Water contamination and human health risks in Pakistan: a review

M Fida, P Li, Y Wang, SMK Alam, A Nsabimana - Exposure and Health, 2023 - Springer
Water contamination is one of the most significant hazards to human health on the world
scale. Drinking water quality in Pakistan is decreasing gradually due to alarming population …

A comprehensive review on water pollution, South Asia Region: Pakistan

R Noor, A Maqsood, A Baig, CB Pande, SM Zahra… - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Pakistan is one of the most water-polluted country in the South Asia Region. Drinking water
is contaminated with microbial and toxic metals throughout Pakistan. The values of different …

Arsenic uptake, toxicity, detoxification, and speciation in plants: physiological, biochemical, and molecular aspects

G Abbas, B Murtaza, I Bibi, M Shahid, NK Niazi… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Environmental contamination with arsenic (As) is a global environmental, agricultural and
health issue due to the highly toxic and carcinogenic nature of As. Exposure of plants to As …

Drinking water quality status and contamination in Pakistan

MK Daud, M Nafees, S Ali, M Rizwan… - BioMed research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Due to alarming increase in population and rapid industrialization, drinking water quality is
being deteriorated day by day in Pakistan. This review sums up the outcomes of various …

[HTML][HTML] A review of physicochemical and biological contaminants in drinking water and their impacts on human health

A Shah, A Arjunan, A Baroutaji, J Zakharova - Water Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Clean drinking water is one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Despite
significant progress in the water purification technology, many regions still lack access to …

A review of environmental contamination and health risk assessment of wastewater use for crop irrigation with a focus on low and high-income countries

S Khalid, M Shahid, Natasha, I Bibi, T Sarwar… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Population densities and freshwater resources are not evenly distributed worldwide. This
has forced farmers to use wastewater for the irrigation of food crops. This practice presents …

Climate change, water quality and water-related challenges: a review with focus on Pakistan

T Ahmed, M Zounemat-Kermani, M Scholz - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Climate variability is heavily impacting human health all around the globe, in particular, on
residents of develo** countries. Impacts on surface water and groundwater resources and …

A meta-analysis of the distribution, sources and health risks of arsenic-contaminated groundwater in Pakistan

M Shahid, NK Niazi, C Dumat, R Naidu, S Khalid… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Globally, millions of people who rely on groundwater for potable purposes and agriculture
have been inadvertently exposed to toxic arsenic (As) because of its natural occurrence in …

Water Quality Index and human health risk assessment of drinking water in selected urban areas of a Mega City

R Nawaz, I Nasim, A Irfan, A Islam, A Naeem, N Ghani… - Toxics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The present study was conducted to evaluate the quality of drinking water and assess the
potential health hazards due to water contaminants in selected urban areas of Lahore …

[PDF][PDF] Environmental awareness, concern, attitude and behavior of university students: A comparison across academic disciplines

HM Arshad, K Saleem, S Shafi, T Ahmad… - Polish journal of …, 2020 - pjoes.com
Environmental issues such as global warming, air pollution and ozone depletion have
become global challenges. However, environmental awareness, environmental concern …