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1. Concentration of Organochlorine Pollutants in Surface Waters of the Central European Biosphere Reserve Krivoklatsko (8 pp)

Author:
Koč, Vladimír; Ocelka, Tomáš; Dragoun, Darek; Vít, Michael; Grabic, Roman; Šváb, Marek
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2007 v.14 no.2 pp. 94-101
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; DDT (pesticide); furans; polychlorinated biphenyls; anthropogenic activities; ecological function; toxicity testing; Vibrio fischeri; accidents; bacteria; industry; water reservoirs; risk assessment; dioxins; air; industrialization; ecosystems; surface water; dibenzofuran; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; DDE (pesticide); freshwater; biosphere; humans; monitoring; DDD (pesticide); isomers; bioassays; HCH (pesticide); pollutants; soil; hexachlorobenzene; toxicity; biodiversity; environmental assessment; adverse effects; Daphnia magna; chemical analysis; streams; data analysis; conservation areas; Central European region
Abstract:
... Background, Aim and Scope The article is focused on dioxin, furan, PCB and organochlorine pesticide monitoring in the surface waters of the Central European, protected natural reserve Krivoklatsko, under the UNESCO programme Man and Biosphere. Persistent compounds are presently transported via different means throughout the entire world. This contamination varies significantly between sites. This ...
DOI:
10.1065/espr2006.10.353

2. Integral assessment of estrogenic potentials in sediment-associated samples

Author:
Kase, Robert; Hansen, Peter D.; Fischer, Birgit; Manz, Werner; Heininger, Peter; Reifferscheid, Georg
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2009 v.16 no.1 pp. 54-64
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
animal experimentation; bioassays; cytotoxicity; environmental assessment; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; estradiol; humans; mice; microbial contamination; peroxidase; receptors; salinity; salt tolerance; screening; sediments; sludge; soil; wavelengths; yeasts
Abstract:
... Background, aim, and scope The enzyme-linked receptor assay (ELRA) detects estrogenic and anti-estrogenic effects at the molecular level of receptor binding and is a useful tool for the integrative assessment of ecotoxicological potentials caused by hormonally active agents (HAA) and endocrine disrupting compounds (EDC). The main advantage of the ELRA is its high sample throughput and its robustne ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-008-0060-x

3. Environmental and health effects of nanomaterials in nanotextiles and façade coatings

Author:
Claudia Som; Peter Wick; Harald Krug; Bernd Nowack
Source:
Environment international 2011 v.37 no.6 pp. 1131-1142
ISSN:
0160-4120
Subject:
DNA damage; automobiles; wastewater treatment; crossing; carbon; montmorillonite; risk; gastrointestinal system; DNA; carbon nanotubes; human health; respiratory system; product life cycle; silica; exposure models; acute toxicity; coatings; humans; titanium dioxide; soil; zinc oxide; environmental assessment; direct contact; aluminum oxide; nanosilver; environmental health; brain damage; chronic toxicity; geotextiles; wastewater
Abstract:
... Engineered nanomaterials (ENM) are expected to hold considerable potential for products that offer improved or novel functionalities. For example, nanotechnologies could open the way for the use of textile products outside their traditional fields of applications, for example, in the construction, medical, automobile, environmental and safety technology sectors. Consequently, nanotextiles could be ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envint.2011.02.013

4. Home composting as an alternative treatment option for organic household waste in Denmark: An environmental assessment using life cycle assessment-modelling

Author:
J.K. Andersen; A. Boldrin; T.H. Christensen; C. Scheutz
Source:
Waste management 2012 v.32 no.1 pp. 31-40
ISSN:
0956-053X
Subject:
composting; composts; electricity; environmental assessment; environmental impact; fossil fuels; gardening; global warming; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; heat; heavy metals; humans; life cycle assessment; mixing; peat; soil; toxicity; wastes; Denmark
Abstract:
... An environmental assessment of the management of organic household waste (OHW) was performed from a life cycle perspective by means of the waste-life cycle assessment (LCA) model EASEWASTE. The focus was on home composting of OHW in Denmark and six different home composting units (with different input and different mixing frequencies) were modelled. In addition, incineration and landfilling was mo ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.wasman.2011.09.014

5. Integrated assessment of the environmental impact of an IDP camp in Sudan based on very high resolution multi-temporal satellite imagery

Author:
Michael Hagenlocher; Stefan Lang; Dirk Tiede
Source:
Remote sensing of environment 2012 v.126 no. pp. 27-38
ISSN:
0034-4257
Subject:
disasters; ecosystems; environmental assessment; environmental degradation; environmental factors; food security; grasslands; humans; land cover; land use; livelihood; monitoring; population density; population dynamics; remote sensing; shrubs; small-scale farming; soil; trees; Sudan
Abstract:
... Population displacement due to armed conflicts, regional crises, or natural disasters often leads to large-scale settlements that impact the local environment. The specific dynamics of such semi-permanent settlements, comprising both the structural changes (to the extent of the camp, and the population density), and their wider impacts on the surroundings, require adaptive monitoring capacities. I ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.rse.2012.08.010

6. Application of ERICA index to evaluation of soil ecosystem health according to sustainability threshold for chemical impact

Author:
Elena Boriani; Emilio Benfenati; Diego Baderna; Marianne Thomsen
Source:
Science of the total environment 2013 v.443 pp. 134-142
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Erica; ecological value; environmental assessment; environmental impact; humans; industry; laws and regulations; measuring devices; models; risk; risk assessment; soil; soil quality; sulfadiazine; toltrazuril; uncertainty; veterinarians; xenobiotics
Abstract:
... The aim of the improved ERICA model for risk assessment (Boriani et al., 2010) is to give an instrument able to measure the effect of xenobiotics introduced into the environment. This will be of great help for “green” processes and sustainable industries and may help to advertise their products as safe for the environment following impact assessment. In this work we have added new indicators and s ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.10.025
PubMed:
23186630

7. Ecosystem health assessment based on analysis of a land use database

Author:
Guangming Yu; Qiwu Yu; Limei Hu; Shu Zhang; Tingting Fu; Xia Zhou; Xiaoli He; Yu’an Liu; Sa Wang; Huanhuan Jia
Source:
Applied geography 2013 v.44 pp. 154-164
ISSN:
0143-6228
Subject:
databases; ecosystems; environmental assessment; environmental health; geographic information systems; geography; humans; land use; models; principal component analysis; soil
Abstract:
... Data resources and assessment frameworks are two keys to ecosystem health assessment (EHA). Application of the land use database together with the Pressure–State–Response (PSR) model in EHA provides better precision relative to traditional data resources and assessment frameworks for EHA at the county scale. The raw data are taken from The Anlu County Annals, The Soil Records of Anlu County, and T ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.07.010

8. Environmental assessment of mercury pollution in urban tailings from gold mining

Author:
Manuel A. Leiva G.; Sandra Morales
Source:
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety 2013 v.90 pp. 167-173
ISSN:
0147-6513
Subject:
copper; emissions; environmental assessment; gold; guidelines; humans; mercury; mining; pollution; risk; soil; soil quality; traditional technology; wastes; Chile
Abstract:
... It is well-known that small-scale artisanal mining is a source of mercury emissions into the environment, mainly from the use of rudimentary technologies that use mercury amalgamation in the extraction process. Mines near Andacollo, which is located in the Coquimbo region of Chile, use primitive methods to mine gold and copper. In this study, we determined the mercury content of gold mining wastes ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.12.026

9. Environmental impact assessment of leachate recirculation in landfill of municipal solid waste by comparing with evaporation and discharge (EASEWASTE)

Author:
Wei Xing; Wenjing Lu; Yan Zhao; Xu Zhang; Wenjing Deng; Thomas H. Christensen
Source:
Waste management 2013 v.33 pp. 382-389
ISSN:
0956-053X
Subject:
acidification; ammonia; arid zones; arsenic; biogas; cadmium; calcium; chlorides; cost effectiveness; ecotoxicology; environmental assessment; environmental impact; evaporation; global warming; groundwater; heavy metals; humans; ions; landfills; magnesium; methane production; municipal solid waste; ozone; risk; soil; surface water; toxicity; water pollution
Abstract:
... In some arid regions where landfill produces minimal amount of leachate, leachate recirculation is suggested as a cost-effective option. However, its long-term impacts to environment remain disputed. For the purpose of revealing the environmental impacts of leachate recirculation in landfill, four scenarios were modeled using EASEWASTE, comparing the strategies of leachate recirculation (with or w ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.wasman.2012.10.017

10. Improving the environmental performance of an earthwork project using cleaner production strategies

Author:
Juan José Cabello Eras; Alexis Sagastume Gutiérrez; Danny Hernández Capote; Luc Hens; Carlo Vandecasteele
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2013 v.47 pp. 368-376
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
ecological footprint; energy; environmental assessment; environmental impact; environmental performance; global warming; greenhouse gas emissions; humans; life cycle assessment; soil; toxicity; waste management
Abstract:
... A quantitative assessment of the environmental impact of construction activities is useful to identify the main environmental impacts and to improve their environmental footprint. This study presents the life cycle assessment of an earthwork project. The results show that earthwork activities entail important environmental impacts; mainly energy consumption, global warming and human toxicity. This ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.11.026

11. Selective extraction of halogenated compounds from data measured by comprehensive multidimensional gas chromatography/high resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry for non-target analysis of environmental and biological samples

Author:
Shunji Hashimoto; Yasuyuki Zushi; Akihiro Fushimi; Yoshikatsu Takazawa; Kiyoshi Tanabe; Yasuyuki Shibata
Source:
Journal of chromatography 2013 v.1282 no. pp. 183-189
ISSN:
0021-9673
Subject:
computer software; environmental assessment; fly ash; gas chromatography; humans; hydrocarbons; mass spectrometry; sediments; soil; urine
Abstract:
... We developed a method that selectively extracts a subset from comprehensive 2D gas chromatography (GC×GC) and high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry (HRTOFMS) data to detect and identify trace levels of organohalogens. The data were obtained by measuring several environmental and biological samples, namely fly ash, soil, sediment, the atmosphere, and human urine. For global analysis, som ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chroma.2013.01.052

12. Indicators of bioenergy-related certification schemes – An analysis of the quality and comprehensiveness for assessing local/regional environmental impacts

Author:
Markus A. Meyer; Joerg A. Priess
Source:
Biomass and bioenergy 2014 v.65 pp. 151-169
ISSN:
0961-9534
Subject:
European Union; air; air pollution; biodiversity; bioenergy; biomass; certification; compliance; energy; energy policy; environmental assessment; environmental impact; feedstocks; greenhouse gas emissions; humans; land use; laws and regulations; life cycle assessment; pollutants; production technology; rural development; soil
Abstract:
... Bioenergy is receiving increasing attention because it may reduce greenhouse gas emissions, secure and diversify energy supplies and stimulate rural development. The environmental sustainability of bioenergy production systems is often determined through life-cycle assessments that focus on global environmental effects, such as the emission of greenhouse gases or air pollutants. Local/regional env ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.03.041

13. A review of sources, multimedia distribution and health risks of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in China

Author:
Tieyu Wang; Pei Wang; Jing Meng; Shijie Liu; Yonglong Lu; Jong Seong Khim; John P. Giesy
Source:
Chemosphere 2015 v.129 pp. 87-99
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
trophic levels; guidelines; urban areas; sulfonic acids; urbanization; sediments; risk; risk assessment; industrialization; tissues; bioaccumulation; humans; soil; pollutants; perfluorocarbons; environmental assessment; adverse effects; environmental fate; surveys; snow; rain; China
Abstract:
... Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) have been recognized as emerging pollutants because of their ubiquitous occurrence in the environment, biota and humans. In order to investigate their sources, fate and environmental effects, a great number of surveys have been carried out over the past several years. In the present review, we summarized the status of sources and emission, concentration, distribution a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.09.021

14. Assessment of natural and artificial radioactivity levels and radiation hazards and their relation to heavy metals in the industrial area of Port Said city, Egypt

Author:
T. E. Attia; E. H. Shendi; M. A. Shehata
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2015 v.22 no.4 pp. 3082-3097
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
cadmium; environmental assessment; gamma radiation; heavy metals; humans; industrialization; monitoring; phosphorus fertilizers; risk; soil; soil sampling; spectroscopy; surveys; urbanization; wastes; zinc; Egypt
Abstract:
... A detailed gamma ray spectrometry survey was carried out to make an action in environmental impact assessment of urbanization and industrialization on Port Said city, Egypt. The concentrations of the measured radioelements U-238, Th-232 in ppm, and K-40 %, in addition to the total counts of three selected randomly dumping sites (A, B, and C) were mapped. The concentration maps represent a base lin ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-014-3453-z

15. Environmental assessment of fate, transport and persistent behavior of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes and hexachlorocyclohexanes in land and water ecosystems

Author:
G. Ahmed; H. M. Anawar; D. T. Takuwa; I. T. Chibua; G. S. Singh; K. Sichilongo
Source:
International journal of environmental science and technology 2015 v.12 no.8 pp. 2741-2756
ISSN:
1735-1472
Subject:
HCH (pesticide); agricultural runoff; binding capacity; bioaccumulation; cattle; ecosystems; environmental assessment; fish; humans; hydrophobicity; isomers; lakes; metabolites; mutagenicity; public health; risk; rivers; sediments; soil; wastewater; wildlife; Australia; China; Japan
Abstract:
... Many studies have investigated the contamination level, spatial distribution, sources, chiral signals, and potential ecological and public health risks of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes, its metabolites and the isomers of hexachlorocyclohexane in the environment. This study presents a critical review to provide updated knowledge about the fate, persistence, long-range transport and toxicity effe ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13762-015-0792-3

16. Life cycle assessment of offset paper production in Brazil: hotspots and cleaner production alternatives

Author:
Diogo Aparecido Lopes Silva; Ana Laura Raymundo Pavan; José Augusto de Oliveira; Aldo Roberto Ometto
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2015 v.93 pp. 222-233
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
acidification; biomass; bleaching; cradle-to-gate; credit; ecological function; ecotoxicology; electricity; environmental assessment; filtration; forests; gasification; global warming; groundwater recharge; harvesting; humans; land use; manufacturing; neoplasms; oxidation; ozone depletion; papermaking; planting; primary energy; seedling production; seedlings; site preparation; soil; soil ecology; timber production; toxicity; wood; wood pulp; Brazil
Abstract:
... This paper describes a cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment of offset paper production in Brazil. The production system is classified into two subsystems: a forest production subsystem, which involves seedling production, soil preparation, seedling planting, forest maintenance, and wood harvesting and transport processes; and an industrial production subsystem, involving wood pulp extraction and b ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.01.030

17. Usage pattern-based exposure screening as a simple tool for the regional priority-setting in environmental risk assessment of veterinary antibiotics: A case study of north-western Germany

Author:
J. Menz; M. Schneider; K. Kümmerer
Source:
Chemosphere 2015 v.127 pp. 42-48
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
antibiotics; case studies; environmental assessment; environmental exposure; exposure assessment; humans; livestock; monitoring; pollution; poultry production; prioritization; risk; screening; soil; veterinary drugs; Germany
Abstract:
... Veterinary antibiotics (VAs) are widely recognized as important environmental contaminants. Despite the extensive use of antibiotic agents in meat and poultry production and the known resistance problems in human and veterinary medicine, detailed knowledge about usage patterns of VAs in Germany is still scarce. This lack of knowledge severely impacts current research on the environmental risk of V ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.12.091

18. An environmental comparison of biocomposite film based on orange peel-derived pectin jelly-corn starch and LDPE film: LCA and biodegradability

Author:
Zerrin Günkaya; Müfide Banar
Source:
international journal of life cycle assessment 2016 v.21 no.4 pp. 465-475
ISSN:
0948-3349
Subject:
Monte Carlo method; acidification; biocomposites; biodegradability; biodegradation; carbon dioxide production; corn starch; cradle-to-gate; ecotoxicology; electricity; environmental assessment; environmental impact; eutrophication; extrusion; fossil fuels; freshwater; global warming; humans; modified starch; oxidation; ozonosphere; packaging films; pectins; polyethylene; soil; toxicity; uncertainty
Abstract:
... PURPOSE: A new biodegradable film, based on orange peel-derived pectin jelly and corn starch developed in our labs, was environmentally compared with a low-density polyethylene (LDPE) film. An environmental assessment was realized in two stages to individually determine the environmental impact resulting from production-shaping processes and the biodegradation performance of the films. METHODS: Fi ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11367-016-1042-8

19. An in vitro method for determining the bioaccessibility of pharmaceuticals in wildlife

Author:
Thomas G. Bean; Kathryn E. Arnold; Julie Lane; Stéphane Pietravalle; Alistair B.A. Boxall
Source:
Environmental toxicology and chemistry 2016 v.35 no.9 pp. 2349-2357
ISSN:
0730-7268
Subject:
absorption; antidepressants; bioavailability; birds of prey; digestive juices; environmental assessment; gizzard; high performance liquid chromatography; humans; in vitro studies; invertebrates; models; risk assessment; sediments; soil; stomach; surface water; wastewater; wildlife
Abstract:
... Wildlife can be exposed to human pharmaceuticals via prey that have accumulated the compounds from wastewater, surface water, sediment, and soil. One factor affecting internal absorption of pharmaceuticals is bioaccessibility, the proportion of the compound that enters solution in the gastrointestinal tract. Currently, the bioaccessibility of most pharmaceuticals in prey remains unknown for most w ...
DOI:
10.1002/etc.3406

20. Contaminations at the derma of Gaia: a case study in environmental geology

Author:
Patricia de Andrade Pereira; Olivar A. L. de Lima
Source:
Environmental earth sciences 2016 v.75 no.22 pp. 1429
ISSN:
1866-6280
Subject:
anions; aquifers; biochemical oxygen demand; case studies; cations; chemical analysis; chemical oxygen demand; chromium; copper; disasters; electrodes; environmental assessment; geophysics; heavy metals; humans; hydrochemistry; landfills; logging; monitoring; nutrients; rivers; soil; surface water; surveys; tanneries; total dissolved solids; wastes; water pollution; water table; wells; Brazil
Abstract:
... Crucial problems of natural resource conservation in Gaia are related to industrial, agricultural and urban pollutions of its atmosphere, water bodies and upper crust; today, one of the main human concerns is how to survive and to manage the environmental changes caused by widespread disasters related to improper disposal of large industrial and urban waste. During the last decade, we have develop ...
DOI:
10.1007/s12665-016-6201-5

21. Distribution, sources and ecological risk assessment of PAHs in historically contaminated surface sediments at Bhavnagar coast, Gujarat, India

Author:
Dushyant R. Dudhagara; Rahul K. Rajpara; Jwalant K. Bhatt; Haren B. Gosai; Bhumi K. Sachaniya; Bharti P. Dave
Source:
Environmental pollution 2016 v.213 pp. 338-346
ISSN:
0269-7491
Subject:
air; air pollution; breathing; burning; cement; cluster analysis; coal; coasts; ecosystems; environmental assessment; exposure pathways; genotoxicity; health hazards; humans; industrial effluents; ingestion; models; oil spills; oils; petrochemicals; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; principal component analysis; risk; risk assessment; rubber; sediments; soil; tires; vehicles (equipment); India
Abstract:
... The concentration, distribution and ecological risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been investigated in surface sediments near Bhavnagar coast. The concentration of ∑PAHs ranged from 5.02 to 981.18 μg g−1 dry weight, indicating heavy pollution compared to other historically polluted study sites. It was found to be introduced via mixed origins such as burning of gas, oil, coal, pro ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2016.02.030

22. Modelling the exposure to chemicals for risk assessment: a comprehensive library of multimedia and PBPK models for integration, prediction, uncertainty and sensitivity analysis – the MERLIN-Expo tool

Author:
P. Ciffroy; B. Alfonso; A. Altenpohl; Z. Banjac; J. Bierkens; C. Brochot; A. Critto; T. De Wilde; G. Fait; T. Fierens; J. Garratt; E. Giubilato; E. Grange; E. Johansson; A. Radomyski; K. Reschwann; N. Suciu; T. Tanaka; A. Tediosi; M. Van Holderbeke; F. Verdonck
Source:
Science of the total environment 2016 v.568 pp. 770-784
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
European Union; air; case studies; crops; decision making; environmental assessment; exposure models; fish; humans; invertebrates; milk; pharmacokinetics; prediction; rivers; screening; soil; surface water; trophic relationships; uncertainty; wildlife
Abstract:
... MERLIN-Expo is a library of models that was developed in the frame of the FP7 EU project 4FUN in order to provide an integrated assessment tool for state-of-the-art exposure assessment for environment, biota and humans, allowing the detection of scientific uncertainties at each step of the exposure process. This paper describes the main features of the MERLIN-Expo tool. The main challenges in expo ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.191

23. Analysis of energy use and emissions of greenhouse gases, metals and organic substances from construction materials used for artificial turf

Author:
Simon Magnusson; Josef Mácsik
Source:
Resources, conservation, and recycling 2017 v.122 pp. 362-372
ISSN:
0921-3449
Subject:
aquatic environment; chemical analysis; construction materials; energy; environmental assessment; ethylene; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; humans; lawns and turf; leachates; life cycle assessment; organic matter; propylene; risk; risk assessment; soil; thermoplastics; tires; zinc
Abstract:
... This study applied a life cycle analysis approach to identify significant posts for energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with construction, use and removal of an artificial turf field. A chemical analysis of infills was conducted to describe leachability of metals and organic substances. The infill types studied were recycled tires (RT), virgin thermoplastic elastomers (TPE), virgi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.resconrec.2017.03.007

24. Combined environmental risk assessment for the antiviral pharmaceuticals ganciclovir and valganciclovir in Europe

Author:
Jürg Oliver Straub
Source:
Environmental toxicology and chemistry 2017 v.36 no.8 pp. 2205-2216
ISSN:
0730-7268
Subject:
algae; drugs; ecotoxicology; embryogenesis; environmental assessment; environmental fate; esterases; fish; gametogenesis; groundwater; humans; mutagenicity; predators; risk; risk assessment; sediments; soil; sorption; surface water; teratogenicity; wastewater treatment; Europe
Abstract:
... Potential environmental risks of the old antiviral pharmaceuticals ganciclovir (GCV) and valganciclovir (VGCV) were reassessed based on new environmental fate and chronic ecotoxicity tests and on actual use data for Europe. Valganciclovir is hydrolyzed to GCV by intestinal and hepatic esterases, and hence the new environmental tests only refer to GCV. A sorption study showed that GCV will not sorb ...
DOI:
10.1002/etc.3758

25. Environmental assessment of potential toxic trace element contents in the inundated floodplain area of Tablas de Daimiel wetland (Spain)

Author:
R. Jiménez-Ballesta; F. J. García-Navarro; S. Bravo; J. A. Amorós; C. Pérez-de-los-Reyes; M. Mejías
Source:
Environmental geochemistry and health 2017 v.39 no.5 pp. 1159-1177
ISSN:
0269-4042
Subject:
X-radiation; antimony; arsenic; conservation areas; copper; electrical conductivity; environmental assessment; environmental factors; floodplains; fluorescence; humans; iodine; lead; national parks; nickel; normal values; organic matter; pH; pollution; selenium; soil; soil sampling; strontium; tin; toxicity; vanadium; wastewater; wetlands; zinc; zirconium; Spain
Abstract:
... Contamination of aquatic systems with potentially toxic trace elements (PTEs) is a major problem throughout the world. The National Park Tablas de Daimiel (NPTD) is considered to make up one of the two most important wetlands in the Biosphere Reserve called “Wet Spot.” Since PTEs are good indicator of the prevailing environmental conditions and possible contamination, soil samples collected from 4 ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10653-016-9884-3

26. Environmental assessment of water and soil contamination in Rajakhali Canal of Karnaphuli River (Bangladesh) impacted by anthropogenic influences: a preliminary case study

Author:
M. Rafiqul Islam; N. G. Das; Prabal Barua; M. Belal Hossain; S. Venkatramanan; S. Y. Chung
Source:
Applied water science 2017 v.7 no.2 pp. 997-1010
ISSN:
2190-5487
Subject:
ammonia; anthropogenic activities; aquatic ecosystems; case studies; clay; dry season; environmental assessment; estuaries; government agencies; humans; industrial wastes; monitoring; nitrate nitrogen; nitrogen; pH; phosphorus; planning; rivers; sand; scientists; silt; soil; soil pollution; soil quality; statistical analysis; surface water; water quality; wet season; Bangladesh
Abstract:
... Soil and water quality determines the health of an aquatic ecosystem. Rajakhali Canal, a tributary of Karnaphuli River estuary, flowing through Chittagong City (the commercial capital of Bangladesh) receives a huge amount of domestic and industrial wastes and sewages. Monitoring the environmental status of Karnaphuli River and its tributaries is very important for their ecological and economical s ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13201-015-0310-2

27. Environmental risk assessment in a contaminated estuary: An integrated weight of evidence approach as a decision support tool

Author:
S. Caeiro; P. Vaz-Fernandes; A.P. Martinho; P.M. Costa; M.J. Silva; J. Lavinha; C. Matias-Dias; A. Machado; I. Castanheira; M.H. Costa
Source:
Ocean & coastal management 2017 v.143 pp. 51-62
ISSN:
0964-5691
Subject:
adverse effects; benthic organisms; case studies; chronic diseases; cumulative risk; decision support systems; ecosystems; environmental assessment; environmental quality; estuaries; expert opinion; experts; genotoxicity; health services; humans; metals; organic compounds; risk assessment; sediments; soil; water pollution; weight-of-evidence; wells; Portugal
Abstract:
... Environmental risk assessment of complex ecosystems such as estuaries is a challenge, where innovative and integrated approaches are needed. The present work aimed at developing an innovative integrative methodology to evaluate in an impacted estuary (the Sado, in Portugal, was taken as case study), the adverse effects onto both ecosystem and human health. For the purpose, new standardized lines o ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.09.026

28. Potentially toxic elements in soil of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and Tribal areas, Pakistan: evaluation for human and ecological risk assessment

Author:
Umar Saddique; Said Muhammad; Mohsin Tariq; Hua Zhang; Mohammad Arif; Ishtiaq A. K. Jadoon; Nimat Ullah Khattak
Source:
Environmental geochemistry and health 2018 v.40 no.5 pp. 2177-2190
ISSN:
0269-4042
Subject:
cadmium; chromium; cobalt; control methods; environmental assessment; health effects assessments; human health; humans; iron; mining; neoplasms; pollution load; risk; risk assessment; soil; soil ecosystems; toxic substances; toxicity; weathering; Pakistan
Abstract:
... Potentially toxic elements (PTEs) contaminations in the soil ecosystem are considered as extremely hazardous due to toxicity, persistence and bioaccumulative nature. Therefore, this study was aimed to summarize the results of published PTEs in soil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Tribal areas, Pakistan. Results were evaluated for the pollution quantification factors, including contamination factor (CF), ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10653-018-0091-2

29. Source identification, environmental risk assessment and human health risks associated with toxic elements present in a coastal industrial environment, India

Author:
Shreemayee Satapathy; C. R. Panda
Source:
Environmental geochemistry and health 2018 v.40 no.6 pp. 2243-2257
ISSN:
0269-4042
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; adults; anthropogenic activities; arsenic; benthic organisms; cadmium; children; chromium; coasts; environmental assessment; exposure models; human health; humans; ingestion; lead; mercury; nickel; pollution; risk; seawater; sediments; soil; toxic substances; toxicity; India
Abstract:
... This study investigated the source and contamination levels of toxic elements (Cd, Cr, As, Pb, Ni and Hg) present in a coastal environment, Paradip—an industrial hub of the east coast of India. The ecological risk assessment indices and human exposure models were used to evaluate the pollution status. Enrichment factor indicated that all the metal(loid)s found in the sediment are mostly derived fr ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10653-018-0095-y

30. A Review of Environmental Occurrence, Fate, and Toxicity of Novel Brominated Flame Retardants

Author:
Ping Xiong; Xueting Yan; Qingqing Zhu; Guangbo Qu; Jianbo Shi; Chunyang Liao; Guibin Jiang
Source:
Environmental science & technology 2019 v.53 no.23 pp. 13551-13569
ISSN:
1520-5851
Subject:
air; bioaccumulation; biodegradation; biphenyl; birds; blood serum; bromination; decabromodiphenyl ethane; dust; environmental assessment; ethane; fish; genotoxicity; hexabromocyclododecane; humans; photolysis; risk; sediments; sludge; soil; technology; thermal degradation
Abstract:
... Use of legacy brominated flame retardants (BFRs), including polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD), has been reduced due to adverse effects of these chemicals. Several novel brominated flame retardants (NBFRs), such decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE) and bis(2,4,6-tribromophenoxy) ethane (BTBPE), have been developed as replacements for PBDEs. NBFRs are used in vario ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.est.9b03159

31. Metabolization of pharmaceuticals by plants after uptake from water and soil: A review

Author:
Christian W. Klampfl
Source:
Trends in analytical chemistry 2019 v.111 pp. 13-26
ISSN:
0165-9936
Subject:
biosolids; drug residues; environmental assessment; fertilizers; humans; irrigation; metabolites; sewage treatment; soil
Abstract:
... Residues of pharmaceuticals are ubiquitous in the environment, due to the increased use of drugs for treating humans and animals. If in agriculture water or biosolids from sewage treatment plants or manure from treated animals are used for irrigation or as a fertilizer respectively, drug residues may come into contact with plants. Subsequently these substances may be taken up, be translocated and ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.trac.2018.11.042

32. Towards integrating toxicity characterization into environmental studies: case study of bromine in soils

Author:
Tatiana Bratec; Nienke Kirchhübel; Natalia Baranovskaya; Bertrand Laratte; Olivier Jolliet; Leonid Rikhvanov; Peter Fantke
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.19 pp. 19814-19827
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
bromine; case studies; chemical reactions; ecosystems; emissions; environmental assessment; environmental impact; environmental sustainability; human health; humans; models; neutron activation analysis; soil; soil pollution; toxicity; Russia
Abstract:
... Pollution from bromine and some of its related compounds is currently unregulated in soil from Russia and other countries, and tools for sound assessment of environmental impacts of bromine contamination are largely missing. Hence, assessing potential implications for humans and ecosystems of bromine soil contamination is urgently needed, which requires the combination of measured soil concentrati ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-05244-5

33. Comprehensive comparison of probabilistic health risks of soil heavy metals in China’s mining areas

Author:
Ruipeng Tong; Qingli Jia; Xiaofei Ma; Yingqian Fang; Wei Wang
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2020 v.26 no.8 pp. 2059-2077
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
Monte Carlo method; antimony; carcinogenesis; carcinogenicity; environmental assessment; geophagia; heavy metals; humans; pollutants; pollution; risk; soil; tungsten; China
Abstract:
... To assess the health risks caused by soil heavy metal in China’s mining areas, concentration data for eight heavy metals in 77 mines were collected from previous literature. Monte Carlo simulation was used to analyze the corresponding carcinogenic risks and noncarcinogenic risks, and sensitivity analysis was carried out for each parameter. The results showed that among the different types of minin ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2019.1649115

34. Coupling pesticide emission and toxicity characterization models for LCA: Application to open-field tomato production in Martinique

Author:
Céline Gentil; Claudine Basset-Mens; Sarah Manteaux; Charles Mottes; Emmanuel Maillard; Yannick Biard; Peter Fantke
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2020 v.277 pp. 124099
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
application timing; case studies; climate; crop production; developmental stages; ecotoxicology; emissions; environmental assessment; fertilizers; freshwater; fruits; humans; inventories; life cycle assessment; manufacturing; models; packaging; pesticidal properties; pesticide application; pesticide residues; pesticides; soil; tomatoes; toxicity; uncertainty; Martinique
Abstract:
... The environmental evaluation of fruits and vegetables in life cycle assessment (LCA) requires a proper estimation of pesticide emissions and associated (eco-)toxicity impacts. In response, we developed an approach to consistently combine state-of-the-art emission inventory and impact assessment models for assessing human toxicity and freshwater ecotoxicity impacts from pesticide applications, and ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124099

35. Ecological and radiological hazards due to natural radioactivity and heavy metals in soils of some selected mining sites in Nigeria

Author:
Chidiebere G. Dike; Blessing O. Oladele; Omodele E. Olubi; Oluwatobi O. Ife-Adediran; Adetunji Aderibigbe
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2020 v.26 no.5 pp. 1428-1438
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
coal; energy-dispersive X-ray analysis; environmental assessment; gold; humans; iodides; pollution; radioactivity; sodium; soil; tin; Nigeria
Abstract:
... In this study, the radiological and pollution risks associated with mining of minerals in Nigeria were assessed. Soil samples were collected from a total of 30 illegal mining sites, 10 each from gold, coal and tin mining sites. Thirty soil samples were also collected from unpolluted sites around the mine works. The activity concentrations of the natural radionuclides in the samples were determined ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2019.1585182

36. Health risk assessment of arsenic in soils from three thermal power plants in Southwest China

Author:
Yiping Zou; Yuhua Li; Lei Hu; Shan Yang; Kai Zhang; Jiani Kang; Shenwei Zhao; Jialin Liu; Linying Yao; Jianli Jia
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2020 v.26 no.5 pp. 1221-1233
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
arsenic; atomic absorption spectrometry; carcinogenicity; digestion; environmental assessment; health effects assessments; human health; humans; power plants; risk; risk assessment; soil; China
Abstract:
... High levels of arsenic (As) contamination in soils from thermal power plants pose a great threat to human health. This study aimed to evaluate the As contamination levels and assess the possible health risk of As in soils from three typical thermal power plants in Southwest China. The concentration of As was detected by using novel collision/reaction cell technology (CCT) with inductively coupled ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2018.1561244

37. Heavy metal accumulation in frogs surrounding an e-waste dump site and human health risk assessment

Author:
Pornpilai Thanomsangad; Bundit Tengjaroenkul; Manop Sriuttha; Lamyai Neeratanaphan
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2020 v.26 no.5 pp. 1313-1328
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
carcinogenicity; electronic wastes; environmental assessment; food quality; frogs; health effects assessments; heavy metals; human health; humans; risk; soil; waste disposal sites
Abstract:
... This study was performed heavy metals (As, Cd, Cr, and Pb) in water, soil and frogs around an electronic-waste dump site. The bioaccumulation factors (BAFs) of heavy metals in three frog species and potential human health risks were assessed. Heavy metals were analyzed using inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry. The Cd and Pb concentrations in water samples and As and Pb concen ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2019.1575181

38. Heavy metals in urban and peri-urban soils of a heavily-populated and industrialized city: Assessment of ecological risks and human health repercussions

Author:
Khalid Mehmood; Hamaad Raza Ahmad; Roman Abbas;   Saifullah; Ghulam Murtaza
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2020 v.26 no.6 pp. 1705-1722
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
breathing; carcinogenicity; environmental assessment; food chain; food contamination; human health; humans; industrialization; ingestion; pollution control; pollution load; principal component analysis; risk; soil; soil pollution; traffic; Pakistan
Abstract:
... Increasing levels of heavy metals in soil have become a serious concern for human health because they can be easily transferred into the human body through contaminated food web. It is imperative to evaluate pollution levels, origin and ecological risks of heavy metals. The geoaccumaualtion (Igeo), contamination factor (CF), pollution load index (PLI) and human health risk were estimated to determ ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2019.1601004

39. Meeting the environmental challenges

Author:
Peiyue Li
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2020 v.26 no.9 pp. 2303-2315
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
desertification; environmental assessment; humans; land degradation; soil; sustainable development; water pollution; China; Yellow River
Abstract:
... Environmental problems such as soil and water pollution, geohazards, land degradation, and desertification are seriously constraining the sustainable development of human society. Finding effective measures to meet these environmental challenges is critical. This article introduced the background of editing this special issue, and the main environmental challenges faced by human were briefly revie ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2020.1797472

40. Mercury contents and potential risk levels in soils and outdoor dust from kindergartens of the city of Vanadzor (Armenia)

Author:
Lilit Sahakyan; Gevorg Tepanosyan; Nairuhi Maghakyan; Gayane Melkonyan; Armen Saghatelyan
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2020 v.27 no.5 pp. 1258-1275
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
anthropogenic activities; detection limit; dust; environmental assessment; geostatistics; health effects assessments; humans; kindergarten; mercury; pollution; risk; soil; Armenia
Abstract:
... Mercury (Hg) contamination is a frequently debated issue in environmental research. In this study, the distribution and the ecological and health risk of Hg in soil and outdoor dust from 19 kindergartens from Vanadzor city were investigated. In comparison with other cities, Hg concentrations in dust and soil samples retrieved from Vanadzor were significantly low constituting 0.03–0.42 mg/kg and 0. ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2020.1820853

41. Modeling of exposure to mercury in different environmental media over a 30-year period: A case study of Shimen reservoir, northern Taiwan

Author:
Chao-Heng Tseng; Ling-Ling Chen; Hsing-Cheng Hsi; Meng-Chu Lee
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2020 v.26 no.5 pp. 1379-1390
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
adults; breathing; case studies; environmental assessment; fish; freshwater; humans; ingestion; mercury; soil; water vapor; Taiwan
Abstract:
... Mercury is affected by the movement mechanisms in the environmental media and is normally present in dry and wet depositions and surface and water vapor, among other things. The rapid growth of mercury-related industries in the past two decades reflects the result of its increased use in water sources such as in the Shimen reservoir, northern Taiwan. Consequently, residents living nearby are expos ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2019.1579047

42. Multispecies bioassay of propylparaben to derive protective concentrations for soil ecosystems using a species sensitivity distribution approach

Author:
Dokyung Kim; Lia Kim; Dasom Kim; Shin Woong Kim; Jin Il Kwak; Rongxue Cui; Youn-Joo An
Source:
Environmental pollution 2020 v.265 pp. 114891
ISSN:
0269-7491
Subject:
Chlorophyceae; Chromadorea; Clitellata; Entomobryomorpha; Liliopsida; Magnoliopsida; Trebouxiophyceae; adsorption; bioassays; drugs; edaphic factors; environmental assessment; environmental protection; exposure pathways; humans; pollution; sewage; sludge; soil; toxicity; wastewater irrigation
Abstract:
... Propylparaben is widely used as a preservative in pharmaceuticals and personal care products and is ultimately excreted by the human body. Thus, propylparaben reaches sewage and enters the soil environment by sludge fertilization and wastewater irrigation. However, there are few existing studies on the toxicity and risks of such chemicals in terrestrial environments. In this study, a multispecies ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114891

43. Occurrence and transformation of mercury in formerly contaminated soils due to operation of amalgamation techniques and assessment of consequences

Author:
Jiřina Sysalová; Ondřej Zvěřina; Rostislav Červenka; Josef Komárek
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2020 v.26 no.8 pp. 2189-2202
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
agricultural land; breathing; environmental assessment; gold; human health; humans; mercury; methylmercury compounds; people; surgery; Czech Republic
Abstract:
... Soils formerly contaminated with mercury due to the implementation of amalgamation processes at two localities in the Czech Republic were analyzed to assess the impact of such contamination on both the environment and human health. One site is an abandoned gold mine at Libčice, where, in the past, gold was extracted from the raw ore by the mercury amalgamation technique. The second site is the env ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2019.1660848

44. Pollution and health risk assessment of road dust from Osogbo metropolis, Osun state, Southwestern Nigeria

Author:
Adewale M. Taiwo; Johnson O. Michael; Adewole M. Gbadebo; Fatai O. Oladoyinbo
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2020 v.26 no.5 pp. 1254-1269
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
adverse effects; carcinogenesis; descriptive statistics; dust; electrical conductivity; environmental assessment; health effects assessments; humans; pH; pollution; risk; soil; traffic; Nigeria
Abstract:
... This study assessed pollution and health risk associated with road dust samples collected from major roads in Osogbo metropolis, Osun State, Southwestern Nigeria. Road dust samples were collected from nine major traffic junctions. Soil samples were collected to serve as control. A total of 72 samples were collected and subjected to laboratory assays using standard procedures. The dust and soil sam ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2018.1563478

45. Regional distribution characteristics and ecological risk assessment of heavy metal pollution of different land use in an antimony mining area – Xikuangshan, China

Author:
Zhi-e Tang; Ren-Jian Deng; Jun Zhang; Bo-Zhi Ren; Andrew Hursthouse
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2020 v.26 no.7 pp. 1779-1794
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
antimony; ecological restoration; environmental assessment; forest land; grasslands; heavy metals; humans; land use; models; risk; sediments; soil; soil pollution; transportation; vegetables; wastelands; China
Abstract:
... Mining activities have introduced various heavy metals and metalloids to surrounding soil environments, causing adverse impacts to the ecological environment system. The extremely high concentration of various heavy metals and metalloids make the Xikuangshan (Hunan, China) an excellent model to assess their ecological risk. In this study, the soil samples from 26 locations of different land use me ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2019.1608423

46. Simulation of magnesium chloride vertical transport in column experiments

Author:
Yan Dou; Mengyao Li; Zhaoyu Liu; Renjie Fang; Kaixi Yan
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2020 v.26 no.9 pp. 2407-2419
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
aquifers; calcium; cation exchange; cations; desorption; environmental assessment; groundwater; humans; magnesium chloride; manganese; manganese chloride; remediation; sediments; soil; thermodynamics
Abstract:
... The transport characteristics of manganese was investigated by soil columns experiments and provide essential data for aquifer remediation and groundwater protection in Yinchuan City. Soil column experiments involved a solution of manganese chloride in which the chloride ion was the chemical tracer. In the two column experiments, the breakthrough curve (BTC) for Cl– revealed the average linear flo ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2020.1783201

47. Spatial distribution and environmental risk assessment of heavy metals identified in soil of a decommissioned uranium mining area

Author:
Qin Ling; Faqin Dong; Gang Yang; Ying Han; Xiaoqin Nie; Wei Zhang; Meirong Zong
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2020 v.26 no.5 pp. 1149-1163
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
environmental assessment; environmental quality; heavy metals; humans; pollution; principal component analysis; risk; soil; toxicity; uranium; China
Abstract:
... The spatial distribution of six heavy metals (Cd, As, Zn, Pb, Cr, and Cu) in the soil of a decommissioned uranium mining area was investigated and their potential environmental risk was assessed. Soil samples were collected along the main riversides enclosing the mining area. The heavy metal distribution was determined by geospatial interpolation. Pearson correlation coefficient and principal comp ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2019.1630601

48. Spatial distribution, source identification, and risk assessment of heavy metals in the soils from a mining region: a case study of Bayan Obo in northwestern China

Author:
Zhe Wang; Yifei Luo; Chunli Zheng; Chunjiang An; Zhansheng Mi
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2020 v.27 no.5 pp. 1276-1295
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
bioavailability; carcinogenicity; case studies; environmental assessment; fuel combustion; humans; multivariate analysis; risk; risk assessment; soil; soil pollution; traffic; China
Abstract:
... Bayan Obo deposit is the largest light rare earth ore deposit in the world, which releases a lot of heavy metals to the surrounding environment during the long-term mining process. To make efficient protection plan, it is necessary to investigate the concentration, spatial distribution, contamination sources, and environmental-health risks of heavy metals surrounding the Bayan Obo deposit. A total ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2020.1821350

49. Statistical and multivariate statistical techniques to trace the sources and affecting factors of groundwater pollution in a rapidly growing city on the Chinese Loess Plateau

Author:
Jianhua Wu; Peiyue Li; Dan Wang; Xiaofei Ren; Miaojun Wei
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2020 v.26 no.6 pp. 1603-1621
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
cluster analysis; environmental assessment; groundwater; groundwater contamination; humans; hydrochemistry; land use; models; prediction; principal component analysis; soil; water quality; China
Abstract:
... Groundwater quality is defined by various water quality parameters. The aims of the research are to understand the relationships among different groundwater quality parameters and to trace the sources and affecting factors of groundwater pollution via statistical and multivariate statistical techniques. The 36 shallow groundwater samples collected from shallow pumping wells in Yan’an City were ana ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2019.1594156

50. Survey of atmospheric heavy metal deposition in Suqian using moss contamination

Author:
Rong Hu; Xiaoli Zhou; Yanan Wang; Yanming Fang
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2020 v.26 no.7 pp. 1795-1809
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
atmospheric deposition; atomic absorption spectrometry; cadmium; chromium; copper; dust; environmental assessment; geographic information systems; heavy metals; human health; humans; industry; lead; mosses and liverworts; nickel; pollution load; principal component analysis; soil; summer; surveys; traffic; vanadium; zinc; China
Abstract:
... Heavy metal pollution in the atmosphere is a major environmental problem, which has important impacts on ecosystems and human health. In this study, the atmospheric deposition of cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb), vanadium (V), and zinc (Zn) in Suqian, China, was investigated by using the moss Haplocladium microphyllum as a bioindicator. The survey was carried out du ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2019.1609347

51. The Ecobiomics project: Advancing metagenomics assessment of soil health and freshwater quality in Canada

Author:
Thomas A. Edge; Donald J. Baird; Guillaume Bilodeau; Nellie Gagné; Charles Greer; David Konkin; Glen Newton; Armand Séguin; Lee Beaudette; Satpal Bilkhu; Alexander Bush; Wen Chen; Jérôme Comte; Janet Condie; Sophie Crevecoeur; Nazir El-Kayssi; Erik J.S. Emilson; Donna-Lee Fancy; Iyad Kandalaft; Izhar U.H. Khan; Ian King; David Kreutzweiser; David Lapen; John Lawrence; Christine Lowe; Oliver Lung; Christine Martineau; Matthew Meier; Nicholas Ogden; David Paré; Lori Phillips; Teresita M. Porter; Joel Sachs; Zachery Staley; Royce Steeves; Lisa Venier; Teodor Veres; Cynthia Watson; Susan Watson; James Macklin
Source:
Science of the total environment 2020 v.710 pp. 135906
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
biodiversity; bioinformatics; data collection; environmental assessment; environmental monitoring; high-throughput nucleotide sequencing; humans; invertebrates; metadata; metagenomics; microbiome; microorganisms; nucleic acids; plants (botany); provenance; remediation; research and development; research projects; soil; soil quality; water quality; Canada
Abstract:
... Transformative advances in metagenomics are providing an unprecedented ability to characterize the enormous diversity of microorganisms and invertebrates sustaining soil health and water quality. These advances are enabling a better recognition of the ecological linkages between soil and water, and the biodiversity exchanges between these two reservoirs. They are also providing new perspectives fo ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135906

52. Wastewater as a Non-conventional Resource: Impact of Trace Metals and Bacteria on Soil, Plants, and Human Health

Author:
Safaa M. Ezzat; Reham M. Elkorashey
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2020 v.26 no.8 pp. 2245-2265
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
Escherichia coli; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Staphylococcus aureus; amikacin; cabbage; environmental assessment; human health; humans; multiple drug resistance; ofloxacin; pollution; risk; soil; wastewater; wastewater irrigation
Abstract:
... In many arid and semi-arid regions, farmers are often obligated to informally use raw wastewater for irrigating their crops. The impacts of wastewater irrigation on soil, crops, and human health were investigated, regarding trace metals and bacteria. Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, and Zn were detected in wastewater. Cr, Cu, and Zn accumulated in soil and crops in the order rocket > clover > cabbage. The Health R ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2019.1671167

53. A planetary health model for reducing exposure to faecal contamination in urban informal settlements: Baseline findings from Makassar, Indonesia

Author:
Matthew A. French; S. Fiona Barker; Ruzka R. Taruc; Ansariadi Ansariadi; Grant A. Duffy; Maghfira Saifuddaolah; Andi Zulkifli Agussalim; Fitriyanty Awaluddin; Zainal Zainal; Jane Wardani; Peter A. Faber; Genie Fleming; Emma E. Ramsay; Rebekah Henry; Audrie Lin; Joanne O'Toole; John Openshaw; Rohan Sweeney; Sheela S. Sinharoy; Peter Kolotelo; Dusan Jovanovic; Christelle Schang; Ellen E. Higginson; Michaela F. Prescott; Kerrie Burge; Brett Davis; Diego Ramirez-Lovering; Daniel Reidpath; Chris Greening; Pascale Allotey; Julie A. Simpson; Andrew Forbes; Steven L. Chown; David McCarthy; David Johnston; Tony Wong; Rebekah Brown; Thomas Clasen; Stephen Luby; Karin Leder; the RISE consortium
Source:
Environment international 2021 v.155 pp. 106679
ISSN:
0160-4120
Subject:
Culex quinquefasciatus; Escherichia coli; adults; anemia; assets; blood; climate change; cough; diarrhea; enteropathogens; environment; environmental assessment; environmental health; fever; humans; land tenure; livestock; mental health; models; nitrogen; pollution; public water supply; rats; sanitation; sediments; septic systems; socioeconomics; soil; species abundance; surveys; underweight; well water; Indonesia
Abstract:
... The intense interactions between people, animals and environmental systems in urban informal settlements compromise human and environmental health. Inadequate water and sanitation services, compounded by exposure to flooding and climate change risks, expose inhabitants to environmental contamination causing poor health and wellbeing and degrading ecosystems. However, the exact nature and full scop ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envint.2021.106679

54. Characteristics and source identification of heavy metals in abandoned coal-mining soil: a case study of Zhuxianzhuang coal mine in Huaibei coalfield (Anhui, China)

Author:
Hongxia Fang; Herong Gui; Hao Yu; Jun Li; Meichen Wang; Yaqi Jiang; Chunlei Wang; Chen Chen
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2021 v.27 no.3 pp. 708-723
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
agricultural land; case studies; coal; environmental assessment; humans; pollution; soil; transportation; wastelands; China
Abstract:
... In this study, profile Soil (0–10, 10–30, 30–60 cm) samples were collected and the content, horizontal and vertical distributions of Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, and Pb were analyzed. The results indicated that high concentrations of Cu-Zn appeared in wasteland B, while Co-Mn appeared in farmland. As the depth increased, Cr, Zn, and Cd contents in wasteland increased, Cu, As, Cr, and Pb content ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2020.1750346

55. Contamination and human health risks of metals in indoor dust from university libraries: A case study from Qingdao, China

Author:
Xiaofen Zhao; Li Lin; Yan Zhang
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2021 v.27 no.1 pp. 152-161
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
carcinogenicity; case studies; dust; environmental assessment; human health; humans; risk; soil; China
Abstract:
... Contamination degree and health risks of metals in indoor dust from three university libraries were evaluated. The mean concentrations of Cd, Zn, Cu, Pb, Ni and As in dust were higher than their soil background values. The mean contamination factor (CF) indicated very high contamination of Cd, Zn, and Cu, considerable contamination of Pb, and moderate contamination Ni and As, respectively. The enr ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2019.1697851

56. Dataset of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in a Mediterranean coastal wetland

Author:
Daniele Sadutto; Vicente Andreu; Timo Ilo; Jarkko Akkanen; Yolanda Picó
Source:
Data in Brief 2021 v.36 pp. 106934
ISSN:
2352-3409
Subject:
chemical species; data collection; drugs; environmental assessment; high performance liquid chromatography; humans; sediments; soil; solid phase extraction; solvents; tandem mass spectrometry; wastewater treatment; wetlands; Spain
Abstract:
... The dataset provides information on Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) detected in the Albufera Natural Park (Valencia, Spain), a typical Mediterranean coastal wetland. These PPCPs constitute an important group of organic pollutants highly representative of the human impact.The concentrations values measured in soil, sediment and water and the statistical relationship of contaminant ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.dib.2021.106934

57. Development of health-based environmental screening levels for insensitive munitions constituents

Author:
Emily May Lent; Glenn Leach; Mark S. Johnson
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2021 v.27 no.6 pp. 1543-1567
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
Bayesian theory; acceptable daily intake; environmental assessment; females; hematopoiesis; humans; males; occupational exposure; public health; risk assessment; soil; tap water; testes; toxicity; uncertainty
Abstract:
... Dinitroanisole (DNAN), 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO), and nitroguanidine (NQ) are constituents of insensitive munitions being developed to minimize the acute hazards associated with non-intentional detonation of warheads. Although a reference dose (RfD) has been established for NQ and occupational exposure levels have been developed for all three compounds, current state-of-the science methods ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2020.1859352

58. Distribution and ecological risk assessment of arsenic and some trace elements in soil of different land use types, Tianba Town, China

Author:
Wende Chen; Kun Zhu; Yankun Cai; Yuelin Wang; Yingping Liu
Source:
Environmental technology & innovation 2021 v.24 pp. 102041
ISSN:
2352-1864
Subject:
arsenic; atomic absorption spectrometry; cadmium; chromium; cluster analysis; computer software; copper; environmental assessment; environmental technology; forest land; grasslands; humans; kriging; land use; lead; mercury; nickel; pollution load; principal component analysis; risk; soil; soil pollution; traffic; woodlands; zinc; China
Abstract:
... In this study, the contents of chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), arsenic (As), mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) in soils of different land use types in Tianba Town, southwest China, were studied to evaluate soil pollution, along with the potential ecological risk index (PERI), and its spatial distribution. A total of 2283 samples were collected from 761 sampling sites. Af ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.eti.2021.102041

59. Ecological and health risk assessment, carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic effects of heavy metals contamination in the soil from municipal solid waste landfill in Central, Thailand

Author:
Suporn Thongyuan; Tanyalak Khantamoon; Paweena Aendo; Aurelie Binot; Phitsanu Tulayakul
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2021 v.27 no.4 pp. 876-897
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
acceptable risk; carcinogenicity; chronic exposure; environmental assessment; health effects assessments; health status; heavy metals; human health; humans; landfills; municipal solid waste; occupational health and safety; paddies; pollution load; soil; Thailand
Abstract:
... Heavy metals leaching from municipal solid waste landfills have resulted in severe environmental pollution and may influence human health status. This study aimed to determine the total concentrations of metals, environmental risk and evaluate the potential human health risk including non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic effects. Soil samples were collected from the open municipal solid waste landfil ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2020.1786666

60. Ecological risk assessment and long-term environmental pollution caused by obsolete undisposed organochlorine pesticides

Author:
Natalya Mit; Oksana Cherednichenko; Aizhan Mussayeva; Ozada Khamdiyeva; Almira Amirgalieva; Mamura Begmanova; Anar Tolebaeva; Gulshat Koishekenova; Saule Zaypanova; Anastassiya Pilyugina; Makpal Amandykova; Arshyn Tlenshieva; Asil Nurzhanova; Aigerim Mamirova; Bakhytzhan Bekmanov; Leyla Djansugurova
Source:
Journal of environmental science and health 2021 v.56 no.5 pp. 490-502
ISSN:
1532-4109
Subject:
Drosophila; Salmonella; chemical analysis; chlorinated hydrocarbons; chromosomes; environmental assessment; food chain; genotoxicity; humans; mutagens; sheep; soil; soil pollution; water pollution; Kazakhstan
Abstract:
... Obsolete organochlorine pesticides (OSPs) are currently prohibited as persistent organic pollutants that contaminate the environment. If undisposed, they continue to pollute soil and water, to accumulate in the food chain and to harm plants, animals and the human body. The aim of the study was to assess water and soil pollution around the storehouses of undisposed, banned OSPs and their possible g ...
DOI:
10.1080/03601234.2021.1913931

61. Environmental impact assessment of risk elements from railway transport with the use of pollution indices, a biotest and bioindicators

Author:
Maja Radziemska; Zygmunt M. Gusiatin; Piotr Kowal; Agnieszka Bęś; Grzegorz Majewski; Anna Jeznach-Steinhagen; Zbigniew Mazur; Ernesta Liniauskienė; Martin Brtnický
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2021 v.27 no.2 pp. 517-540
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
Fomes fomentarius; Pinus sylvestris; Pleurozium schreberi; Sorghum bicolor subsp. bicolor; bark; bioassays; environmental assessment; fungi; hooves; humans; phytotoxicity; pollutants; rail transportation; railroads; risk; risk assessment; root growth; seed germination; soil; soil pollution; soil toxicity; zinc; Poland
Abstract:
... The paper evaluates the accumulation of selected risk elements in soils and biological tissues caused by railway transport. Samples of soil, pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) bark and needles, hoof fungus (Fomes fomentarius L.) and red-stemmed feathermoss (Pleurozium schreberi L.) were analyzed for the content of Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn. The samples were collected in five sites (A, B, C, D, E each sepa ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2020.1736984

62. Evaluation of heavy metal exposure pathways on children from an informal e-waste processing village in Viet Nam

Author:
Hien Thi Thu Ngo; Pensri Watchalayann; Diep Bich Nguyen; Hai Ngoc Doan; Li Liang
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2021 v.27 no.9-10 pp. 2342-2358
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; carcinogenicity; children; electronic wastes; environmental assessment; environmental health; heavy metals; humans; ingestion; questionnaires; rice; risk; soil; villages; Vietnam
Abstract:
... Attempts were made to assess the contributions of different pathways of heavy metal exposure to the carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risks based on the field samplings and questionnaire surveys of children residing in an informal e-waste processing village and a reference village in Viet Nam. The results showed that the ingestion of cooked rice contributed the most (69.20 − 99.60%), followed by t ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2021.2000362

63. Human health risk assessment of metals exposure through subsistence foods consumption and subsistence harvest activities near a mining transport road in northwest Alaska

Author:
Michael R. Garry; Scott S. Shock; Johanna Salatas
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2021 v.27 no.1 pp. 227-257
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
Lagopus; Rangifer tarandus; adults; children; dogs; environmental assessment; fish; food consumption; geophagia; health effects assessments; human health; humans; ingestion; lead; mosses and liverworts; risk assessment; soil; zinc; Alaska
Abstract:
... Historical transport of ore concentrate over a 50-mile haul road from the Red Dog zinc/lead mine in northwest Alaska to a seaport has been associated with elevated lead levels on moss growing near the road and with concerns about the safety of subsistence foods. As part of a comprehensive evaluation of potential impacts to human health and the environment from metals released during overland trans ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2019.1706151

64. Integrated ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in an oil shale mining area after restoration

Author:
Tengfei Ma; Hanjin Luo; Kaibo Huang; Yan Pan; Ting Tang; Xueqin Tao; Guining Lu
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2021 v.300 pp. 113797
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
acid mine drainage; atmospheric deposition; carbonates; cluster analysis; environmental assessment; heavy metals; humans; models; oil and gas industry; oil shale; pH; pollution; slags; soil
Abstract:
... Although the mining area has been restored, the environmental problems caused by years of large-scale oil shale mining are still continuing, coupled with the intensive distribution of the surrounding petrochemical industry, posing a serious threat to the local ecological environment. In this study, we investigated eight heavy metals (Cu, Ni, Pb, Cd, As, Cr, Mn and Zn) contamination and distributio ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113797

65. Organophosphate esters in surface soils from a heavily urbanized region of Eastern China: Occurrence, distribution, and ecological risk assessment

Author:
Jianfeng Tang; Jing Sun; Ziyan Ke; Hongling Yin; Lei Yang; Haw Yen; Xinhu Li; Yaoyang Xu
Source:
Environmental pollution 2021 v.291 pp. 118200
ISSN:
0269-7491
Subject:
anthropogenic activities; environmental assessment; forest land; human health; humans; industrialization; land use; organophosphorus compounds; phosphates; pollution; population density; relative risk; river deltas; soil; soil management; urbanization; China; Yangtze River
Abstract:
... Organophosphate esters (OPEs) pose increasing concerns for their widespread distribution in soil environments and potential threat to human health. In this study, we investigated the occurrence and associated risks of seven OPEs in surface soils and the potential influence of human activities on soil OPE contamination in a heavily urbanized region of the Yangtze River Delta in Eastern China. All t ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118200

66. Pesticide management by subsistence farmers in Mexico: baseline of a pilot study to design an intervention program

Author:
Belén Madeline Sánchez-Gervacio; Ramón Bedolla-Solano; José Luis Rosas-Acevedo; José Legorreta-Soberanis; Rafael Valencia-Quintana; Ana Laura Juárez-López
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2021 v.27 no.4 pp. 1112-1125
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
environmental assessment; environmental degradation; headache; humans; livestock; low educational status; pesticides; poisoning; skin irritation; soil; Mexico
Abstract:
... Pesticides optimize agricultural and livestock activity but their improper management damages health and the environment. The objective of this study was to carry out a baseline study of future intervention and reference locations to implement an intervention program. Two intervention locations and a third reference location were selected. Subsistence farmers and their relatives were surveyed on s ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2020.1807903

67. Plastic or glass: a new environmental assessment with a marine litter indicator for the comparison of pasteurized milk bottles

Author:
Roberta Stefanini; Giulia Borghesi; Anna Ronzano; Giuseppe Vignali
Source:
international journal of life cycle assessment 2021 v.26 no.4 pp. 767-784
ISSN:
0948-3349
Subject:
acidification; air; carcinogenicity; energy; environmental assessment; environmental impact; glass; humans; inventories; marine debris; milk; mineral resources; ozone depletion; pasteurized milk; plastics; soil; stratosphere; Italy; Mediterranean Sea
Abstract:
... PURPOSE: Today plastic is the most used material for food packaging, but its incorrect disposal is creating environmental issues to oceans, soil and air. Someone believes that the solution is to ban plastic and substitute it with glass packaging. Is it the right choice? This study aims at comparing the environmental impact of bottles made of PET, R-PET, non-returnable glass and returnable glass in ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11367-020-01804-x

68. Sorption of selected antiparasitics in soils and sediments

Author:
Andre Patrick Heinrich; Timm Zöltzer; Leonard Böhm; Manuel Wohde; Sara Jaddoudi; Yassine El Maataoui; Abdelmalek Dahchour; Rolf-Alexander Düring
Source:
Environmental sciences Europe 2021 v.33 no.1 pp. 77
ISSN:
2190-4707
Subject:
abamectin; bioaccumulation; derivatization; doramectin; ecotoxicology; environmental assessment; environmental exposure; environmental fate; humans; hydrophobicity; ivermectin; moxidectin; soil; soil organic carbon; sorption; veterinary drugs; Germany; Morocco
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Veterinary pharmaceuticals can enter the environment when excreted after application and burden terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. However, knowledge about the basic process of sorption in soils and sediments is limited, complicating regulatory decisions. Therefore, batch equilibrium studies were conducted for the widely used antiparasitics abamectin, doramectin, ivermectin, and moxid ...
DOI:
10.1186/s12302-021-00513-y

69. A conservation planning framework for China’s national key ecological function area based on ecological risk assessment

Author:
Fangjie Pan; Mingjie Song; Qing Wan; Lanlan Yuan
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2022 v.194 no.2 pp. 74
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
anthropogenic stressors; case studies; ecological function; ecosystem services; environmental assessment; humans; soil; China
Abstract:
... National Key Ecological Functions Areas (NKEFAs) in China perform critical ecological functions and play a key role in ensuring the ecological safety of a large region or the whole country. Conservation planning in NKEFAs needs to scientifically locate conservation areas and development sites to support the “globally conserved, locally developed” strategy. However, popular conservation planning ap ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-021-09711-w

70. Environmental occurrence and health risk assessment of arsenic in Iran: a systematic review and Meta-analysis

Author:
Sepideh Nemati-Mansour; Karen A. Hudson-Edwards; Amir Mohammadi; Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi; Mohammad Mosaferi
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2022 v.28 no.5-6 pp. 683-710
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
World Health Organization; arsenic; carcinogenicity; environmental assessment; health effects assessments; humans; meta-analysis; pollution; rice; risk; sediments; soil; systematic review; Iran
Abstract:
... Arsenic concentrations in different environmental media (water, soil/sediment, food) in Iran from studies performed 2008-2019 were analyzed, and health risk assessment was conducted to depict the arsenic pollution situation at the national scale. Seventy-one studies comprising 5,007 samples were included in the meta-analysis. The weighted concentrations of arsenic in ‘drinking water/water resource ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2022.2071207

71. Environmental risk assessment of the potential “Chemical Time Bomb” of ion-adsorption type rare earth elements in urban areas

Author:
Yuanyuan Wang; Gaofeng Wang; Mingqi Sun; Xiaoliang Liang; Hongping He; Jianxi Zhu; Yoshio Takahashi
Source:
Science of the total environment 2022 v.822 pp. 153305
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
acid rain; average daily intake; bioavailability; environment; environmental assessment; environmental hazards; humans; prospective studies; regolith; rhizosphere; risk; sediments; soil; surface water; urban areas; vegetable consumption
Abstract:
... Ion-adsorption type rare earth elements (REEs) located in tropical and subtropical zones have abundant movable and bioavailable ion-exchangeable REEs and could be an environmental hazard. However, our understanding of their environmental risk in urban areas is limited. We aimed to determine whether ion-adsorption type REEs in Guangzhou represent a kind of potential “Chemical Time Bomb” (CTB) and a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153305

72. Multivariate statistical analysis of potentially toxic elements in soils under different land uses: Spatial relationship, ecological risk assessment, and source identification

Author:
Yuejun He; Xiaoxiao Han; Jingsong Ge; Lingqing Wang
Source:
Environmental geochemistry and health 2022 v.44 no.3 pp. 847-860
ISSN:
0269-4042
Subject:
algorithms; basins; climate change; environmental assessment; geochemistry; humans; land use; models; multivariate analysis; risk; soil; toxicity; traffic; China
Abstract:
... The Qinghai–Tibet Plateau is one of the most fragile and susceptible areas to climate change and human disturbances in the world. Here, a total of 48 soil samples were obtained from areas of different land uses within a typical basin in eastern Qinghai–Tibet, China. The selected potentially toxic elements (PTEs, including Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb, and Zn) contents were analyzed to explore their spatial patt ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10653-021-00992-1

73. Quantification of health and environmental risks due to radionuclides in limestone mining regions of Ariyalur, South India

Author:
E. Kumar; T. Subramani; Peiyue Li; D. Karunanidhi
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2022 v.28 no.2 pp. 243-264
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
environmental assessment; human health; humans; limestone; regression analysis; risk; sediments; soil; India
Abstract:
... In the earth’s crust, there is an occurrence of naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) in all parts of the environment as well as in sediment form based on the formation of rock and soil and its geological setting. The radionuclides become hazardous to human health and the environment due to anthropogenic activities, especially mining. The present work focused on quantifying primordial ra ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2022.2040000

74. TPH and PAHs in an oil-rich metropolis in SW Iran: Implication for source apportionment and human health

Author:
Negar Ashjar; Behnam Keshavarzi; Farid Moore; Naghmeh Soltani; Peter S. Hooda; Mohammad Reza Mahmoudi
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2022 v.28 no.1 pp. 58-78
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
breathing; carcinogenicity; edaphic factors; environmental assessment; human health; humans; petroleum; risk; soil; Iran
Abstract:
... Several priority environmental mutagens and carcinogenic compounds were investigated in Ahwaz metropolis soil to estimate the extent of contamination and the risk they pose to human health. This included determination of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in 58 and 92 industrial soil samples, respectively, using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/ ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2021.2015285