Heavy metal contamination in soil, food crops and associated health risks for residents of Ropar wetland, Punjab, India and its environs

S Sharma, AK Nagpal, I Kaur - Food chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
In the present study, an assessment of heavy metal content in soil and food crops (wheat,
rice, maize grains and mustard seeds) and associated health risks was carried out for …

Appraisal of heavy metal contents in groundwater and associated health hazards posed to human population of Ropar wetland, Punjab, India and its environs

S Sharma, AK Nagpal, I Kaur - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Heavy metals are well recognised for their toxicity and pose human health risks even at very
low levels. In the present work, groundwater from Ropar wetland, Punjab, India and its …

Quantitative assessment of possible human health risk associated with consumption of arsenic contaminated groundwater and wheat grains from Ropar Wetand and …

S Sharma, J Kaur, AK Nagpal, I Kaur - Environmental monitoring and …, 2016 - Springer
Arsenic (As) is a carcinogenic metalloid that enters food chain through food and water and
poses health risk to living beings. It is important to assess the As status in the environment …

The water metabolism of socio‐ecological systems: Reflections and a conceptual framework

C Madrid‐López, M Giampietro - Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Water accounting is an unresolved issue in metabolism studies. Through epistemological
analysis, we show that the problem resides in the conceptualization of social metabolism …

Assessment of arsenic content in soil, rice grains and groundwater and associated health risks in human population from Ropar wetland, India, and its vicinity

S Sharma, I Kaur, AK Nagpal - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2017 - Springer
In the present study, potential health risks posed to human population from Ropar wetland
and its vicinity, by consumption of inorganic arsenic (i-As) via arsenic contaminated rice …

Mapping and monitoring the selected wetlands of Punjab, India, using geospatial techniques

G Kumar, KK Singh - Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2020 - Springer
Wetland inventories especially on their spatial extent are a prerequisite for management and
conservation of any wetland. The advancement in geospatial techniques has offered a wide …

Estimation of arsenic, manganese and iron in mustard seeds, maize grains, groundwater and associated human health risks in Ropar wetland, Punjab, India, and its …

S Sharma, I Kaur, AK Nagpal - Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2018 - Springer
Present study was conducted to estimate the bioconcentration of total arsenic (t-As),
manganese (Mn) and iron (Fe) in mustard seeds and maize grains cultivated in agricultural …

Status of wetlands in Punjab: A review on policy frameworks

G Kumar, A Kaur - Asian Journal of Multidimensional Research …, 2018 - indianjournals.com
The impact of urbanization, industrialization, agricultural activities on the wetland cause
serious and major issues such as shrinkage of wetland area, ecological misbalance etc. To …

Monitoring and maintaining groundwater quality: challenges and management

N Maelissa, LZ Zhan, A Widiyanti… - Environmental and …, 2022 - journal2.unusa.ac.id
Water covers 70% of the world's total surface, but only around 3% of it is freshwater that
humans may drink and utilize for other purposes. Because of fast growth in many nations …

[PDF][PDF] Established protected areas network of wildlife sanctuaries, conservation and community reserves in Punjab (India)

DKK Dhami - International Journal of Current Research in Life …, 2018 - journalijcrls.com
The northwestern state of Punjab (India) encompasses an area of 50, 362 sq. kms with 84%
of its land under agriculture and only 3. 52% under forests. The state harbours three major …