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 …

Sources, distribution, associated health risks and remedial technologies for inorganic contamination in groundwater: A review in specific context of the state of …

A Malik, D Katyal, N Narwal, N Kataria… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Haryana is one of the leading states in India in the agricultural and industrial production.
With the expansion of these sectors, a continuous increase in water demand is leading to …

Groundwater quality assessment using EWQI with updated water quality classification criteria: a case study in and around Zhouzhi County, Guanzhong Basin (China)

Y Yang, P Li, V Elumalai, J Ning, F Xu, D Mu - Exposure and Health, 2023 - Springer
The entropy water quality index (EWQI) is a simple method of comprehensively assessing
water quality. This method has been widely used in groundwater quality assessment …

Investigating the impacts of heavy metal (loid) s on ecology and human health in the lower basin of Hungary's Danube River: A Python and Monte Carlo simulation …

O Saeed, A Székács, G Jordán, M Mörtl… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
This study aimed to determine the environmental and health risks of the heavy metal levels
in the Danube River in Hungary. The metals, including Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Ni, Cr, Pb, and As …

Impacts of climate change and coastal salinization on the environmental risk of heavy metal contamination along the odisha coast, India.

SK Nayak, JR Nandimandalam - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change-mediated rise in sea level and storm surges, along with indiscriminate
exploitation of groundwater along populous coastal regions have led to seawater intrusion …

Groundwater heavy metal (loid) s risk prediction based on topsoil contamination and aquifer vulnerability at a zinc smelting site

S Xue, Y Wang, J Jiang, L Tang, Y **e, W Gao… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Groundwater pollution is a recurrent problem in abandoned non-ferrous metal smelting
sites, and its severity is influenced by topsoil contamination, hydrogeological characteristics …

Seasonal variation and spatial distribution of heavy metal (loid) s concentration in groundwater and surface water from hard-rock terrain, Ranchi, India

A Haidery, R Umar, I Khan - Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2024 - Springer
This study explores seasonal variation in heavy metal (loid) s [HMs] enrichment in water and
its adverse effect on human health in urban and peri-urban areas of Ranchi, Jharkhand …

Environmental Implications of the Soil-to-Groundwater Migration of Heavy Metals in Mining Area Hotspots

J Vesković, A Onjia - Metals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Groundwater contamination was studied at several hotspot sites in the Majdanpek copper
mining area (Serbia). These sites include a milling facility, a metallurgical wastewater …

Salinity-induced changes in heavy metal behavior and mobility in semi-arid coastal aquifers: a comprehensive review

RR Gantayat, V Elumalai - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
Semi-arid coastal aquifers face critical challenges characterized by lower rainfall, higher
evaporation rates, and looming risk of over-exploitation. These conditions, coupled with …

Hydrogeochemical and anthropogenic controls on quality and quantitative source-specific risks of groundwater in a resource-based area with intensive industrial and …

M Zhang, L Wang, Q Zhao, J Wang, Y Sun - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
Groundwater contamination in resource-based cities/areas generally suffers from complex
superposition of multiple hydrogeological and anthropogenic factors, of which control …