Heavy metals are a common class of toxic contaminants in soil, water and air, yet their
occurrence in indoor environments is less known. Heavy metals enter people's bodies …

Heavy metals (HMs) in indoor dust are among the most toxic micropollutants and have
attracted mainly the attention of researchers in the last three decades concerning the …

This research work was focused to evaluate the concentration of heavy metals (ie, Cr, Pb,
Mn, Cu and Fe) in sediment samples collected from the Dhaleshwari River near the area of …

The increasing industrial activities, number of vehicles on road and population in large cities
causes the contamination of air in urban environment, and eventually affect human health …

This study investigates pollution levels, source apportionment, ecological, and human health
risks associated with toxic metals (Pb, As, Hg, Cr, and Cd) in road dust from the most …

Arsenic is a toxic metalloid that enters the environment through natural and anthropogenic
sources. A small amount of arsenic remains in living organisms, but its exposure at elevated …

Global consumption of take-out food increased rapidly and the chemicals in their containers
become a potential source of human exposure. However, available information on heavy …

This study is designed to determine the morphology, elemental composition, and
identification of various minerals and functional groups in household dust in multiple …

In recent decades, anthropogenic activities have resulted in road dust and roadside soil
hosted metal (oid) s pollution in the urban environment. In the South-Asian megacity …

Exposure to dust particles enriched with arsenic (As) is a significant health threat for
populations living in Southeast Asian megacities. The mineralogical composition of dust …