Trace heavy metals, such as arsenic, cadmium, lead, chromium, nickel, and mercury, are
important environmental pollutants, particularly in areas with high anthropogenic pressure …

Chemical contamination of drinking water (including salinity) puts more than one billion
people at risk of adverse health effects globally. Resource-constrained communities are the …

The presence of toxic substances in aquifers, particularly potentially toxic heavy metals, is
an important environmental and social concern worldwide. These heavy metals are capable …

The consumption of contaminated vegetables has a great impact on human health. Due to
this fact, we conduct the study to estimate the heavy metals in groundwater, soil, and …

Groundwater contamination through potentially harmful metals (PHMs) is an environmental
hazard in Pakistan with significant human health risk reports. The current research was …

In an era of unprecedented urbanization, population and industrial growth pressure is
serious threat for the water management in Pakistan in present days. Water pollution from …

The purpose of this study was to characterize the concentrations of lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd),
manganese (Mn), and Fe (Fe) in drinking water sources in primary schools in Sindh …

Animal rearing is the major occupation of most population of South Asian countries. Due to
lack of resources and limited approach to modern medicine, most of the livestock raisers …

At the global scale, persistent lead (Pb) pollution has been considered as a major threat for
human health due to its exposure through numerous pathways. The scientific literature …

In developing countries like Pakistan, there is a lack of implementation of the environmental
laws to manage discharges of untreated effluents, loaded with heavy metals, into freshwater …