A mini review on heavy metal contamination in vegetable crops

NC Joshi, P Gururani - International Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Vegetables are a common food source for human health. All vegetable crops are very
important for serving different nutrients to humans. Vegetables absorb necessary nutrients …

Mineralogical, geochemical, and textural characteristics of soil and airborne samples during dust storms in Khuzestan, southwest Iran

N MalAmiri, A Rashki, SR Hosseinzadeh… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Dust storms are frequent phenomena in Khuzestan Province, southwest Iran, leading to
environmental hazards and deleterious impacts on human health. This work analyzes …

Health risk assessment and source apportionment of potentially toxic metal (loid) s in windowsill dust of a rapidly growing urban settlement, Iran

R Madadi, S Mohamadi, M Rastegari, A Karbassi… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Rapid industrialization and urbanization have resulted in environmental pollution and
unsustainable development of cities. The concentration of 12 potentially toxic metal (loid) s …

The carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risk assessment of heavy metals from the butts of smoked and non-smoked cigarettes

A Ghaderi, M Mohammadzadeh… - … and Ecological Risk …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Cigarettes are known as the most popular tobacco in the world. The aim of this study was to
evaluate the concentrations of heavy metals in smoked and non-smoked cigarette butts …

Health impact assessment and evaluation of economic costs attributed to PM2.5 air pollution using BenMAP-CE

Z Safari, R Fouladi-Fard, M Vahedian… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Air pollution is considered the most prominent public health. Economically, air pollution
imposes additional costs on governments. This study aimed to quantify health effects and …

Spatial trends, health risk assessment and ozone formation potential linked to BTEX

H Mojarrad, R Fouladi Fard, M Rezaali… - … and Ecological Risk …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The current study set out to examine BTEX species comprehensively in order to assess their
spatiotemporal distribution, carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health risk assessment, and …

Health risk assessment and source apportionment of heavy metals in atmospheric dustfall in a city of Khuzestan Province, Iran

GR Mostafaii, Z Bakhtyari, F Atoof, M Baziar… - … of Environmental Health …, 2021 - Springer
The heavy metals in the atmospheric particulate matters are now considered a risk for
humans and the environment. The purpose of this study was to assess the concentration …

Awareness and performance towards proper use of disinfectants to prevent COVID-19: the case of Iran

Z Safari, R Fouladi-Fard, R Vahidmoghadam… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
This study aimed to assess the awareness and performance of Qom citizens towards using
disinfectants and compared its relationship with geographical distribution of COVID-19 …

Potential risk assessment of heavy metals in the Aharchai River in northwestern Iran

S Jafarzadeh, RF Fard, E Ghorbani… - … of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 2020 - Elsevier
The pollution of water sources by factories that discharge heavy metals into the environment
is among the most dangerous threats to human health and the environment. This study …

On the nature and sources of microplastics (MPs) and microrubbers (MRs) in urban snow

F Ranjdoost, S Abbasi, M Asadi-Ghalhari… - Journal of environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
This work reports a characterization of microplastics (MPs) and microrubbers (MRs) such as
color, size, shape, and the chemical composition in snowfall in central Iran (Qom) at five …