Water contamination and human health risks in Pakistan: a review

M Fida, P Li, Y Wang, SMK Alam, A Nsabimana - Exposure and Health, 2023 - Springer
Water contamination is one of the most significant hazards to human health on the world
scale. Drinking water quality in Pakistan is decreasing gradually due to alarming population …

Copper environmental toxicology, recent advances, and future outlook: a review

M Rehman, L Liu, Q Wang, MH Saleem… - … science and pollution …, 2019 - Springer
Copper (Cu) is one of the micronutrients needed by living organisms. In plants, Cu plays key
roles in chlorophyll formation, photosynthesis, respiratory electron transport chains …

Toxic and heavy metals contamination assessment in soil and water to evaluate human health risk

W Ahmad, RD Alharthy, M Zubair, M Ahmed… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Due to urbanization and industrialization, there has been an increase in solid waste
generation and has become a global concern and leakage of leachate from landfills …

Prevalence of exposure of heavy metals and their impact on health consequences

K Rehman, F Fatima, I Waheed… - Journal of cellular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Even in the current era of growing technology, the concentration of heavy metals present in
drinking water is still not within the recommended limits as set by the regulatory authorities in …

A comprehensive review on water pollution, South Asia Region: Pakistan

R Noor, A Maqsood, A Baig, CB Pande, SM Zahra… - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Pakistan is one of the most water-polluted country in the South Asia Region. Drinking water
is contaminated with microbial and toxic metals throughout Pakistan. The values of different …

Sub-inhibitory concentrations of heavy metals facilitate the horizontal transfer of plasmid-mediated antibiotic resistance genes in water environment

Y Zhang, AZ Gu, T Cen, X Li, M He, D Li, J Chen - Environmental Pollution, 2018 - Elsevier
Although widespread antibiotic resistance has been mostly attributed to the selective
pressure generated by overuse and misuse of antibiotics, recent growing evidence suggests …

A comprehensive study on aquatic chemistry, health risk and remediation techniques of cadmium in groundwater

M Mahajan, PK Gupta, A Singh, B Vaish… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Cadmium (Cd), a non-essential trace element, it's intrusion in groundwater has
ubiquitous implications on the environment and human health. This review is an approach to …

Assessment of soil heavy metals for eco-environment and human health in a rapidly urbanization area of the upper Yangtze Basin

Z Jia, S Li, L Wang - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Soil pollution with heavy metals (HMs) has been attracting more and more interests,
however, assessment of eco-environmental and human risks particularly in a rapidly …

Heavy metal contamination and exposure risk assessment via drinking groundwater in Vehari, Pakistan

S Khalid, M Shahid, Natasha, AH Shah… - … Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
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 …

Levels and health risk assessment of heavy metals in soil, water, and vegetables of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

DS Kacholi, M Sahu - Journal of Chemistry, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This study assesses heavy metals' levels in water, soil, and vegetables (Ipomoea batatas
(Matembele), Amaranthus hybridus (Mchicha), Abelmoschus esculentus (Bamia), and …