Pollution assessment of heavy metals in soils of India and ecological risk assessment: A state-of-the-art

V Kumar, A Sharma, P Kaur, GPS Sidhu, AS Bali… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Soil is substantive component of biosphere, which is exposed to plethora of pollutants
including heavy metals. These are added by natural as well as anthropogenic activities …

A review of ecological risk assessment and associated health risks with heavy metals in sediment from India

V Kumar, A Sharma, S Pandita, R Bhardwaj… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Heavy metal (HM) pollution in sediment is a serious concern particularly in develo**
nations, warranting an extensive survey to understand the current situation and propose …

Identifying sources and transport routes of heavy metals in soil with different land uses around a smelting site by GIS based PCA and PMF

R Anaman, C Peng, Z Jiang, X Liu, Z Zhou… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Identifying sources and transport routes of heavy metals in soil is necessary for pollution
control. This study integrated principal component analysis (PCA), positive matrix …

Determination and map** of regional change of Pb and Cr pollution in Ankara city center

M Cetin, AMO Aljama, OBM Alrabiti, F Adiguzel… - Water, Air, & Soil …, 2022 - Springer
As in the whole world, environmental problems have increased with the increase in
residential areas in Turkey, and this situation has brought many problems, especially …

Ecological risk assessment and source apportionment of heavy metals contamination: An appraisal based on the Tellus soil survey

A Keshavarzi, V Kumar, G Ertunç, EC Brevik - … Geochemistry and Health, 2021 - Springer
It is imperative to comprehend the level and spatial distribution of soil pollution with heavy
metals to find sustainable management approaches for affected soils. Selected heavy …

Heavy metal concentrations in roadside plants (Achillea wilhelmsii and Cardaria draba) and soils along some highways in Hamedan, west of Iran

NS Hosseini, S Sobhanardakani, M Cheraghi… - … science and pollution …, 2020 - Springer
The present study was conducted to analyze the effects of traffic volumes on Cd, Cu, Pb, Ni,
and Zn contents in roadside soils and in two dominant herbaceous species (Achillea …

Accumulation of Heavy Metals in Rice (Oryza sativa. L) Grains Cultivated in Three Major Industrial Areas of Bangladesh

GMMA Hasan, AK Das, MA Satter - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Human exposure to nonessential trace elements occurs from food crops that are
contaminated by the soil. The present study aimed to determine the level of heavy metals in …

Ecological risk assessment and source apportionment of heavy metal contamination in agricultural soils of Northeastern Iran

A Keshavarzi, V Kumar - International journal of environmental …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The present work was designed to study the pH, sand, silt, clay, lime, organic carbon (OC),
cation exchange capacity and heavy metals (Fe, Mn, Cu and Zn) in agricultural soils of …

Ecological and health risk assessment of heavy metals in roadside soil, dust and water of three economic zone in Enugu, Nigeria

JK Nduka, TC Umeh, HI Kelle, MAN Mgbemena… - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy metals posed threat to humans and environment. Spatial distribution/source
identifications of heavy metals in soil, dust and water along major road of three economic …

Source apportionment, chemometric pattern recognition and health risk assessment of groundwater from southwestern Punjab, India

R Kumar, S Mittal, PK Sahoo, SK Sahoo - Environmental geochemistry and …, 2021 - Springer
The groundwater quality of southwestern Punjab, India, is a serious cause of concern due to
the presence of chemical contaminants in it. However, limited studies of groundwater quality …