Hazardous heavy metals contamination of vegetables and food chain: Role of sustainable remediation approaches-A review

S Kumar, S Prasad, KK Yadav, M Shrivastava… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
This review emphasizes the role of toxic metal remediation approaches due to their broad
sustainability and applicability. The rapid developmental processes can incorporate a large …

Pollution assessment of heavy metals in soils of India and ecological risk assessment: A state-of-the-art

V Kumar, A Sharma, P Kaur, GPS Sidhu, AS Bali… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Soil is substantive component of biosphere, which is exposed to plethora of pollutants
including heavy metals. These are added by natural as well as anthropogenic activities …

40-years of Lake Urmia restoration research: Review, synthesis and next steps

M Parsinejad, DE Rosenberg, YAG Ghale… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Public concern over environmental issues such as ecosystem degradation is high. However,
restoring coupled human-natural systems requires integration across many science …

Characterization, possible sources and health risk assessment of PM2. 5-bound Heavy Metals in the most industrial city of Iran

M Kermani, A Jonidi Jafari, M Gholami… - … of Environmental Health …, 2021 - Springer
Air pollution associated with particulate matters results in different types of disease including
allergy, lung destruction, heart failure, and related problems. This study has been designed …

Environmental pollution status and health risk assessment of selective heavy metal (oid) s in Iran's agricultural soils: A review

A Jahandari, B Abbasnejad - Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 2024 - Elsevier
The assessment of heavy metal (oid) concentrations in agricultural soil holds significant
importance due to its impact on crop safety and quality, as well as the potential risks it poses …

Ecological risk assessment and source apportionment of heavy metal contamination in agricultural soils of Northeastern Iran

A Keshavarzi, V Kumar - International journal of environmental …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The present work was designed to study the pH, sand, silt, clay, lime, organic carbon (OC),
cation exchange capacity and heavy metals (Fe, Mn, Cu and Zn) in agricultural soils of …

Probabilistic risk assessment of soil contamination related to agricultural and industrial activities

A Mohammadi, SN Mansour, ML Najafi, A Toolabi… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil contamination related to industrial and agricultural activities were associated with many
adverse health effects and climate change could exacerbate this effect. However, the …

Spatial distribution and potential ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in agricultural soils of Northeastern Iran

A Keshavarzi, V Kumar - Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Illustrating the spatial distribution and potential sources of soil properties, and heavy metals,
viz., Fe, Zn, Mn, and Cu, are the vital prerequisites for decreasing their pollution. The 68 …

Digital mapping of potentially toxic elements enrichment in soils of Urmia Lake due to water level decline

Z Alvyar, F Shahbazi, S Oustan, O Dengiz… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic activities, in addition to climate change caused the drying of Urmia Lake in
Iran, since 2005. Dust storms blown from the dried lakebed have created serious …

Spatial distribution and risk assessment of agricultural soil pollution by hazardous elements in a transboundary river basin

H Haghnazar, M Pourakbar, M Mahdavianpour… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
The present study aimed to evaluate the sources of pollution and the potential human and
ecological risks of hazardous elements (HEs) in 40 hotspot sites of the agricultural soil …