illustrate the …

Judging the sources of inferior groundwater quality and health risk problems through intake of groundwater nitrate and fluoride from a rural part of Telangana, India

S Gugulothu, N Subba Rao, R Das, LK Duvva… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Evaluation of groundwater quality and related health hazards is a prerequisite for
taking preventive measures. The rural region of Telangana, India, has been selected for the …

Appraisal of vulnerable zones of non-cancer-causing health risks associated with exposure of nitrate and fluoride in groundwater from a rural part of India

NS Rao, A Dinakar, BK Kumari - Environmental research, 2021 - Elsevier
The present investigation carried out from a rural part of Nalgonda district, Telangana, India
was to know the general groundwater quality and also to measure the vulnerable zones of …

[HTML][HTML] Groundwater chemistry, distribution and potential health risk appraisal of nitrate enriched groundwater: a case study from the semi-urban region of South India

N Adimalla, H Qian - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, an elevated concentration of nitrate in groundwater has been a growing
problem on a global scale. It directly shows the adverse effects on human health via various …

A multi-model study for understanding the contamination mechanisms, toxicity and health risks of hardness, sulfate, and nitrate in natural water resources

JC Egbueri - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023 - Springer
Several water quality contaminants have attracted the attention of numerous researchers
globally, in recent times. Although the toxicity and health risk assessments of sulfate and …