A comprehensive review of heavy metal pollution in the coastal areas of Bangladesh: abundance, bioaccumulation, health implications, and challenges

MRJ Rakib, MA Rahman, AP Onyena, R Kumar… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
The coastal zone of Bangladesh, with a population density of 1278 people per square
kilometer, is under serious threat due to heavy metal pollution. To date, many studies have …

Pollution trends and ecological risks of heavy metal (loid) s in coastal zones of Bangladesh: A chemometric review

JN Jannat, MY Mia, MMMF Jion, MS Islam, MM Ali… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy metal (loid) s inputs contribute to human and environmental stresses in the coastal
zones of Bangladesh. Several studies have been conducted on metal (loid) s pollution in …

Mining waste and its sustainable management: advances in worldwide research

JA Aznar-Sánchez, JJ García-Gómez… - Minerals, 2018 - mdpi.com
Growing social awareness of the need to adequately treat mining waste in order to protect
the environment has led to an increase in the research in this field. The aim of this study was …

Contamination of stream sediment with heavy metals in the Awetu watershed of southwestern Ethiopia

H Astatkie, A Ambelu, E Mengistie - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Surface sediment samples were collected from different streams of Awetu Watershed in
southwestern Ethiopia. Sediment samples were analyzed for As, Cd, Cr, Pb, and Hg levels …

Heavy metal contamination assessment of surface sediments of the Subei Shoal, China: Spatial distribution, source apportionment and ecological risk

M Zhang, P He, G Qiao, J Huang, X Yuan, Q Li - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
This study investigated heavy metals (Ni, Zn, Cr, Cu, As, Pb, Cd and Hg) concentrations in
surface sediment of Subei Shoal, China, to illustrate their spatial distribution characteristics …

Assessment of heavy metal contamination in the surficial sediments from the lower Meghna River estuary, Noakhali coast, Bangladesh

MAM Siddique, M Rahman, SMA Rahman… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sediment samples were collected from ten selected sites of the lower Meghna River estuary,
and six heavy metals were analyzed with Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (AAS) to …

Assessment of natural radionuclides and heavy metal concentrations in marine sediments in view of tourism activities in Hurghada city, northern Red Sea, Egypt

HM Zakaly, MA Uosif, H Madkour, M Tammam, S Issa… - 2019 - elar.urfu.ru
The specific activity of 40K, 232Th and 226Ra in marine sediment samples collected from
National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF) and Safier Hotel area in Hurghada …

Heavy metals in farmed and wild milkfish (Chanos chanos) and wild mullet (Mugil cephalus) along the coasts of Tanzania and associated health risk for humans and …

EB Mwakalapa, CK Simukoko, AJ Mmochi… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
In 2016, farmed milkfish (Chanos chanos) from Tanzania mainland (Mtwara), and Zanzibar
islands (Pemba and Unguja) and wild milkfish and mullet (Mugil cephalus) from the Indian …

Geo-environmental assessment of heavy metals in the bottom sediments of the Southern Corniche of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

RA Bantan, TA Al-Dubai, AG Al-Zubieri - Marine pollution bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Southern Corniche of Jeddah (SCJ) is located on the centre of the eastern Red
Sea coast, Saudi Arabia and is increasingly affected by many anthropogenic activities …

Heavy metal toxicity of drinking water: A silent killer

V Dahiya - GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2022 - gsconlinepress.com
Heavy metal toxicity has proven to be a major threat and there are several health risks
associated with it. The toxic effects of these metals, even though they do not have any …