Heavy metals occur naturally in very small amounts in living organisms, but exposure to their
higher concentrations is hazardous. Heavy metals at hazardous levels are commonly found …

Intense human activities, particularly industrial and agricultural output, has enriched metal
(loid) s in riverine sediment and endangered aquatic ecosystems and human health …

Shrimp is one of the major export products in South Asian countries and also an eminent
source of nutrition for humans. Hence, any negative effect of this industry may affect not only …

The present study was conducted for the first time to appraise the water quality, irrigation
feasibility, and human health risk of surface water in heavy industrial and urban …

An anthropogenically less affected transboundary river (Punarbhaba, Bangladesh) was
studied to detect associated risks from the combined origin (s) of geochemically and …

This study utilized surface sediments from a potentially less polluted transboundary
Himalayan River (Brahmaputra: China-India-Bangladesh) to investigate the abundance of …

The study on metal (loid) contamination of sediment in river upstream is lacking. The
content, pollution, risk and source of ten metal (loid) s (As, Co, Pb, Cu, Ni, Cr, V, Mn, Ba, and …

Heavy metal pollution in marine ecosystems is an escalating environmental concern, largely
driven by anthropogenic activities, and poses potential threats to ecological health and …

The study area was selected in the Rupsha river basin and the sediment samples were
collected to determine trace metal concentrations of As, Pb, Cd, and Cr along with biological …

River water and sediment embody environmental characteristics that give valuable
environmental management information. However, indexical and chemometric appraisal of …