Heavy metal (loid) s contaminations in soils of Pakistan: A review for the evaluation of human and ecological risks assessment and spatial distribution

IU Din, S Muhammad, IU Rehman - Environmental Geochemistry and …, 2023 - Springer
Heavy metal (loid) s (HM) contaminations in the soil poses threats to the human and
ecological community due to their bioaccumulation, toxicity, and persistent nature in the …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical constituents and uses of Calotropis procera and Calotropis gigantea–a review (Part I–the plants as material and energy resources)

MAM Al Sulaibi, C Thiemann… - Open Chemistry …, 2020 - benthamopen.com
The traditional and current use of Calotropis procera and C. gigantea, two soft-wooded,
xerophytic shrubs of the family Apocynaceae, are reviewed against the background of the …

Ecological and health risk assessment associated with translocation of heavy metals in Lycopersicum esculentum from farmland soil treated with different composts

P Mazumder, S Dash, M Khwairakpam… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract To meet the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, agricultural soil which
is a non-renewable natural resource must be carefully managed. Heavy metals present in …

Heavy metal contents and enrichment characteristics of dominant plants in wasteland of the downstream of a lead-zinc mining area in Guangxi, Southwest China

G Zhu, H Xiao, Q Guo, B Song, G Zheng… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
A field investigation on the content of heavy metals in soils and 17 kinds of dominant plants
from wasteland of the downstream of a Pb-Zn mine in Northwest Guangxi Zhuang …

Organic amendments minimize the migration of potentially toxic elements in soil–plant system in degraded agricultural lands

J Ghani, J Nawab, S Khan, MA Khan, I Ahmad… - Biomass Conversion …, 2024 - Springer
The contamination of agricultural soil with potentially toxic elements (PTEs) such as
cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), chromium (Cr), zinc (Zn), nickel (Ni), and copper (Cu) persists and …

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 …

Single and mixture adsorption of clofibric acid, tetracycline and paracetamol onto activated carbon developed from cotton cloth residue

N Boudrahem, S Delpeux-Ouldriane… - Process Safety and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The aim of this work is to investigate the feasibility of the preparation of adsorbent materials
from waste textiles (cotton) for the removal of pharmaceutical products such as clofibric acid …

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

J Nawab, S Farooqi, W Xiaoping, 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 Xiaoping - 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 …

Mapping human health risk from exposure to potential toxic metal contamination in groundwater of Lower Dir, Pakistan: Application of multivariate and geographical …

A Rashid, S Khan, M Ayub, T Sardar, S Jehan, S Zahir… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
The study aimed to assess the physicochemical parameters (pH, electrical conductivity (EC),
total dissolve solid (TDS), oxidation reduction potential (ORP), Temperature) and potential …