Levels of heavy metals in wastewater and soil samples from open drainage channels in Nairobi, Kenya: community health implication

GK Kinuthia, V Ngure, D Beti, R Lugalia, A Wangila… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Levels of Mercury (Hg), Lead (Pb), Cadmium (Cd), Chromium (Cr), Nickel (Ni) &
Thallium (Tl) were established in wastewater & soil samples obtained from 8 sites in open …

A review on global metal accumulators—mechanism, enhancement, commercial application, and research trend

A Naila, G Meerdink, V Jayasena, AZ Sulaiman… - … Science and Pollution …, 2019 - Springer
The biosphere is polluted with metals due to burning of fossil fuels, pesticides, fertilizers, and
mining. The metals interfere with soil conservations such as contaminating aqueous waste …

[PDF][PDF] Animal manure as fertilizer: changes in soil attributes, productivity and food composition

A Loss, RR Couto, G Brunetto, M Veiga… - Int. J. Res …, 2019 - researchgate.net
Animal manure (AM), such as swine, cattle, sheep, horse, as well as other organic waste
materials from recycling agri-food or other processes may be used as nutrient source for …

Assessing pollution and health risks from chromite mine tailings contaminated soils in India by employing synergistic statistical approaches

S Banerjee, S Ghosh, S Jha, S Kumar, G Mondal… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Potentially toxic elements (PTEs) contamination in the agricultural soil can generate a
detrimental effect on the ecosystem and poses a threat to human health. The present work …

Irrigation suitability, health risk assessment and source apportionment of heavy metals in surface water used for irrigation near marble industry in Malakand, Pakistan

A Khan, MS Khan, JJ Egozcue, MA Shafique… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Water is a vital, finite resource whose quantity and quality are deteriorating as the world
population increases. The current study aims to investigate the concentration of heavy …

Bioaccumulation and translocation of heavy metals by nine native plant species grown at a sewage sludge dump site

EM Eid, KH Shaltout - International Journal of Phytoremediation, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
In the present study, nine native plant species were collected to determine their potential to
clean up nine heavy metals from soil of a sewage sludge dump site. Almost all nine plant …

Levels, dietary intake, and health risk of potentially toxic metals in vegetables, fruits, and cereal crops in Pakistan

J Nawab, S Farooqi, W **, S Khan… - … science and pollution …, 2018 - Springer
Food safety is a major concern worldwide and human beings are frequently exposed to
potentially toxic metals (PTMs) through consumption of vegetables, fruits, and cereal crops …

Minimizing the risk to human health due to the ingestion of arsenic and toxic metals in vegetables by the application of biochar, farmyard manure and peat moss

J Nawab, J Ghani, S Khan, W ** - Journal of Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Mining activity releases toxic metals (TMs) into the soil ecosystem and creates serious
problems for the environment and human beings due to their adverse eco-toxilogical …

Contamination features, geo-accumulation, enrichments and human health risks of toxic heavy metal (loids) from fish consumption collected along Swat river, Pakistan

M Liu, Y Xu, J Nawab, Z Rahman, S Khan… - … Technology & Innovation, 2020 - Elsevier
Toxic heavy metal (loids)(THMs) are released into natural water systems from geological
and anthropogenic sources, and easily accumulated via water and sediments in aquatic fish …

Heavy metal pollution in the soil of a riverine basin: Distribution, source, and potential hazards

K Khan, A Mohsin, HMA Sharif, A Maryam, J Ali… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Soil pollution with heavy metals (HMs) has become a world environmental problem. This
study focuses on surface soil contamination with Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, Hg, Pb, Fe, and …