Water pollution in Bangladesh and its impact on public health

MK Hasan, A Shahriar, KU Jim - Heliyon, 2019 - cell.com
Bangladesh–one of the most densely populated countries of the world—has plentiful water
sources, but these sources are being polluted continuously. Both surface water and …

A comprehensive scenario of heavy metals pollution in the rivers of Bangladesh during the last two decades

D Pandit, MM Haque, MS Bhuyan… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
For decades, rivers have been used for transporting pollutants loaded with heavy metals
(HMs) causing severe pollution in downstream. The current study aimed to review the levels …

Drinking water quality and arsenic health risk assessment in Sistan and Baluchestan, Southeastern Province, Iran

M Radfard, M Yunesian, R Nabizadeh… - … and ecological risk …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Access to drinking water is one of the most important indicators determined by the World
Health Organization (WHO). This investigation surveyed the concentration of various …

Human health risk assessment of some bottled waters from Romania

T Dippong, MA Hoaghia, C Mihali, E Cical… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
The paper presents the quality status of 14 brands of bottled water, with sources of
groundwaters from different mountain areas alongside the Carpathian Mountains from …

Human exposure risk assessment due to heavy metals in groundwater by pollution index and multivariate statistical methods: a case study from South Africa

V Elumalai, K Brindha, E Lakshmanan - Water, 2017 - mdpi.com
Heavy metals in surface and groundwater were analysed and their sources were identified
using multivariate statistical tools for two towns in South Africa. Human exposure risk …

Spatial analysis and health risk assessment of heavy metals concentration in drinking water resources

RA Fallahzadeh, MT Ghaneian, M Miri… - … Science and Pollution …, 2017 - Springer
The heavy metals available in drinking water can be considered as a threat to human health.
Oncogenic risk of such metals is proven in several studies. Present study aimed to …

A probabilistic-deterministic analysis of human health risk related to the exposure to potentially toxic elements in groundwater of Urmia coastal aquifer (NW of Iran) …

N Sohrabi, N Kalantari, V Amiri, N Saha… - … research and risk …, 2021 - Springer
The human exposure to groundwater contamination with toxic elements is a worldwide
concern. In this study, multivariate statistics coupled with probabilistic and deterministic risk …

Oxidative stress and metal homeostasis alterations in Danio rerio (zebrafish) under single and combined carbamazepine, acetamiprid and cadmium exposures

G de Farias Araujo, LOS Soares, SFS Junior… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2022 - Elsevier
Contaminants of emerging concern (CEC) are routinely detected in aquatic environments,
especially pharmaceuticals, such as carbamazepine (CBZ), and neonicotinoid pesticides …

Groundwater status and challenges in Bangladesh

MS Islam, MG Mostafa - Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 52, 2021 - Springer
Bangladesh is a densely populated and developing country facing severe water pollution,
crisis and security. Even though all population has access to freshwater, water is often …

Human exposure risks assessment of heavy metals in groundwater within the Amansie and Adansi districts in Ghana using pollution evaluation indices

CK Tay, M Dorleku, LK Doamekpor - West African Journal of Applied …, 2019 - ajol.info
Non-carcinogenic risk assessment was done using Hazard Quotient (HQ ing/derm) and
Hazard Index (HI ing/derm) following USEPA methodology for a total of 59 boreholes and 12 …