Trophic transfer, bioaccumulation, and biomagnification of non-essential hazardous heavy metals and metalloids in food chains/webs—Concepts and implications for …

H Ali, E Khan - Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Heavy metals are transferred from the abiotic environment to living organisms, accumulated
in biota at different trophic levels, and thus contaminate the food chains/webs. Trophic …

Assessment of heavy metal contamination levels and health risks in environmental media in the northeast region

Y Cui, L Bai, C Li, Z He, X Liu - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Rapid development in Northeast China has brought serious heavy metal pollution
to the environmental media (soil, surface water and air). This paper presents a study on the …

Human exposure to toxic metals via contaminated dust: Bio-accumulation trends and their potential risk estimation

J Mohmand, SAMAS Eqani, M Fasola, A Alamdar… - Chemosphere, 2015 - Elsevier
We assessed the levels of potentially toxic trace metals, Zinc (Zn), Lead (Pb), Manganese
(Mn), Copper (Cu), Nickel (Ni), Chromium (Cr), Cobalt (Co), and Cadmium (Cd), in dust, hair …

Woody plants have the advantages in the phytoremediation process of manganese ore with the help of microorganisms

H Nong, J Liu, J Chen, Y Zhao, L Wu, Y Tang… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The serious ecological damage caused by mining activities cannot be ignored. The use of
an environmentally friendly restoration method to rebuild the vegetation and soil …

Contamination and risk assessment of heavy metals, and uranium of sediments in two watersheds in Abiete-Toko gold district, Southern Cameroon

EPB Mandeng, LMB Bidjeck, AZE Bessa, YD Ntomb… - Heliyon, 2019 - cell.com
In this investigation, the level of toxic metals (Cd, Pb, Hg, Cu, Ni, Al, Zn and U) was
determined in sediment samples from two watersheds (Kienké and Tchangué) in the Abiete …

Characterizing pollution indices and children health risk assessment of potentially toxic metal (oid) s in school dust of Lahore, Pakistan

A Rehman, G Liu, B Yousaf, M Zia-ur-Rehman… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Toxic metal pollution is a renowned environmental concern, especially to sensitive
environments like school classrooms and their association with children's health. The study …

Geo-accumulation and enrichment of trace metals in sediments and their associated risks in the Chenab River, Pakistan

N Hanif, SAMAS Eqani, SM Ali, A Cincinelli… - Journal of Geochemical …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study the level of toxic metals (Mn, Zn, Pb, Cd, Co, Cu) was determined in sediment
samples from the Chenab River, Pakistan. The potential toxicity of studied metals was …

Improvement of manganese phytoremediation by Broussonetia papyrifera with two plant growth promoting (PGP) Bacillus species

H Huang, Y Zhao, L Fan, Q Jin, G Yang, Z Xu - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Combining phytoremediation plants and microorganisms is a promising method of
remediating heavy metal contaminated soil. In this study, two manganese-tolerant strains …

Bioaccumulation of nickel by E. sativa and role of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPRs) under nickel stress

MA Kamran, SAMAS Eqani, S Bibi, R Xu… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Phytoremediation potential of plants can be enhanced in association with microbes. Further,
many plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria can improve growth under stress. The present …

Human exposure to trace metals and arsenic via consumption of fish from river Chenab, Pakistan and associated health risks

A Alamdar, SAMAS Eqani, N Hanif, SM Ali, M Fasola… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
This study provided the first hand data of trace elements into fish muscles (N= 65) collected
from river Chenab in Pakistan during 2013, using inductively coupled plasma mass …