Metal in the environment arises from both natural sources and human activities. Toxic metals
in air, soil, and water have become a global problem. They are potential hazards to aquatic …

Heavy metal determination in ambient air is an important task for environmental researchers
because of their toxicity to human beings. Some heavy metals (hexavalent chromium (Cr) …

Abstract The Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX) microanalysis is a technique of elemental
analysis associated to electron microscopy based on the generation of characteristic Xrays …

Air pollution has become a worldwide problem, which resulted in various environmental
threats to the human beings and surface ecosystem. It is thus significant to clarify the …

Industrial production is the main source of heavy metals for cultivated land in China as it has
been the world's factory. However, owing to there being insufficient data and appropriate …

Heavy metals in atmospheric dust can directly pollute the soil, water and sediment, causing
serious harm to human health. In this study, the temporal and spatial distribution …

Relative contributions of water-and methanol-soluble compounds and their hydrophobic/
hydrophilic subfractions to the ROS (reactive oxygen species)-generating potential of …

This study evaluates atmospheric concentrations of soil and Pb aerosols, and blood lead
levels (BLLs) in 367 839 children (ages 0–10) in Detroit, Michigan from 2001 to 2009 to test …

The present study was intended to investigate the ecological and human health risk of
cobalt, nickel, and vanadium in the atmospheric dry deposition of the Kermanshah city, Iran …

Soils in older areas of cities are highly contaminated by lead, due largely to past use of lead
additives in gasoline, the use of lead in exterior paints, and industrial lead sources. Soils are …