U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Https

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

PubAg

Main content area

You searched for: Subject term arsenic Remove constraint Subject term: arsenic Subject term cadmium Remove constraint Subject term: cadmium Subject term adults Remove constraint Subject term: adults
Start Over

Search

350  Search Results

« Previous | 1 - 100 of 350 |
Number of results to display per page

Search Results

1. A Comparative Study on Metals and Parasites in Shellfish of Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems

Author:
Laura Urdes; Acacia Alcivar-Warren
Source:
Journal of shellfish research 2022 v.40 no.3 pp. 565-588
ISSN:
0730-8000
Subject:
Acanthocephala; Artemia; Cestoda; Ciliophora; Eustrongylides; Litopenaeus vannamei; Pandalus borealis; Penaeus; Trematoda; adults; antioxidant activity; aquaculture; arsenic; bioaccumulation; cadmium; climate change; comparative study; endoparasites; epidemiology; epigenetics; freshwater; freshwater fish; lead; mercury; metagenomics; oxidative stress; parasitism; pollution; proteomics; research; sediments; shellfish; shrimp; taxonomy; temperature; Ecuador; Gulf of Mexico
Abstract:
... Little has been published about the interactions of metals and parasites in economically important aquaculture species, particularly shellfish. Metal bioaccumulation and parasitic diseases could vary in different species depending on temperature changes and other environmental factors. Most studies conducted on endoparasites, such as acanthocephalans, cestodes, nematodes, and trematodes, indicate ...
DOI:
10.2983/035.040.0313

2. A systematic review of the concentration of potentially toxic elements in fish from the Persian Gulf: A health risk assessment study

Author:
Mehdi Raissy; Mahsa Ansari; Reza Sharafati Chaleshtori; Vahideh Mahdavi; Zahra Hadian; José Manuel Lorenzo; Gea Oliveri Conti; Elcin Huseyn; Amin Mousavi Khaneghah
Source:
Food and chemical toxicology 2022 v.163 pp. 112968
ISSN:
0278-6915
Subject:
World Health Organization; adults; animal proteins; arsenic; average daily intake; cadmium; fish consumption; health effects assessments; ingestion; lead; marine fish; mercury; oral exposure; people; risk; systematic review; toxicity; toxicology; Persian Gulf
Abstract:
... Fish as a critical food source is responsible for supplying nearly 20% of the average per capita animal protein for 3.2 billion people worldwide. However, oral exposure to potentially toxic elements (PTE) such as mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), and arsenic (As) through marine fish consumption can cause health risks in consumers. This study aimed to collect information among databases (2000– ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.fct.2022.112968

3. Aflatoxin B1 and heavy metals in imported black tea to Bushehr, southern Iran; Contamination rate and risk assessment

Author:
Esmaeel Abbasi; Mohammad Hashem Yousefi; Seyedenayat Hashemi; Saeid Hosseinzadeh; Amir Hossein Ghadimi; Maryam Safapour; Abdulrahim Azari
Source:
Journal of food composition and analysis 2022 v.106 pp. 104277
ISSN:
0889-1575
Subject:
adults; adverse effects; aflatoxin B1; arsenic; beverages; black tea; cadmium; copper; food chain; food composition; lead; mercury; risk assessment; Iran
Abstract:
... Black tea is a popular and widely consumed beverage in Iran. Due to the possibility of transferring heavy metals and mycotoxins to the food chain, its potential hazards should be considered. In this study, forty samples of black tea imported to Bushehr port were collected. The physicochemical and microbial properties and their contamination with heavy metals including copper, lead, mercury, arseni ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jfca.2021.104277

4. Anadromous fish as biomarkers for the combined impact of marine and freshwater heavy metal pollution

Author:
M. Foley; N. Askin; M.P. Belanger; C. Wittnich
Source:
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety 2022 v.230 pp. 113153
ISSN:
0147-6513
Subject:
Alosa pseudoharengus; adults; anadromous fish; arsenic; biomarkers; body weight; cadmium; ecotoxicology; freshwater; heavy metals; kidneys; liver; magnesium; mercury; morphometry; muscles; pollution; rivers; selenium; zinc; Gulf of Maine; Nova Scotia
Abstract:
... Rivers along the eastern seaboard of the United States and Canada are becoming increasingly contaminated with heavy metals. This includes the Tusket River (Nova Scotia, Canada) which empties into the Gulf of Maine, near the Bay of Fundy. Whether anadromous fish such as alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), exposed both to marine and freshwater contaminants, are accumulating these heavy metals and experi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.113153

5. Arsenic and toxic metals in meat and fish consumed in Niger delta, Nigeria: Employing the margin of exposure approach in human health risk assessment

Author:
Esther Amaka Okoye; Beatrice Bocca; Flavia Ruggieri; Anthonett N. Ezejiofor; Ify L. Nwaogazie; Chiara Frazzoli; Orish E. Orisakwe
Source:
Food and chemical toxicology 2022 v.159 pp. 112767
ISSN:
0278-6915
Subject:
adolescents; adults; arsenic; cadmium; chicken meat; chickens; cows; dietary exposure; fish; goat meat; goats; health effects assessments; health hazards; human health; kidneys; neurotoxicity; risk; river deltas; toxicology; Nigeria
Abstract:
... This study provides information on the health risk of As, Cd, Hg, Pb and V exposure from Nigerian foods consumption (fish, cow, goat and chicken meat) in different age-groups (children, adolescent, adult, senior) and six areas of Niger Delta, Nigeria (Choba, Khana, Eleme, TransAmadi, Uyo, and Yenogoa). The health risk assessment was performed by estimating the weekly or monthly intake of metals fr ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.fct.2021.112767

6. Biomonitoring of toxic metals, organochlorine pesticides, and polybrominated biphenyl 153 in Michigan urban anglers

Author:
Wendy A. Wattigney; Elizabeth Irvin-Barnwell; Zheng Li; Angela Ragin-Wilson
Source:
Environmental research 2022 v.203 pp. 111851
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
adults; arsenic; biphenyl; blood serum; cadmium; chlordane; chlorinated hydrocarbons; environmental monitoring; fish; hexachlorobenzene; humans; income; lead; lipids; livestock feeds; males; manganese; mercury; mirex; pollution; public health; questionnaires; regression analysis; research; risk; rivers; shorelines; toxicity; urban development; urine; Michigan
Abstract:
... The 32-mile Detroit River and surrounding tributaries have been designated as a Great Lakes Area of Concern due to pollution from decades of municipal and industrial discharges, sewer overflows and urban development. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services conducted a biomonitoring study to assess exposures to persistent toxic s ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2021.111851

7. Associations of residential and occupational history with the distribution of persistent pollutant mixtures in adipose tissue samples

Author:
Ruth Echeverría; Petra Vrhovnik; Inmaculada Salcedo-Bellido; Francisco M. Pérez-Carrascosa; Celia Gómez-Peña; Željka Fiket; Piedad Martin-Olmedo; Nicolás Olea; Mariana F. Fernández; Juan Pedro Arrebola
Source:
Environmental research 2021 v.194 pp. 110687
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
DDE (pesticide); adipose tissue; adults; aluminum; arsenic; cadmium; chromium; cobalt; exposure assessment; food industry; lead; nickel; occupations; pollutants; polychlorinated biphenyls; regression analysis; research; spatial data; toxicity; traffic; Spain
Abstract:
... This research aims to explore clusters of a mixture of 15 Persistent Toxic Substances (PTSs) in the adipose tissue of 227 individuals of an adult cohort from Granada Province (Southern Spain). Information about residence and occupation during participants lifetime was gathered by means of validated questionnaires. Clusters of pollutants in the study population were identified by Principal Componen ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2020.110687

8. Investigation of trace metals in riverine waterways of Bangladesh using multivariate analyses: spatial toxicity variation and potential health risk assessment

Author:
Ram Proshad; Mamun Abdullah Al; Md. Saiful Islam; Sujan Khadka; Tapos Kormoker; Minhaz Uddin; Letizia Modeo
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research 2021 v.28 no.24 pp. 31872-31884
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; arsenic; cadmium; carcinogenicity; chromium; copper; dry season; electrical conductivity; health effects assessments; health hazards; humans; ingestion; lead; models; nickel; pH; people; pollution; research; riparian areas; risk; rivers; sewage; wet season; Bangladesh
Abstract:
... Minute quantities of trace metals have delirious effects in the human body causing acute and chronic toxicities. These trace metals have the ability to bind with enzymes and proteins causing an alteration in their activity, and, consequently, their damage. In this study, water samples were collected from five sites in Rupsa River (Bangladesh) during dry and wet seasons aiming to assess the trace m ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-021-13077-4

9. Toxic and essential trace element concentrations in different tissues of extensively reared sheep in northern Spain

Author:
Víctor Pereira; Marta Miranda; Juan Sierra; José Luis Benedito; Marta López-Alonso
Source:
Journal of food composition and analysis 2021 v.96 pp. 103709
ISSN:
0889-1575
Subject:
adults; arsenic; cadmium; chromium; cobalt; copper; food composition; humans; iron; kidneys; lead; liver; manganese; meat; mercury; molybdenum; muscles; nickel; nutritional status; nutritive value; risk; selenium; sheep; slaughter; toxicity; zinc; Spain
Abstract:
... Monitoring toxic and trace element concentrations in livestock, particularly in extensive farming systems, is important for obtaining information about the nutritional status of the animals as well as about nutritional value of the meat and the contents of potentially toxic element residues in the meat products. In this study, samples of liver, kidney and muscle (n = 253) were collected at slaught ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jfca.2020.103709

10. A comparative study of elemental pollution and health risk assessment in urban dust of different land-uses in Tehran’s urban area

Author:
Taraneh Mihankhah; Mohsen Saeedi; Abdolreza Karbassi
Source:
Chemosphere 2020 v.241 pp. 124984
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
adults; anthropogenic activities; arsenic; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; comparative study; copper; dust; factor analysis; health effects assessments; iron; land use; lead; manganese; mercury; nickel; pollution; risk; urban areas; zinc
Abstract:
... Pollution levels of potentially toxic metals (PTMs) were studied performing enrichment factor, geo-accumulation index and ecological risk index. The most enriched elements which categorize as very high and extremely high enriched in different land-uses were in order of: commercial Cu (73.79)>Hg (66.55)>Pb (55.73)>Zn (46.15)>Cd (37.31); residential Pb (48.35)>Zn (34.79)>Cu (27.69)>Hg (22.96)>Cd (22 ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124984

11. A human health risk assessment of heavy metal ingestion among consumers of protein powder supplements

Author:
Suren B. Bandara; Kevin M. Towle; Andrew D. Monnot
Source:
Toxicology reports 2020 v.7 pp. 1255-1262
ISSN:
2214-7500
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; adults; arsenic; blood; cadmium; health effects assessments; heavy metals; human health; ingestion; lead; mercury; risk; toxicology; whey protein
Abstract:
... Concerns have recently been raised about the presence of heavy metals in protein powder supplements following a Consumer Reports analysis of 15 protein powder products. The Consumer Reports study found that the average amounts of heavy metals in three servings of protein powder per day exceeded the maximum limits in dietary supplements proposed by U.S. Pharmacopeia. In a follow up to the Consumer ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.toxrep.2020.08.001

12. Arsenic enrichment in groundwater and associated health risk in Bari doab region of Indus basin, Punjab, India

Author:
Anand Kumar; Chander Kumar Singh
Source:
Environmental pollution 2020 v.256 pp. 113324
ISSN:
0269-7491
Subject:
adults; alluvium; arsenic; basins; cadmium; children; chromium; copper; groundwater; groundwater contamination; guidelines; humans; hydrogeochemistry; iron; minerals; nitrates; redox potential; risk; rivers; silicates; sodium bicarbonate; sulfates; weathering; wells; zinc; India
Abstract:
... Contaminated groundwater is considered as one of the most important pathways of human exposure to the geogenic contaminants. Present study has been conducted in a part of Indus basin to investigate the presence and spatial distribution of arsenic (As) and other trace metals in groundwater. The As concentration varies from bdl-255.6 μg/L and 24.6% of the 73 collected groundwater samples have As abo ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113324

13. Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution and Human Health Risks Assessment in Soils Around an Industrial Zone in Neyshabur, Iran

Author:
Ali Akbar Mohammadi; Ahmad Zarei; Marjan Esmaeilzadeh; Mahmoud Taghavi; Mahmood Yousefi; Zahra Yousefi; Fatemeh Sedighi; Safoura Javan
Source:
Biological trace element research 2020 v.195 no.1 pp. 343-352
ISSN:
0163-4984
Subject:
adults; arsenic; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; health effects assessments; heavy metals; human health; lead; monitoring; nickel; soil; soil pollution; soil sampling; zinc; Iran
Abstract:
... Heavy metal pollution of soils in industrial zones continues to attract attention because of its potential human health risks. The present research is an attempt to assess the pollution status of heavy metals including As, Cd, Cr, Ni, and Pb using various indices like contamination factor (CF), pollution index (IPOLL), and geo-accumulation index (Igₑₒ). In total, 60 surface soil samples were colle ...
DOI:
10.1007/s12011-019-01816-1

14. Assessment of potentially toxic elements in vegetables cultivated in urban and peri-urban sites in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and implications for human health

Author:
Karzan A. M. Hawrami; Neil M. J. Crout; George Shaw; Elizabeth H. Bailey
Source:
Environmental geochemistry and health 2020 v.42 no.5 pp. 1359-1385
ISSN:
0269-4042
Subject:
adults; agricultural soils; arsenic; cadmium; children; cities; fruits; human health; irrigation; municipal refuse disposal; nickel; organic matter; pollution load; risk; rural areas; silt loam soils; silty clay soils; surveys; toxic substances; toxicity; urban areas; vegetable consumption; vegetables; waste disposal sites; wastewater; Iraq
Abstract:
... Vegetable fields in and around urban areas in the Kurdistan region of Iraq may have higher than background concentrations of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) from contamination sources including municipal waste disposal and wastewater used for irrigation. The purpose of this study was to assess PTE concentrations in soils and the edible parts of field-grown vegetables to quantify potential health ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10653-019-00426-z

15. Associations between renal functions and exposure of arsenic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon in adults living near a petrochemical complex

Author:
Tzu-Hsuen Yuan; Deng-Yuan Ke; Joyce En-Hua Wang; Chang-Chuan Chan
Source:
Environmental pollution 2020 v.256 pp. 113457
ISSN:
0269-7491
Subject:
adults; arsenic; cadmium; epidemiology; equations; glomerular filtration rate; guidelines; kidney diseases; mercury; oil and gas industry; pollutants; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; regression analysis; risk; thallium; Taiwan
Abstract:
... The understanding for the impact of petrochemical pollutants exposure on renal functions is limited.Our study examined the associations between renal functions and pollutants exposure in adult residents living in the vicinity of a petrochemical industry.We recruited 2069 adult residents near a big petrochemical complex in Taiwan in 2009–2012, and they were categorized into high exposure (HE) and l ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113457

16. Bioaccumulation and human health risk of shellfish contamination to heavy metals and As in most rapid urbanized Shenzhen, China

Author:
Yuan Gong; Minwei Chai; Huan Ding; Cong Shi; Yao Wang; Ruili Li
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.2 pp. 2096-2106
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Argopecten irradians; Azumapecten farreri; Babylonia areolata; Crassostrea ariakensis; adolescents; adults; arsenic; bioaccumulation; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; copper; food contamination; heavy metals; human health; lead; mercury; neoplasms; risk; seafood consumption; seafoods; shellfish; urbanization; China
Abstract:
... Despite the benefits of shellfish consumption, the bioaccumulation of heavy metals in shellfish can endanger consumer’s health. The consumption of seafood in Shenzhen (a fast-developing metropolis in China) has received more and more attention. Arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), mercury (Hg), and lead (Pb) in ten common shellfish species and associated health risks were analyzed for Shenzhen ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-06580-2

17. Breaking down insect stoichiometry into chitin-based and internal elemental traits: Patterns and correlates of continent-wide intraspecific variation in the largest European saproxylic beetle

Author:
Grzegorz Orłowski; Lucyna Mróz; Marcin Kadej; Adrian Smolis; Dariusz Tarnawski; Jerzy Karg; Alessandro Campanaro; Marco Bardiani; Deborah J. Harvey; Marcos Méndez; Arno Thomaes; Al Vrezec; Krzysztof Ziomek; Andrzej L. Rudecki; Detlef Mader
Source:
Environmental pollution 2020 v.262 pp. 114064
ISSN:
0269-7491
Subject:
Lucanus; abdomen; adults; arsenic; body fat; cadmium; calcium; copper; digestive system; ecotoxicology; elytra; exoskeleton; habitats; insects; intraspecific variation; invertebrates; iron; larvae; lead; magnesium; manganese; minerals; nickel; potassium; sodium; stoichiometry; woodlands; zinc; Russia; Spain
Abstract:
... Stoichiometric, trophic and ecotoxicological data have traditionally been acquired from patterns of variation in elemental traits of whole invertebrate bodies, whereas the critical issue of the extracellular origin of some portion of elements, such as those present in ingested food and internal organs, has been ignored. Here we investigated an unexplored, yet crucial, question relating to whether, ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114064

18. Characterization of urinary concentrations of heavy metals among socioeconomically disadvantaged black pregnant women

Author:
Inkyu Han; Kristina W. Whitworth; Xueying Zhang; Masoud Afshar; Pamela D. Berens; Elaine Symanski
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2020 v.192 no.3 pp. 200
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
adults; aluminum; antimony; arsenic; cadmium; cotinine; creatinine; diet; factor analysis; heavy metals; lead; nickel; pregnancy; pregnant women; selenium; traffic; urine; zinc; Texas
Abstract:
... The objective of this study was to characterize exposures to metals using biological samples collected on socioeconomically disadvantaged black pregnant women. We obtained 131 anonymous urine samples provided by black pregnant women visiting a Medicaid-serving prenatal clinic in Houston, TX, from March 27, 2017 to April 11, 2017. We analyzed urine samples for 15 metals including cadmium (Cd), arse ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-020-8163-z
PubMed:
32107644
PubMed Central:
PMC7046578

19. Chemical content and source apportionment of 36 heavy metal analysis and health risk assessment in aerosol of Beijing

Author:
Limeng Cui; Zhuona Wu; Peng Han; Yasuyuki Taira; Huan Wang; Qinghua Meng; Zechen Feng; Shuguang Zhai; Jun Yu; Weijie Zhu; Yuxia Kong; Hongfang Wang; Hong Zhang; Bin Bai; Yun Lou; Yongzhong Ma
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.7 pp. 7005-7014
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; aerosols; air pollutants; air pollution; air quality; aluminum; anthropogenic activities; antimony; arsenic; barium; breathing; cadmium; calcium; cesium; children; chromium; cobalt; copper; emissions; gases; health effects assessments; heavy metals; inhalation exposure; iron; lead; magnesium; manganese; mercury; molybdenum; nickel; potassium; radioactivity; rubidium; silver; sodium; spring; strontium; tin; zinc; China
Abstract:
... The concentration levels of 36 airborne heavy metals and atmospheric radioactivity in total suspended particulate (TSP) samples were measured to investigate the chemical characteristics, potential sources of aerosols, and health risk in Beijing, China, from September 2016 to September 2017. The TSP concentrations varied from 6.93 to 469.18 μg/m³, with a median of 133.97 μg/m³. The order for the me ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-06427-w

20. Co-distribution, possible origins, status and potential health risk of trace elements in surface water sources from six major river basins, Bangladesh

Author:
Abu Reza Md Towfiqul Islam; H.M. Touhidul Islam; Md Uzzal Mia; Rahat Khan; Md Ahosan Habib; Md Bodrud-Doza; Md Abu Bakar Siddique; Ronghao Chu
Source:
Chemosphere 2020 v.249 pp. 126180
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
adults; adverse effects; arsenic; autocorrelation; basins; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; drinking; drinking water; entropy; guidelines; irrigation; lead; nickel; pollutants; primary contact; risk; sodium adsorption ratio; surface water; water quality; watersheds; zinc; Bangladesh
Abstract:
... In this study, we appraised the concentrations of 8 major trace elements (TEs) in surface water sources from six river basins, Bangladesh: Meghna, Kartoya, Sitalakha, Teesta, Pashur and Rupsha River basins. Co-distribution, the status of water quality and potential health risks were assessed using statistical analyses, the entropy water quality index (EWQI), sodium adsorption ratio (SAR), spatial ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126180

21. Comparison and Risk Assessment for Trace Heavy Metals in Raw Pu-erh Tea with Different Storage Years

Author:
Fen Li; Qinhui Lu; Mei Li; Xuemei Yang; Changyun Xiong; Bin Yang
Source:
Biological trace element research 2020 v.195 no.2 pp. 696-706
ISSN:
0163-4984
Subject:
adults; arsenic; cadmium; chromium; copper; heavy metals; lead; manganese; mercury; risk; risk assessment; soil; tea; zinc; China
Abstract:
... This research conducted an exploration of the content of microelements (As, Cr, Cd, Pb, Cu, Zn, Mn, and Hg) in raw Pu-erh tea with different storage years. The contents of As, Cr, Cd, Pb, Cu, Zn, Mn, and Hg were 0.14, 0.82, 0.02, 0.52, 14.59, 33.51, 564.02, and 0.01 μg/g, respectively, and were all less than the national standard limit values in China. The target hazard quotients (THQs) of each he ...
DOI:
10.1007/s12011-019-01886-1

22. Contamination and health risk assessment of heavy metals in PM₁₀ in mining and smelting basin Bor in Serbia

Author:
Sanja Mrazovac Kurilić; Zvonimir Božilović; Khalil Salem Abulsba; Alhusein M. Aiad Ezarzah
Source:
Journal of environmental science and health 2020 v.55 no.1 pp. 44-54
ISSN:
1532-4117
Subject:
adults; air; arsenic; basins; cadmium; children; exposure models; health effects assessments; heat; heavy metals; human health; humans; lead; mining; neoplasms; nickel; oral exposure; particulates; primary contact; risk; traffic; wind direction; Serbia
Abstract:
... The objective of this study was to investigate concentration and spatial distribution of four heavy metal elements (As, Cd, Pb, and Ni) in PM₁₀ in town near mining and smelting basin, Bor (Serbia). Human health risks for each heavy metal were assessed using a human exposure model. Results showed that air does not contain significant heavy metal elements concentrations at all three measurement poin ...
DOI:
10.1080/10934529.2019.1665946

23. Determination and health risk assessment of heavy metals in imported rice bran oil in Iran

Author:
Afsaneh Mohajer; Abbas Norouzian Baghani; Parisa Sadighara; Kiandokht Ghanati; Shahrokh Nazmara
Source:
Journal of food composition and analysis 2020 v.86 pp. 103384
ISSN:
0889-1575
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; adults; arsenic; atomic absorption spectrometry; cadmium; children; chromium; copper; foods; health effects assessments; heavy metals; lead; manganese; microwave treatment; neoplasms; rice bran; rice bran oil; zinc; Iran
Abstract:
... In this current study, the contents of heavy metals including Pb, As, Cr, Cd, Zn, Cu, and Mn in imported rice bran oil in Iran were investigated with microwave digestion method based on an inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry system (ICP-OES). The concentrations range of Pb, Cr, Cd, As, Zn, and Cu in rice bran oil samples were measured as 0.066–0.30, 0.008–0.014, 0.005–0.01, 0. ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jfca.2019.103384

24. Distribution and health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in soils around coal industrial areas: A global meta-analysis

Author:
Xin Xiao; Jixiong Zhang; Hui Wang; Xiaoxun Han; Jing Ma; Yu Ma; Huijun Luan
Source:
Science of the total environment 2020 v.713 pp. 135292
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
adults; arsenic; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; cities; coal; combustion; copper; dermal exposure; health effects assessments; human health; inhalation exposure; lead; mercury; meta-analysis; mining; nickel; oral exposure; pollution control; power plants; soil; soil pollution; toxic substances; zinc; Europe; Northern Africa; South East Asia
Abstract:
... Coal production and utilization are recognized as two principal sources of potentially toxic elements in the environment. Here the published literature (2008–2018) was searched to collect data on As, Ni, Cd, Cu, Cr, Hg, Pb and Zn concentrations in soils near different types of coal industrial areas such as coal mines, thermal power plants, coal chemical plants, coal mining cities and coal waster p ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135292

25. Distribution of heavy metals in the water, sediments, and fishes from Damodar river basin at steel city, India: a probabilistic risk assessment

Author:
Vijay Laxmi Mohanta; Aliya Naz; Brijesh Kumar Mishra
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2020 v.26 no.2 pp. 406-429
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
adults; arsenic; cadmium; children; chromium; coal industry; copper; dermal exposure; environmental assessment; fish; heavy metals; human health; lead; manganese; nickel; pollution; ponds; probabilistic risk assessment; rain; risk; rivers; sediments; steel; surface water; watersheds; zinc; India
Abstract:
... The present study, deals with the estimation of degrees of contamination, ecological and human health risk of heavy metals (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn) in sediments, surface water and fishes, which were collected from middle stretch of Damodar river and ponds at Asansol, which receives outfall of various coal-based industries. Metal content in the premonsoon season was higher than the post ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2018.1511968

26. Distribution of trace elements in the tissues of arrow squid (Nototodarus sloanii) from the Chatham Rise, New Zealand: Human health implications

Author:
Alexandra Lischka; Chris J. Pook; Jennifer L. Pannell; Heather E. Braid; Sally Gaw; Kathrin S.R. Bolstad
Source:
Fisheries research 2020 v.221 pp. 105383
ISSN:
0165-7836
Subject:
Ommastrephidae; adults; antimony; arsenic; cadmium; chromium; cobalt; copper; ecosystems; females; fisheries; food contamination; heart; human health; human nutrition; humans; iron; kidneys; lead; males; manganese; markets; mercury; nickel; seafood consumption; squid; vanadium; zinc; New Zealand
Abstract:
... The southern arrow squid, Nototodarus sloanii (Ommastrephidae), is a key species in New Zealand’s pelagic ecosystem and is commercially fished. Specimens in this study were caught along the Chatham Rise—one of New Zealand’s most heavily targeted fisheries areas. Nine different tissue types were analysed from 15 female and 15 male specimens for 13 trace elements (As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Ni, Mn, ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.fishres.2019.105383

27. Environmental chronic exposure to metals and effects on attention and executive function in the general population

Author:
Ata Rafiee; Juana Maria Delgado-Saborit; Peter D. Sly; Bernadette Quémerais; Fallah Hashemi; Sadaf Akbari; Mohammad Hoseini
Source:
Science of the total environment 2020 v.705 pp. 135911
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
adults; aluminum; antimony; arsenic; atomic absorption spectrometry; barium; brain; cadmium; chromium; chronic exposure; cobalt; cognition; cognitive disorders; copper; females; hairs; health status; heavy metals; iron; lead; lifestyle; males; manganese; men; mercury; neurotoxicity; nickel; questionnaires; silicon; silver; smoking (habit); tin; traffic; women; zinc; Iran
Abstract:
... Heavy metals are neurotoxic, associated with brain dysfunction, and have been linked with cognitive decline in adults. This study was aimed to characterize chronic exposure to metals (Cd, Be, Co, Hg, Sn, V, Al, Ba, Cr, Cu, Fe, Li, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn) and metalloids (As, B, Sb) and assess its impact on cognitive performance of Tehran's residents, capital of Iran. Scalp hair samples gathered from 20 ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135911

28. Estimation of some trace metal pollutants in River Atuwara southwestern Nigeria and spatio-temporal human health risks assessment

Author:
PraiseGod Chidozie Emenike; Jordan Brizi Neris; Imokhai Theophilus Tenebe; Chidozie Charles Nnaji; Peter Jarvis
Source:
Chemosphere 2020 v.239 pp. 124770
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
adults; arsenic; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; copper; drinking; drinking water; dry season; health effects assessments; heavy metals; human health; industrial effluents; lead; neoplasms; nickel; pollution; principal component analysis; risk assessment process; rivers; wet season; zinc; Nigeria
Abstract:
... Over twenty thousand persons rely on water from Atuwara River for drinking and other domestic purposes, hence the need to ascertain the human health risk inherent in such practice. Seventy-two water samples were collected from River Atuwara during the dry and wet seasons of 2018, and the concentration of heavy metals (Pb, As, Ni, Cr, Zn, Cu, and Cd) were measured using ICP-OES. A newly developed h ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124770

29. Evaluation of radon concentration and heavy metals in drinking water and their health implications to the population of Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan

Author:
Nisar Ahmad; Zia Uddin; Jalil ur Rehman; Muhammad Bakhsh; Hamid Ullah
Source:
International journal of environmental analytical chemistry 2020 v.100 no.1 pp. 32-41
ISSN:
1029-0397
Subject:
adults; air; arsenic; atomic absorption spectrometry; cadmium; children; chromium; drinking water; electrical conductivity; heavy metals; infants; lead; nickel; pH; radon; water pollution; wells; Pakistan
Abstract:
... The purpose of this study is to estimate the concentrations of radon and heavy metals in drinking water and assess their health implications to the population of Quetta, Pakistan. The concentration of radon and heavy metals was measured in drinking water collected from tube wells of different depths of the Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, using RAD7 detector and Atomic Absorption Spectrometer, respe ...
DOI:
10.1080/03067319.2019.1629584

30. Fate and partitioning of heavy metals in soils from landfill sites in Cape Town, South Africa: a health risk approach to data interpretation

Author:
Adelaja Osibote; Ogheneochuko Oputu
Source:
Environmental geochemistry and health 2020 v.42 no.1 pp. 283-312
ISSN:
0269-4042
Subject:
adults; antimony; arsenic; cadmium; children; chromium; copper; heavy metals; landfills; lead; neoplasms; nickel; risk; risk assessment; sludge; soil; soil sampling; zinc; South Africa
Abstract:
... The fate and persistence of trace metals in soils and sludge from landfill sites are crucial in determining the hazard posed by landfill, techniques for their restoration and potential reuse purposes of landfill sites after closure and restoration. A modified European Community Bureau of Reference’s (BCR) sequential extraction procedure was applied for partitioning and evaluating the mobility and ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10653-019-00348-w

31. Hazardous trace elements in thoracic fraction of airborne particulate matter: Assessment of temporal variations, sources, and health risks in a megacity

Author:
Omar Ramírez; Ana M. Sánchez de la Campa; Daniel Sánchez-Rodas; Jesús D. de la Rosa
Source:
Science of the total environment 2020 v.710 pp. 136344
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
acceptable risk; adults; anthropogenic activities; antimony; arsenic; barium; cadmium; carcinogenicity; charcoal; chemical composition; children; chromium; cities; cobalt; copper; dry season; dust; emissions; forest fires; fossil fuels; fuel combustion; fuels (fire ecology); health effects assessments; heavy metals; human health; industry; inhalation exposure; iron; lead; neoplasms; nickel; particulates; steel; temporal variation; tin; toxic substances; zinc; Colombia
Abstract:
... The deleterious health effects of thoracic fractions seem to be more related to the chemical composition of the particles than to their mass concentration. The presence of hazardous materials in PM₁₀ (e.g., heavy metals and metalloids) causes risks to human health. In this study, twelve trace elements (Cd, Cr, Pb, Zn, Cu, Ni, Sn, Ba, Co, As, V, and Sb) in 315 samples of ambient PM₁₀ were analyzed. ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136344

32. Health risk assessment and levels of toxic metals in fishes (Oreochromis noliticus and Clarias anguillaris) from Ankobrah and Pra basins: Impact of illegal mining activities on food safety

Author:
Nii Korley Kortei; Marcus Ekow Heymann; Edward Ken Essuman; Fidelis Mawunyo Kpodo; Papa Toah Akonor; Sylvester Yao Lokpo; Nathaniel Owusu Boadi; Matilda Ayim-Akonor; Clement Tettey
Source:
Toxicology reports 2020 v.7 pp. 360-369
ISSN:
2214-7500
Subject:
Clarias; Oreochromis niloticus; adults; arsenic; atomic absorption spectrometry; cadmium; drinking water; ecosystems; fish; fish consumption; food safety; gold; health effects assessments; heavy metals; lead; mercury; riparian areas; risk; river water; rivers; toxicity; toxicology; traditional technology; water pollution; wildlife; Ghana
Abstract:
... Arsenic (As), mercury (Hg), Cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) are toxic heavy metals that naturally occur in the ecosystem. Their levels are on the rise due to anthropogenic activities posing threat to aquatic wildlife and humans. In Ghana, pollution of some water bodies has led to unsafe consumption of riverine fishes as well as a shortage of treated potable water principally because the cost of treatin ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.toxrep.2020.02.011

33. Health risk assessment associated with heavy metal accumulation in wheat after long-term phosphorus fertilizer application

Author:
Xiu-Xiu Chen; Yu-Min Liu; Qing-Yue Zhao; Wen-Qing Cao; Xin-Ping Chen; Chun-Qin Zou
Source:
Environmental pollution 2020 v.262 pp. 114348
ISSN:
0269-7491
Subject:
adults; adverse effects; arsenic; bioaccumulation; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; copper; fertilizer application; field experimentation; food contamination; grain yield; health effects assessments; heavy metals; human health; humans; lead; neoplasms; nickel; phosphorus; phosphorus fertilizers; risk; straw; topsoil; wheat; zinc
Abstract:
... Phosphorus (P) fertilizer is widely used to increase wheat yield. However, it remains unclear whether prolonged intake of wheat grain that received long-term P application may promote human health risks by influencing heavy metal(loid)s (HMs) accumulation. A 10-year field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of continuous P application (0, 25, 50, 100, 200, and 400 kg P ha⁻¹) on human ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114348

34. Health risk assessment of heavy metals and strontium in groundwater used for drinking and cooking in 58 villages of Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, India

Author:
Arjun Lakshman Khandare; Vakdevi Validandi; Ananthan Rajendran; Toteja Gurudayal Singh; Longvah Thingnganing; Srinivasu Kurella; Raju Nagaraju; Srinivas Dheeravath; Nagaraju Vaddi; Srinivasulu Kommu; Yadaiah Maddela
Source:
Environmental geochemistry and health 2020 v.42 no.11 pp. 3675-3701
ISSN:
0269-4042
Subject:
adults; arsenic; cadmium; carcinogenicity; chromium; geochemistry; groundwater; health effects assessments; lead; mercury; risk; risk reduction; spectrometers; strontium; India
Abstract:
... Groundwater is one of the most important sources of water for drinking and cooking in rural India. A total of 382 groundwater samples were collected from 58 villages and analyzed for HMs and Sr by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer. The average concentrations of HMs and Sr in water was in the order of strontium (Sr) > arsenic (As) > chromium (Cr) > lead (Pb) > mercury (Hg) > cadmium (Cd) ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10653-020-00596-1

35. Health risk assessment of trace elements exposure through the soil-plant (maize)-human contamination pathway near a petrochemical industry complex, Northeast China

Author:
Lina Cao; Chenlu Lin; Yufu Gao; Caiyun Sun; Liang Xu; Liang Zheng; Zhenxing Zhang
Source:
Environmental pollution 2020 v.263 pp. 114414
ISSN:
0269-7491
Subject:
adults; agricultural soils; arsenic; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; copper; corn; food safety; geophagia; grain consumption; health effects assessments; human health; humans; lead; mercury; monitoring; nickel; oil and gas industry; risk; risk reduction; zinc; China
Abstract:
... The trace elements contamination of agricultural soils near petrochemical industry complexes is a concern due to the risk of accumulating in food systems and subsequently affecting human health. We measured representative trace elements (Cu, Ni, Cr, Pb, Zn, Pb, Hg and As) through the soil-plant (maize)-human contamination pathway near a petrochemical industry complexes in an agricultural region fr ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114414

36. Heavy metal contamination in the Cotopaxi and Tungurahua rivers: a health risk

Author:
Soledad Sánchez-Mateos; Lander Vinicio Pérez; Manolo Alexander Córdova Suárez; David Alejandro Cabrera-Riofrio
Source:
Environmental earth sciences 2020 v.79 no.6 pp. 144
ISSN:
1866-6280
Subject:
adults; arsenic; at-risk population; atomic absorption spectrometry; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; dermal exposure; environmental protection; health effects assessments; heavy metals; inhalation exposure; irrigation canals; irrigation water; lead; mercury; neoplasms; nickel; oral exposure; pollution; risk analysis; rivers; tanneries; tap water; Ecuador
Abstract:
... The objective of our study was to evaluate if there is heavy metal contamination in the water of rivers and irrigation canals of the Cotopaxi and Tungurahua provinces in Ecuador and assesing the health risk of this contamination in the neighboring population. To date no study has been done on contaminant health risk in Ecuador. For this purpose, 21 water samples collected along the Cutuchi, Pumacu ...
DOI:
10.1007/s12665-020-8869-9

37. Heavy metals contamination in urban surface soils of Medak province, India, and its risk assessment and spatial distribution

Author:
Narsimha Adimalla
Source:
Environmental geochemistry and health 2020 v.42 no.1 pp. 59-75
ISSN:
0269-4042
Subject:
adults; arsenic; at-risk population; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; copper; heavy metals; human health; lead; nickel; risk; risk assessment; soil sampling; urban soils; zinc; India
Abstract:
... The main purpose of the current study is to assess the contamination status, human health risk, and spatial distribution of heavy metals in the urban soils from the Medak province in India. For this purposes, a total of 40 urban surface soil samples were collected and analyzed seven heavy metals including chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb), and zinc (Zn) ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10653-019-00270-1

38. Heavy metals in soil of an urban industrial zone in a metropolis: risk assessment and source apportionment

Author:
Yanyao Li; Yuan Yuan; Chengju Sun; Ting Sun; Xianglin Liu; Jianbin Li; Lei Fang; Zhengqiu Fan
Source:
Stochastic environmental research and risk assessment 2020 v.34 no.2 pp. 435-446
ISSN:
1436-3240
Subject:
adults; arsenic; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; copper; fertilizers; health effects assessments; heavy metals; human health; humans; lead; manganese; manufacturing; mercury; models; neoplasms; nickel; pesticides; remediation; risk; risk assessment; soil; soil pollution; zinc; China
Abstract:
... The risk of heavy metal pollution in industrial zones has received great awareness, but few studies have focused on urban industrial zone of metropolises. In order to explore the pollution characteristic, ecological risks, human health risks, and sources apportionment of heavy metals (HMs), the concentrations of 9 HMs (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn) in 48 soil sites of a typical urban industr ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00477-020-01779-z

39. Human and ecological risks of metals in soils under different land-use types in an urban environment of Bangladesh

Author:
Md. Saiful ISLAM; Md. Kawser AHMED; Md. Habibullah Al-MAMUN; Dennis Wayne EATON
Source:
Pedosphere 2020 v.30 no.2 pp. 201-213
ISSN:
1002-0160
Subject:
adults; arsenic; breathing; bricks; burning; cadmium; chromium; clothing; copper; ecosystems; electronic wastes; exposure pathways; farms; gasoline; humans; ingestion; land use; lead; nickel; pollution load; risk; soil pollution; tannery waste; toxicity; urban areas; urban soils; Bangladesh
Abstract:
... Trace metal contamination in soil is of great concern owing to its long persistence in the environment and toxicity to humans and other organisms. Concentrations of six potentially toxic trace metals, Cr, Ni, Cu, As, Cd, and Pb, in urban soils were measured in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. Soils from different land-use types, namely, agricultural field, park, playground, petrol station, metal workshop, ...
DOI:
10.1016/S1002-0160(17)60395-3

40. Human exposure to trace elements, aromatic amines and formaldehyde in swimsuits: Assessment of the health risks

Author:
Marta Herrero; Joaquim Rovira; Roser Esplugas; Martí Nadal; José L. Domingo
Source:
Environmental research 2020 v.181 pp. 108951
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
additives; adolescents; adults; aluminum; antimony; aromatic amines; arsenic; barium; bismuth; boys; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; cobalt; color; copper; dermal exposure; detection limit; drying; fabrics; formaldehyde; girls; human health; humans; hydrophobicity; infants; iron; lead; magnesium; manganese; men; mercury; molybdenum; nanoparticles; nickel; polyamides; polyesters; risk; scanning electron microscopes; silver; strontium; synthetic fibers; tin; titanium; titanium dioxide; toxicology; vanadium; water solubility; women; zinc
Abstract:
... Nowadays, most of the swimsuits are mainly made of artificial fibres, which have interesting properties such as water repellence and fast drying. Swimsuits contain a wide range of additives, which can mean a hazard for the environment and/or human health. In this study, the concentrations of formaldehyde (free and water soluble), 24 aromatic amines, and 28 trace elements (Ag, Al, As, B, Ba, Be, Bi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2019.108951

41. Identification of dissolved metal contamination of major rivers in the southeastern hilly area, China: distribution, source apportionment, and health risk assessment

Author:
Jinying Xu; Lilin Zheng; Ligang Xu; Baogui Liu; Jinfu Liu; Xiaolong Wang
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.4 pp. 3908-3922
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; aluminum; anthropogenic activities; antimony; arsenic; cadmium; carcinogenicity; chromium; cobalt; copper; drinking water; dry season; food chain; guidelines; health effects assessments; human health; lead; manganese; molybdenum; nickel; pollutants; pollution; risk; rivers; surface water; vanadium; wet season; zinc; China
Abstract:
... Metal pollution has been a serious problem facing river systems worldwide, which can adversely affect human health through food chain. The goal of this study was to determine the distribution, sources, and health risk of dissolved metals (Cr, Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, Pb, Al, Sb, V, Co, Mo) in major rivers located in the hilly area of southeastern China (namely, Jiulongjiang River (JL), Minjiang Riv ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-06774-8

42. Is Kragujevac city still a “hot spot” area, twenty years after the bombing?

Author:
Biljana Milenkovic; Jelena M. Stajic; Tijana Zeremski; Snezana Strbac; Natasa Stojic; Dragoslav Nikezic
Source:
Chemosphere 2020 v.245 pp. 125610
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
United Nations Environment Programme; adults; air; arsenic; cadmium; carcinogenicity; cesium radioisotopes; children; chromium; cobalt; copper; heavy metals; lead; manganese; mercury; neoplasms; nickel; polychlorinated biphenyls; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; potassium; radium; remediation; riparian areas; rivers; soil pollution; soil sampling; thorium; zinc; Serbia
Abstract:
... After NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999, UNEP has identified Kragujevac as one of the four heavily polluted environmental “hot spots”. Damaging of industrial and military targets caused the release of substantial amounts of hazardous chemical substances into the environment. This study was conducted in order to access the exposure of residents of Kragujevac city to persistent soil pollutants, twenty ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125610

43. Longitudinally monitored lifetime changes in blood heavy metal concentrations and their health effects in urban birds

Author:
Petra Bauerová; Tereza Krajzingrová; Martin Těšický; Hana Velová; Jakub Hraníček; Stanislav Musil; Jana Svobodová; Tomáš Albrecht; Michal Vinkler
Source:
Science of the total environment 2020 v.723 pp. 138002
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Parus major; adults; adverse effects; arsenic; cadmium; cities; detection limit; diet; environmental monitoring; erythrocyte count; health effects assessments; heavy metals; heterophils; human health; lead; leukocyte count; nestlings; pollution; seasonal variation; zinc
Abstract:
... Urban heavy metal pollution can impair the health of humans and other organisms inhabiting cities. While birds are suggested as one of the appropriate bioindicators for essential and non-essential trace element monitoring, the process of particular elements' accumulation in blood and its possible adverse health effects during ageing of individuals remain unexplored. We have investigated lifetime c ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138002

44. Mercury, cadmium, copper, arsenic, and selenium measurements in the feathers of adult eastern brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis) and chicks in multiple breeding grounds in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Author:
Udonna Ndu; Juliet Lamb; Sarah Janssen; Rosalie Rossi; Yvan Satgé; Patrick Jodice
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2020 v.192 no.5 pp. 286
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
Pelecanus occidentalis; Procyon lotor; adults; anthropogenic activities; aquatic ecosystems; aquatic food webs; arsenic; breeding; breeding sites; cadmium; chicks; copper; feathers; heavy metals; islands; mercury; methylmercury compounds; monitoring; seabirds; selenium; toxicity; trophic levels; Gulf of Mexico
Abstract:
... Several trace metals and metalloids have been introduced into aquatic ecosystems due to anthropogenic activities. Some of these elements like mercury (in the form of methylmercury) are easily transferred from one trophic level to another and can accumulate to toxic quantities in organisms at the top of aquatic food webs. For this reason, seabirds like the eastern brown pelican (Pelecanus occidenta ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-020-8237-y

45. Metals and Metalloids Release from Orthodontic Elastomeric and Stainless Steel Ligatures: In Vitro Risk Assessment of Human Exposure

Author:
Aneta Olszewska; Anetta Hanć; Danuta Barałkiewicz; Piotr Rzymski
Source:
Biological trace element research 2020 v.196 no.2 pp. 646-653
ISSN:
0163-4984
Subject:
adults; aesthetics; antimony; arsenic; atomic absorption spectrometry; barium; cadmium; children; chromium; cobalt; copper; detection limit; germanium; humans; in vitro studies; iron; lead; lithium; magnesium; manganese; molybdenum; nickel; orthodontics; risk assessment; rubidium; saliva; stainless steel; strontium; thallium; tin; titanium; toxic substances; uranium; vanadium; zinc
Abstract:
... Elastomeric ligatures are increasingly used as a part of esthetic orthodontic treatment, particularly in children. The aim of the present study was to experimentally test whether these appliances may contribute to exposure to toxic elements. In the present study, elastomeric ligatures (ELs) were incubated in artificial human saliva for 1 month (a typical period of their use) and the release of 21 ...
DOI:
10.1007/s12011-019-01936-8

46. Monitoring spatially resolved trace elements in polar bear hair using single spot laser ablation ICP-MS

Author:
Thea Bechshoft; Yan Luo; Alyssa M. Bohart; Andrew E. Derocher; Evan S. Richardson; Nicholas J. Lunn; D. Graham Pearson
Source:
Ecological indicators 2020 v.119 pp. 106822
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
Ursus maritimus; adults; arsenic; atomic absorption spectrometry; cadmium; copper; diet; iron; lead; legs; males; mercury; selenium; strontium; wildlife; zinc; Canada; Hudson Bay
Abstract:
... Elements and compounds circulating in the body are incorporated into hair as it grows. Because of this, hair analyses are increasingly being incorporated in investigations of temporal trends in e.g. hormones and diet in wildlife species such as polar bears (Ursus maritimus).For this study, guard hair (GH; mean length 62 mm) and foreleg guard hair (FGH; mean length 164 mm) were collected from 15 ad ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106822

47. Multidimensional pollution and potential ecological and health risk assessments of radionuclides and metals in the surface soils of a uranium mine in East China

Author:
Zhongkui Zhou; Zhihui Yang; Zhanxue Sun; Qi Liao; Yadan Guo; Jingying Chen
Source:
Journal of soils and sediments 2020 v.20 no.2 pp. 775-791
ISSN:
1439-0108
Subject:
absorbed dose; adults; arsenic; cadmium; carcinogenicity; cesium radioisotopes; children; copper; ecosystems; exposure pathways; guidelines; health effects assessments; health hazards; human health; ingestion; models; neoplasms; nickel; normal values; pollution load; potassium; radium; risk; soil; soil quality; soil sampling; thorium; uranium; China
Abstract:
... PURPOSE: Pollution from long-lived radionuclides coupled with metals and metalloids (MMs) in uranium mines is globally considered a primary environmental concern. However, research on this topic has been limited to uncovering the ecological and human health risks of this combined pollution in uranium mines. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 120 surface soil samples were collected from 40 sampling ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11368-019-02428-x

48. Occurrence, sources and health risks of toxic metal(loid)s in road dust from a mega city (Nanjing) in China

Author:
Xiaoyu Wang; Enfeng Liu; Qi Lin; Lin Liu; Hezhong Yuan; Zijun Li
Source:
Environmental pollution 2020 v.263 pp. 114518
ISSN:
0269-7491
Subject:
adults; arsenic; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; cobalt; copper; dust; emissions; environmental quality; geostatistics; lead; mercury; molybdenum; pesticides; pollution; pollution control; principal component analysis; railroads; risk; soil; urban areas; variance; zinc; China
Abstract:
... Potential toxic metal(loid)s (PTMs) in road dust are a major concern in relation to urban environmental quality. Identifying pollution hotspots and sources of PTMs is an essential prerequisite for pollution control and management. Herein, the concentrations, pollution and potential health risks of 8 PTMs (As, Cd, Co, Cu, Hg, Mo, Pb and Zn) in road dust from the highly urbanized areas of Nanjing we ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114518

49. Pollution characteristics, sources, and health risk assessments of urban road dust in Kuala Lumpur City

Author:
Murnira Othman; Mohd Talib Latif
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.10 pp. 11227-11245
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; aluminum; arsenic; cadmium; calcium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; cobalt; copper; dust; health effects assessments; human health; ion exchange chromatography; iron; lead; manganese; neoplasms; nickel; oral exposure; particulate emissions; pollution; residential areas; risk; soil; spectroscopy; strontium; traffic; uranium; urban areas; vanadium; zinc
Abstract:
... Urban road dust contains anthropogenic components at toxic concentrations which can be hazardous to human health. A total of 36 road dust samples from five different urban areas, a commercial (CM), a high traffic (HT), a park (GR), a rail station (LRT), and a residential area (RD), were collected in Kuala Lumpur City followed by investigation into compositions, sources, and human health risks. The ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-020-07633-7

50. Potential environmental and human health risk of soil and roadside dust in a rapidly growing urban settlement

Author:
C. N. Mama; C. C. Nnaji; P. C. Emenike; C. V. Chibueze
Source:
International journal of environmental science and technology 2020 v.17 no.4 pp. 2385-2400
ISSN:
1735-1472
Subject:
adults; anthropogenic activities; arsenic; cadmium; children; chromium; cluster analysis; copper; dust; exposure pathways; health effects assessments; human health; iron; lead; manganese; neoplasms; nickel; pollution; roadside soils; roadsides; soil sampling; urbanization; zinc; Nigeria
Abstract:
... The rate of urbanisation in Nsukka, Nigeria, is a trending phenomenon that is characterised by an overwhelming influence on the environment. Twenty-one dust and soil samples were collected from points strategically located on major roadsides in Nsukka and analysed for hazardous trace elements. The ecological and potential human health risks of the samples were estimated, and the pollution source w ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13762-020-02637-9

51. Potential health risk of heavy metals via consumption of rice and vegetables grown in the industrial areas of Bangladesh

Author:
Ram Proshad; Tapos Kormoker; Md. Saiful Islam; Krishno Chandra
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2020 v.26 no.4 pp. 921-943
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
Basella alba; Lagenaria siceraria; Luffa aegyptiaca; Momordica charantia; United States Environmental Protection Agency; acceptable daily intake; adults; arsenic; atomic absorption spectrometry; average daily intake; beans; cadmium; carcinogenicity; chromium; copper; cucumbers; eggplants; environmental assessment; foods; human health; humans; lead; microwave treatment; nickel; okra; rice; risk; Bangladesh
Abstract:
... Heavy metals are toxic in nature, and their contamination in foodstuff is a matter of concern for human health. The present study was conducted to assess the concentrations of chromium, nickel, copper, arsenic, cadmium, and lead in rice and vegetables and their possible human health risks in Tangail district, Bangladesh. Metals were measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2018.1546114

52. Potentially toxic elements in urban topsoils and health risk assessment for the mining W–Mo center in the Baikal region

Author:
Ivan Timofeev; Natalia Shartova; Natalia Kosheleva; Nikolay Kasimov
Source:
Environmental geochemistry and health 2020 v.42 no.1 pp. 221-240
ISSN:
0269-4042
Subject:
adults; antimony; arsenic; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; cobalt; copper; emissions; health effects assessments; lead; mining; molybdenum; mortality; neoplasms; power plants; risk; surveys; tin; topsoil; toxic substances; tungsten; vanadium; wastes; zinc
Abstract:
... The main threats to health are associated with the entry of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) into human bodies. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of the Zakamensk W–Mo deposit development on soil surface horizons and the health of the local population. The results of the geochemical survey of 2012 revealed the spatial distribution patterns and abundances of 15 PTEs. The elements bulk ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10653-019-00340-4

53. Risk profiling of exposures to multiclass contaminants through cereals and cereal-based products consumption: A case study for the inhabitants in Shanghai, China

Author:
Xianli Yang; Zhiyong Zhao; Yanglan Tan; Bo Chen; Changyan Zhou; Aibo Wu
Source:
Food control 2020 v.109 pp. 106964
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Monte Carlo method; acceptable daily intake; adults; aflatoxin B1; aluminum; arsenic; cadmium; case studies; children; chlorpyrifos-methyl; deoxynivalenol; dietary exposure; food additives; food contamination; grains; heavy metals; human health; lead; malathion; margin of safety; maximum residue limits; methyl bromide; ochratoxin A; organic phosphorus; organobromine compounds; pigments; risk profile; risk ranking; China
Abstract:
... The co-occurrence of food contaminants has caught the public concern worldwide owing to their extensive distribution and the potential risk on human health. In this study, a total of 6471 samples of cereals and cereal-based products was collected from Shanghai between 2008 and 2011. The food contaminants co-occurred, including mycotoxins (aflatoxin B1, deoxynivalenol and ochratoxin A), pesticides ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.106964

54. Sources and risk assessment of toxic elements in the agricultural soil of Tiantai County of Zhejiang province, China

Author:
Xinzhe Lu; Fan Luo; Anqing Gu; Xianyao Chu; Hassan Younas; Xuefeng Hu
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2020 v.26 no.3 pp. 586-607
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
adults; agricultural soils; analytical methods; arsenic; cadmium; children; chromium; cluster analysis; cobalt; copper; health hazards; human health; lead; manganese; mercury; molybdenum; nickel; pollution; principal component analysis; risk; risk assessment; selenium; soil sampling; towns; toxic substances; vanadium; zinc; China
Abstract:
... The aim of this study was to quantify the pollution level of toxic elements, their ecological risk and human health hazard in the agricultural soil of Tiantai County, Zhejiang province. A total of 2651 soil samples were collected and analyzed for 13 toxic elements using different analytical techniques. The concentration of Cd, Pb, Hg, Mn, and Zn was higher than the Zhejiang background value in mor ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2018.1525680

55. Spa environments in central Serbia: Geothermal potential, radioactivity, heavy metals and PAHs

Author:
Ljiljana Gulan; Ivana Penjišević; Jelena M. Stajic; Biljana Milenkovic; Tijana Zeremski; Vladica Stevanović; Aleksandar Valjarević
Source:
Chemosphere 2020 v.242 pp. 125171
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
adults; air; arsenic; cadmium; carcinogenicity; cesium; children; chromium; clay loam soils; copper; health effects assessments; heavy metals; ingestion; iron; lead; manganese; mercury; neoplasms; nickel; pollution; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; potassium; radioactivity; radionuclides; radium; radon; risk; risk assessment; soil sampling; texture; thorium; zinc; Serbia
Abstract:
... This study aims to estimate geothermal potential, radioactivity levels, and environmental pollution of six most popular spas in Central Serbia (Ovčar, Gornja Trepča, Vrnjačka, Mataruška, Bogutovačka and Sokobanja), as well as to evaluate potential exposure and health risks for living and visiting population. Thermal possibilities of the studied spas showed medium and low geothermal potential with ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125171

56. The concentration of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in eggs: A global systematic review, meta-analysis and probabilistic health risk assessment

Author:
Ali Atamaleki; Mohsen Sadani; Amir Raoofi; Ali Miri; Saeed Gharibian Bajestani; Yadolah Fakhri; Zoha Heidarinejad; Amin Mousavi Khaneghah
Source:
Trends in food science & technology 2020 v.95 pp. 1-9
ISSN:
0924-2244
Subject:
adults; arsenic; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; copper; databases; duck eggs; eggs; health effects assessments; hens; human health; iron; lead; mercury; meta-analysis; neoplasms; nickel; risk estimate; systematic review; toxic substances; zinc
Abstract:
... There is an increasing trend in the consumption of egg on a worldwide scale, however, it can be a source of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) which could threaten the health of consumers.The related studies on the concentration of PTEs in eggs by databases including PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science and Embase in a global scale were retrieved and following meta-analyzed. Additionally, the associated ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.tifs.2019.11.003

57. The contents of the potentially harmful elements in the arable soils of southern Poland, with the assessment of ecological and health risks: a case study

Author:
Agnieszka Gruszecka-Kosowska; Agnieszka Baran; Magdalena Wdowin; Katarzyna Mazur-Kajta; Tomasz Czech
Source:
Environmental geochemistry and health 2020 v.42 no.2 pp. 419-442
ISSN:
0269-4042
Subject:
adults; adverse effects; agricultural soils; anthropogenic activities; antimony; arable soils; arsenic; cadmium; calcium chloride; carcinogenicity; case studies; children; chromium; cobalt; copper; dermal exposure; food plants; health effects assessments; human health; inhalation exposure; iron; lead; mercury; nickel; oral exposure; soil pollution; soil sampling; solubility; zinc; Poland
Abstract:
... Agricultural soil samples were collected from the areas where edible plants had been cultivated in southern Poland. The PHE content decreased in proportion to the median value specified in brackets (mg/kg d.m.) as follows: Zn (192) > Pb (47.1) > Cr (19.6) > Cu (18.8) > Ni (9.91) > As (5.73) > Co (4.63) > Sb (0.85) > Tl (0.04) > Cd (0.03) > Hg (0.001) > Se (< LOQ). No PHE concentrations exceeded th ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10653-019-00372-w
PubMed:
31325113
PubMed Central:
PMC7035217

58. Trace element analysis reveals bioaccumulation in the squid Gonatus fabricii from polar regions of the Atlantic Ocean

Author:
A. Lischka; T. Lacoue-Labarthe; P. Bustamante; U. Piatkowski; H.J.T. Hoving
Source:
Environmental pollution 2020 v.256 pp. 113389
ISSN:
0269-7491
Subject:
Cephalopoda; Crustacea; adults; arsenic; bioaccumulation; cadmium; carbon; chromium; cobalt; copper; females; fish; food webs; habitats; iron; juveniles; lead; males; manganese; marine mammals; mercury; muscle tissues; muscles; nickel; nitrogen; ontogeny; protective effect; seabirds; silver; squid; stable isotopes; toxicity; zinc; Arctic Ocean; Arctic region; Atlantic Ocean
Abstract:
... The boreoatlantic gonate squid (Gonatus fabricii) represents important prey for top predators—such as marine mammals, seabirds and fish—and is also an efficient predator of crustaceans and fish. Gonatus fabricii is the most abundant cephalopod in the northern Atlantic and Arctic Ocean but the trace element accumulation of this ecologically important species is unknown. In this study, trace element ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113389

59. Accumulation, temporal variation, source apportionment and risk assessment of heavy metals in agricultural soils from the middle reaches of Fenhe River basin, North China

Author:
Minxia Liu; Zhiqiang Han; Yuyi Yang
Source:
RSC advances 2019 v.9 no.38 pp. 21893-21902
ISSN:
2046-2069
Subject:
adults; agricultural soils; arsenic; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; coal; combustion; copper; emissions; farming systems; heavy metals; human health; lead; mercury; neoplasms; nickel; nonpoint source pollution; risk; risk assessment; soil quality; soil sampling; temporal variation; watersheds; zinc; China
Abstract:
... The Fenhe River basin is the main agricultural and industrial developed area in Shanxi province, China. In recent years, agricultural non-point source pollution in the Fenhe River basin intensified, threatening soil quality and safety in the area. Accumulation of eight heavy metals (HMs) including chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) and mercury ...
DOI:
10.1039/c9ra03479j

60. Analysis of 11 trace elements in flight feathers of Italian Sparrows in southern Italy: A study of bioaccumulation through age classes, variability in three years of sampling, and relations with body condition

Author:
Michele Innangi; Davide De Rosa; Tiziana Danise; Ilaria Fozzi; Marcello Giannotti; Marilena Izzo; Marco Trifuoggi; Antonietta Fioretto
Source:
Science of the total environment 2019 v.651 pp. 2003-2012
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Passeriformes; adulthood; adults; age structure; aluminum; arsenic; barium; bioaccumulation; biosphere; birds; body condition; cadmium; chromium; copper; environmental hazards; feathers; indicator species; iron; juveniles; lead; manganese; models; molting; monitoring; nickel; trophic levels; zinc; Italy
Abstract:
... Trace elements have been acknowledged as one of the subtlest environmental hazards in all compartments of the total environment. Enhanced by activities in the anthroposphere, they accumulate in the atmosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere. Eventually, trace elements can bioaccumulate or biomagnifiy in the biosphere, with harmful effects on animals occupying higher trophic levels, including humans. ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.105

61. Analysis of urinary trace element levels in general population of Wuhan in central China

Author:
Hao-Long Zeng; Chang-Wen-Bo Liu; Jie Lu; Xu Wang; Liming Cheng
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.27 pp. 27823-27831
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; arsenic; cadmium; chromium; copper; environmental monitoring; glomerular filtration rate; humans; industry; lead; lifestyle; manganese; mercury; metropolitan areas; selenium; urine; China
Abstract:
... Trace element distribution in the human body varies across regions and countries due to their different living environment and lifestyle. Thus, it is of great significance to investigate the reference level of trace element in a specific population. Wuhan is the largest metropolitan area in central China with highly developed heavy industries. This study aimed at determining the reference urinary ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-05973-7

62. Assessing risk to human health for heavy metal contamination through street dust in the Southeast Asian Megacity: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Author:
M. Safiur Rahman; M.D.H. Khan; Y.N. Jolly; J. Kabir; S. Akter; A. Salam
Source:
Science of the total environment 2019 v.660 pp. 1610-1622
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy; adults; arsenic; breathing; cadmium; children; chromium; cities; copper; dust; energy-dispersive X-ray analysis; exposure pathways; heavy metals; human health; ingestion; lead; manganese; models; mouth; neoplasms; nickel; nose; risk; risk assessment; soil; traffic; zinc; Bangladesh
Abstract:
... Contaminants in road dusts can directly pose significant human health risks through oral ingestion, particle inhalation, and dermal contact. Therefore, this study has been designed to analyze heavy metal contaminations in 88 street dusts collected from the 22 high traffic sites and industrial areas of the Southeast Asian Megacity: Dhaka (capital of Bangladesh) using energy dispersive X-ray fluores ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.425

63. Assessing the potential origins and human health risks of trace elements in groundwater: A case study in the Khoy plain, Iran

Author:
Rahim Barzegar; Asghar Asghari Moghaddam; Jan Adamowski; Amir Hossein Nazemi
Source:
Environmental geochemistry and health 2019 v.41 no.2 pp. 981-1002
ISSN:
0269-4042
Subject:
adults; aluminum; anthropogenic activities; arsenic; cadmium; case studies; children; chromium; cluster analysis; cobalt; confined aquifer; drinking water; electrical conductivity; factor analysis; groundwater; health effects assessments; human health; ions; iron; lead; manganese; minor elements; multivariate analysis; nickel; pH; risk; unconfined aquifer; water management; zinc; Iran
Abstract:
... The objectives of this study were to measure some trace element concentrations in the groundwater of the Khoy area in northwestern Iran, understand their potential origins using multivariate statistical approaches (correlation analysis, cluster analysis and factor analysis), and evaluate their non-carcinogenic human health risks to local residents through drinking water intake. The trace element s ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10653-018-0194-9

64. Assessment of source and health risk of metal(loid)s in indoor/outdoor dust of university dormitory in Lanzhou City, China

Author:
Lili Bao; Shengli Wang; Huiling Sun; Wen Huang; Guanxin Wang; Zhongren Nan
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.31 pp. 32333-32344
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; arsenic; buildings; cadmium; children; chromium; construction materials; copper; dust; human health; lead; manganese; mercury; nickel; pollution; risk; summer; winter; zinc; China
Abstract:
... The pollution of metal(loid)s from indoor and outdoor dust is of great concern because of its impact on human health. The concentrations of nine metal(loid)s (Mn, Cu, Zn, Cd, Cr, Ni, Pb, Hg, and As) were investigated in indoor and outdoor dust samples of university dormitories in winter and summer seasons in Lanzhou City, China. This study revealed the variations of metal(loid) concentrations in d ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-06365-7

65. Assessment of the human health risks of heavy metals in nine typical areas

Author:
Shiyu Wang; Wenyong Wu; Fei Liu
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.12 pp. 12311-12323
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
European Union; Food and Agriculture Organization; World Health Organization; adults; arsenic; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; environmental protection; heavy metals; human health; ingestion; lead; risk; river deltas; soil; wheat; Africa; Asia; Europe
Abstract:
... Human health risks of five different heavy metals were assessed in nine typical areas in Asia, Europe, and Africa. The geoaccumulation index (Igₑₒ) of arsenic (As) in Hyderabad (HB), cadmium (Cd) in Veles (VL), and lead (Pb) in Murcia (MC) were found to be 5, indicating extreme contamination. This is related to their high concentrations in soil. The concentration of As in wheat in Niger Delta (ND) ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-04076-z

66. Association between exposure to arsenic, nickel, cadmium, selenium, and zinc and fasting blood glucose levels

Author:
Zhaoyang Li; Yali Xu; Zhijun Huang; Yue Wei; Jian Hou; Tengfei Long; Fei Wang; Hua Hu; Yanying Duan; Huan Guo; Xiaomin Zhang; Xiang Chen; Hong Yuan; Tangchun Wu; Minxue Shen; Meian He
Source:
Environmental pollution 2019 v.255 pp. 113325
ISSN:
0269-7491
Subject:
Bayesian theory; adults; arsenic; blood glucose; cadmium; exposure profile; fasting; nickel; selenium; urine; zinc; China
Abstract:
... Associations between single metal and fasting blood glucose (FBG) levels have been reported in previous studies. However, the association between multi-metals exposure and FBG level are little known. To assess the joints of arsenic (As), nickel (Ni), cadmium (Cd), selenium (Se), and zinc (Zn) co-exposure on FBG levels, Bayesian kernel machine regression (BKMR) statistical method was used to estima ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113325

67. Association between heavy metals and metalloids in topsoil and mental health in the adult population of Spain

Author:
A. Ayuso-Alvarez; L. Simón; Nuñez; C. Rodríguez-Blázquez; I. Martín-Méndez; A. Bel-lán; G. López-Abente; J. Merlo; P. Fernandez-Navarro; I. Galán
Source:
Environmental research 2019 pp. -
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
adults; arsenic; behavior disorders; cadmium; health surveys; heavy metals; lead; manganese; mental health; odds ratio; questionnaires; regression analysis; soil horizons; soil sampling; topsoil; vegetables; Spain
Abstract:
... Despite the biological plausibility of the association between heavy metal exposure and mental health disorders, epidemiological evidence remains scarce. The objective was to estimate the association between heavy metals and metalloids in soil and the prevalence of mental disorders in the adult population of Spain.Individual data came from the Spanish National Health Survey 2011–2012, 18,073 indiv ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2019.108784

68. Barbary sheep tissues as bioindicators of radionuclide and stabile element contamination in Croatia: exposure assessment for consumers

Author:
Maja Lazarus; Pavao Gančević; Tatjana Orct; Delko Barišić; Klemen Jerina; Nikica Šprem
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.14 pp. 14521-14533
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Ammotragus lervia; adults; adverse effects; arsenic; at-risk population; botanical composition; cadmium; cesium; copper; dry matter content; exposure assessment; food intake; grasses; herbivores; homeostasis; hyperaccumulators; iron; kidneys; lead; liver; mercury; muscles; normal values; pollution; potassium; radionuclides; rumen; selenium; tissues; toxicity; ungulates; zinc; Croatia
Abstract:
... Muscle, liver and kidney of 21 Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia) from Mosor Mountain, Croatia, were sampled to quantify the activity of caesium and potassium radionuclides and five toxic and ten essential stabile elements in order to establish reference values for this species and to evaluate the potential of Barbary sheep tissues to reflect environmental pollution. We also assessed seasonal diet ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-04507-5

69. Bioaccumulation and heavy metal concentration in tissues of some commercial fishes from the Meghna River Estuary in Bangladesh and human health implications

Author:
A.S. Shafiuddin Ahmed; Moshiur Rahman; Sharmin Sultana; S.M. Omar Faruque Babu; Md. Shafiqul Islam Sarker
Source:
Marine pollution bulletin 2019 v.145 pp. 436-447
ISSN:
0025-326X
Subject:
Clupisoma; Rhinomugil corsula; Silonia silondia; adults; arsenic; average daily intake; bioaccumulation; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; copper; estuaries; fish; food safety; guidelines; heavy metals; human health; lead; risk; rivers; tissues; water pollution; Bangladesh
Abstract:
... Despite the beneficial aspect of aquatic food's consumption, bioaccumulation of toxic metals in fish can enhance the health risk for the consumers. Heavy metals were measured from editable tissues of some commercial fish species like Latis calcarifer, Silonia silondia, Clupisoma garua, Planiliza subviridis, Otolithoides pama, Tenulosa ilisa, Rhinomugil corsula, and Aila coila in the Meghna river e ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.06.035

70. Characteristics and health effects of PM2.5 emissions from various sources in Gwangju, South Korea

Author:
Injeong Kim; Kwangyul Lee; Sunhong Lee; Sang Don Kim
Source:
Science of the total environment 2019 v.696 pp. 133890
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
adults; arsenic; cadmium; carcinogens; chemical composition; children; chromium; combustion; dust; emissions; gasoline; health effects assessments; lead; manganese; neoplasms; oils; organochlorine pesticides; particulates; polychlorinated biphenyls; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; risk; toxicity; South Korea
Abstract:
... Increasing evidence suggests that the toxicity of fine dust particles (PM₂.₅) is linked to specific components rather than their mass. However, research on the chemical composition and health risk of PM₂.₅ is insufficient. This study analyzed the metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) present in PM₂.₅ and evaluated the ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133890

71. Characterization and mobilization of toxic metals from electrolytic zinc waste

Author:
M.J. Martínez-Sánchez; A.M. Solan-Marín; A.M. Hidalgo; C. Pérez-Sirvent
Source:
Chemosphere 2019 v.233 pp. 414-421
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
X-ray diffraction; adults; anaerobic conditions; arsenic; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; lead; organic matter; rain; risk; soluble salts; toxic substances; wastes; zinc
Abstract:
... The natural and forced mobilization of lead, cadmium and arsenic in zinc hydrometallurgy waste is studied with the purpose of establishing potentially environmentally damaging levels and associated risks in uncontrolled situations. Differential X-Ray diffraction is used to study, in simulated environmental situations, the relevant role played by several mineralogical and amorphous phases. The stud ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.05.257

72. Chemical and microbiological risk assessment of urban river water quality in Vietnam

Author:
Kien Thanh Nguyen; Hung Manh Nguyen; Cuong Kim Truong; Mohammad Boshir Ahmed; Yuhan Huang; John L. Zhou
Source:
Environmental geochemistry and health 2019 v.41 no.6 pp. 2559-2575
ISSN:
0269-4042
Subject:
adults; ammonium; arsenic; biochemical oxygen demand; cadmium; carcinogenicity; chemical oxygen demand; children; chromium; coliform bacteria; copper; drinking water; guidelines; human health; irrigation water; lead; mercury; microbiological risk assessment; neoplasms; nickel; nitrates; nitrites; nutrients; phosphates; pollutants; risk; river water; rivers; temporal variation; toxic substances; wastewater; water quality; zinc; Vietnam
Abstract:
... The contamination and risk by nutrients (NH₄⁺, NO₂⁻, NO₃⁻ and PO₄³⁻), COD, BOD₅, coliform and potentially toxic elements (PTEs) of As, Cd, Ni, Hg, Cu, Pb, Zn and Cr were investigated in urban river (Nhue River), Vietnam during 2010–2017. The extensive results demonstrated that concentrations of these contaminants showed significant spatial and temporal variations. The Nhue River was seriously poll ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10653-019-00302-w

73. Chemical and mineral composition of fly ashes from home furnaces, and health and environmental risk related to their presence in the environment

Author:
Alicja Kicińska
Source:
Chemosphere 2019 v.215 pp. 574-585
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
adults; aluminum; anhydrite; arsenic; burning; cadmium; calcite; calcium; carbonates; children; chromium; cobalt; copper; fly ash; fuels; furnaces; gypsum; iron; iron oxides; kaolinite; lead; magnesium; men; mineral content; nickel; plagioclase; potassium; quartz; risk; risk assessment; silicates; silicon; sodium; sulfur; temperature; titanium; wastes; women; zinc
Abstract:
... The study presents the results of an analysis of fly ashes produced from burning of solid fuels mixed with municipal waste and assesses the environmental and health risk associated with infiltration of the selected metals to the environment. The phase composition suggests that the material is extremely mixed and diverse. Low-temperature components were mixed with substances formed in high temperat ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.10.061

74. Combined exposure to lead, cadmium, mercury, and arsenic and kidney health in adolescents age 12–19 in NHANES 2009–2014

Author:
Alison P. Sanders; Matthew J. Mazzella; Ashley J. Malin; Gleicy M. Hair; Stefanie A. Busgang; Jeffrey M. Saland; Paul Curtin
Source:
Environment international 2019 v.131 pp. 104993
ISSN:
0160-4120
Subject:
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; adolescents; adults; albumins; animals; arsenic; blood serum; body mass index; cadmium; children; cotinine; creatinine; cross-sectional studies; educational status; environmental exposure; experimental design; fish consumption; glomerular filtration rate; hypertension; kidney diseases; kidneys; lead; longitudinal studies; mercury; models; nationalities and ethnic groups; nephrotoxicity; regression analysis; risk factors; systolic blood pressure; urea nitrogen; uric acid; urine; United States
Abstract:
... Occupational and environmental exposures to toxic metals are established risk factors for the development of hypertension and kidney disease in adults. There is some evidence of developmental metal nephrotoxicity in children and from animal studies; however, to our knowledge no previous studies have examined associations between co-exposure to nephrotoxic environmental metals and children's kidney ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envint.2019.104993
PubMed:
31326826
PubMed Central:
PMC6750805

75. Concentration, Source, and Potential Human Health Risk of Heavy Metals in the Commonly Consumed Medicinal Plants

Author:
Shadi Kohzadi; Behzad Shahmoradi; Ebrahim Ghaderi; Hozan Loqmani; Afshin Maleki
Source:
Biological trace element research 2019 v.187 no.1 pp. 41-50
ISSN:
0163-4984
Subject:
adults; aluminum; arsenic; atomic absorption spectrometry; cadmium; children; chromium; cobalt; copper; distillates; heavy metals; herbal medicines; herbs; human health; humans; iron; lead; magnesium; manganese; medicinal plants; mercury; nickel; risk; traditional medicine; zinc; Iran
Abstract:
... A trend toward the use of traditional and herbal medicines has developed nowadays, and there is a growing concern regarding them being polluted with heavy metals. This study measured the heavy metal concentrations in eight different types of medicinal herbs and eight different types of herbal distillates sold in the markets in Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran. The concentration of some metals (Cd, Cu, Mn ...
DOI:
10.1007/s12011-018-1357-3

76. Concentration, contamination level, source identification of selective trace elements in Shiraz atmospheric dust sediments (Fars Province, SW Iran)

Author:
Amir Karimian Torghabeh; Ashkan Jahandari; Roya Jamasb
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.7 pp. 6424-6435
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; anthropogenic activities; arsenic; cadmium; children; chromium; copper; dust; environmental hazards; exposure pathways; geochemistry; health effects assessments; heavy metals; human health; humans; ingestion; lead; neoplasms; nickel; principal component analysis; risk; risk assessment; sediments; soil; spectroscopy; zinc; Iran
Abstract:
... Geogenic dust is one of the most important environmental hazards in Iran. This study investigated the concentration, contamination level, potential sources, and ecological risk and human health assessment of Shiraz atmospheric dust, the largest city in southern Iran. Contents of atmospheric dust sediments geochemistry were determined by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (ICP ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-04100-2

77. Concentrations and Health Risk Assessment of Trace Elements in Cereals, Fruits, and Vegetables of Bangladesh

Author:
M. Rahman; M. A. Islam
Source:
Biological trace element research 2019 v.191 no.1 pp. 243-253
ISSN:
0163-4984
Subject:
adults; arsenic; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; food contamination; foods; fruits; grains; health effects assessments; health hazards; lead; neoplasms; nickel; risk; toxic substances; vegetables; Bangladesh
Abstract:
... This study was conducted to determine concentrations of five toxic trace elements (Cr, Ni, As, Cd, and Pb) in cereals, fruits, and vegetables of Bangladesh. The range of mass fractions (mg/kg) of Cr, Ni, As, Cd, and Pb in the foodstuffs was 0.090–2.5, 0.03–2.6, 0.13–1.7, 0.010–0.74, and 0.37–2.2, respectively. This study indicates that concentration of Cr, and Pb in fruits; As, Cd, and Pb in veget ...
DOI:
10.1007/s12011-018-1596-3

78. Determination of heavy metals and health risk assessment of cheese products consumed in Greece

Author:
Christophoros Christophoridis; Anna Kosma; Emmanouil Evgenakis; Anna Bourliva; Konstantinos Fytianos
Source:
Journal of food composition and analysis 2019 v.82 pp. 103238
ISSN:
0889-1575
Subject:
Recommended Dietary Allowances; absorption; adults; analytical methods; arsenic; average daily intake; cadmium; chromium; cluster analysis; copper; foods; health effects assessments; heavy metals; human health; iron; lead; manganese; mercury; microwave treatment; nickel; soft cheeses; water content; zinc; Greece
Abstract:
... Contamination of dairy products with heavy metals is a major concern on a global scale and human exposure to related food products, especially cheese, is of rising concern. The aim of this study was the determination of several heavy metals (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Se and Zn) in 15 cheese samples consumed in Greece, during March 2016. An analytical method was optimized and applied, usi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jfca.2019.103238

79. Dietary intake of arsenic, cadmium, mercury and lead by the population of Catalonia, Spain: Analysis of the temporal trend

Author:
Neus González; Josep Calderón; Antoni Rúbies; Isabel Timoner; Victòria Castell; José L. Domingo; Martí Nadal
Source:
Food and chemical toxicology 2019 v.132 pp. 110721
ISSN:
0278-6915
Subject:
Sepiidae; adults; arsenic; cadmium; children; dietary exposure; eating habits; food intake; foods; hake; infants; lead; mercury; methylmercury compounds; monitoring; risk; surveys; toddlers; Spain
Abstract:
... In 2017, a monitoring study was conducted in Catalonia (Spain) to analyse, in widely consumed foodstuffs, the concentrations of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg) and lead (Pb), as well as those of inorganic As (InAs) and methylmercury (MeHg). Health risks were estimated for various population groups, classified according to age. A continued reduction of dietary exposure to these elements wa ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.fct.2019.110721

80. Ecological and health risks of heavy metal on farmland soils of mining areas around Tongling City, Anhui, China

Author:
Zhangjun Shen; Decong Xu; Lingling Li; Jingjing Wang; Xiaming Shi
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.15 pp. 15698-15709
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; agricultural land; arsenic; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; copper; environmental quality; heavy metals; lead; mining; pollution; risk; topsoil; zinc; China
Abstract:
... To investigate and assess heavy metal contamination on the farmland soils of a typical mining city, the concentrations of Cu, Cd, Zn, Pb, As, and Cr were analyzed from four mining areas (Tongguan District (TGD), Shunan Town (SAT), Tianmen Town (TMT), and Zhongmin Town (ZMT)) and two control areas (Xilian Township (XLT), Donglian Township (DLT)) in Tongling City, China. The total metal concentratio ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-04463-0

81. Ecological and human health risk assessment of toxic metals in street dusts and surface soils in Ahvaz, Iran

Author:
Navid Ghanavati; Ahad Nazarpour; Benedetto De Vivo
Source:
Environmental geochemistry and health 2019 v.41 no.2 pp. 875-891
ISSN:
0269-4042
Subject:
adults; anthropogenic activities; arsenic; atomic absorption spectrometry; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; cobalt; copper; dust; emissions; environmental health; environmental management; health effects assessments; human health; lead; risk; soil; soil sampling; toxic substances; traffic; urban areas; zinc; Iran
Abstract:
... This study aimed to examine the concentrations and environmental health risk of the potentially toxic metals including Pb, Zn, Cu, Cd, Cr, and As in street dusts and surface soils of Ahvaz, the capital of Khuzestan province, located in the southwest of Iran. To this end, a total of 81 street dusts and 96 surface soils were collected from Ahvaz urban areas. Toxic metals were measured by inductively ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10653-018-0184-y

82. Environmental exposure to non-essential trace elements in two bat species from urbanised (Tadarida teniotis) and open land (Miniopterus schreibersii) areas in Italy

Author:
Giulia Andreani; Annunziata Cannavacciuolo; Simonetta Menotta; Valentina Spallucci; Giorgio Fedrizzi; Emilio Carpenè; Gloria Isani
Source:
Environmental pollution 2019 v.254 pp. 113034
ISSN:
0269-7491
Subject:
Tadarida; adults; aluminum; antimony; arsenic; barium; bones; cadmium; fledglings; inhalation exposure; kidneys; lead; liver; longevity; mammals; mercury; oral exposure; pollution; strontium; synanthropes; thallium; thorium; toxicity; urbanization; Italy
Abstract:
... Bats are particularly suited as bioindicators of trace element pollution due to their longevity and their position in the trophic chain. In this study, the concentrations of ten non-essential trace elements (Al, As, Ba, Cd, Hg, Pb, Sb, Sr, Th, Tl) were determined in the tissues (whole body, skin-fur, skinned body, liver, kidney and bone) of lactant Tadarida teniotis from a nursery colony in Rome. ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113034

83. Estimating the pollution characteristics and health risks of potentially toxic metal(loid)s in urban-industrial soils in the Indus basin, Pakistan

Author:
Samina Irshad; Guijian Liu; Balal Yousaf; Habib Ullah; Muhammad Ubaid Ali; Jörg Rinklebe
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2019 v.191 no.12 pp. 748
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
adults; arsenic; basin irrigation; basins; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; cultivation area; health effects assessments; human health; industrialization; models; nickel; oral exposure; remediation; risk; soil pollution; soil quality; soil sampling; topsoil; urbanization; Pakistan
Abstract:
... The Indus Basin Irrigation Network (IBIN) plays a vital role in the agricultural system of Pakistan, irrigating seventeen million hectares of cultivated areas. Rapid urbanization, industrialization, and agricultural activities along the Indus basin have influenced the soil quality and human health; it is, therefore, critical to know its pollution characteristics. Soil samples from Indus basin, i.e ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-019-7909-y

84. Fine road dust contamination in a mining area presents a likely air pollution hotspot and threat to human health

Author:
Shuhan Tian; Tao Liang; Kexin Li
Source:
Environment international 2019 v.128 pp. 201-209
ISSN:
0160-4120
Subject:
adults; air pollution; arsenic; breathing; cadmium; children; cleaning; dust; human health; inhalation exposure; mine tailings; mining; models; molybdenum; particulates; risk; risk assessment; silt; soil; toxic substances; traffic; trucks; wind
Abstract:
... The road dust found in mining areas is composed of dust from multiple sources, including wind transported mineral dust from mines and tailings as well as uncovered trucks leakage. Collectively, these are then distributed via wind and traffic activity, becoming an important source of particulate matter (PM) and subsequently inhaled by pedestrians. A common practice in previous road dust risk assess ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envint.2019.04.050

85. Geo-ecological evaluation of mineral, major and trace elemental composition in waste rocks, soils and sediments of a gold mining area and potential associated risks

Author:
Faradiella Mohd Kusin; Nor Hayati Che Awang; Sharifah Nur Munirah Syed Hasan; Hairiyatul Aliah Abdul Rahim; Nurshazlin Azmin; Shamshuddin Jusop; Kyoung-Woong Kim
Source:
Catena 2019 pp. -
ISSN:
0341-8162
Subject:
adults; aluminum; aluminum oxide; arsenic; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; cobalt; copper; elemental composition; ferric oxide; gold; human health; illite; iron; kaolinite; lead; magnesium oxide; manganese; mine tailings; mining; muscovite; neoplasms; nickel; quartz; risk; rocks; sediments; soil; strontium; zinc; China; Malaysia; Mongolia; Poland; South Korea; Spain
Abstract:
... An investigation has been undertaken on the distribution of mineral, major and trace elements in mine wastes of a gold mining area from geo-ecological perspective and its association with potential human health risks. Mine waste samples consisting of waste rocks, soils and sediments (including borrow pit, waste dump, stockpile and tailings) were collected in the vicinity of Selinsing gold mine in ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.catena.2019.104229

86. Global evaluation of heavy metal content in surface water bodies: A meta-analysis using heavy metal pollution indices and multivariate statistical analyses

Author:
Vinod Kumar; Ripu Daman Parihar; Anket Sharma; Palak Bakshi; Gagan Preet Singh Sidhu; Aditi Shreeya Bali; Ioannis Karaouzas; Renu Bhardwaj; Ashwani Kumar Thukral; Yeboah Gyasi-Agyei; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino
Source:
Chemosphere 2019 v.236 pp. 124364
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; World Health Organization; adsorbents; adults; arsenic; cadmium; children; chromium; cobalt; heavy metals; ingestion; land management; manganese; meta-analysis; multivariate analysis; neoplasms; nickel; phytoremediation; public services and goods; risk; surface water; toxicity; water pollution
Abstract:
... Water is polluted by increasing activities of population and the necessity to provide them with goods and services that use water as a vital resource. The contamination of water due to heavy metals (HMs) is a big concern for humankind; however, global studies related to this topic are scarce. Thus, the current review assesses the content of HMs in surface water bodies throughout the world from 199 ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124364

87. Health risk assessment based on the contents of potentially toxic elements in urban soils of Darkhan, Mongolia

Author:
Ivan Timofeev; Natalia Kosheleva; Nikolay Kasimov
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2019 v.242 pp. 279-289
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
adults; air; antimony; arsenic; cadmium; carcinogenesis; children; chromium; cobalt; copper; foods; health effects assessments; human health; land use; lead; leather; lungs; molybdenum; neoplasms; power plants; railroads; risk; soil sampling; stomach; surveys; toxic substances; urban areas; urban soils; vanadium; zinc; Mongolia
Abstract:
... Toxic element's accumulation in the urban environment not only worsens the quality of air, water, soils, and foodstuffs but also threatens the health of people because of entering human bodies through lungs, stomach, and contact with skin. The aim of this study is to assess the current geochemical and ecological state of the soil cover in the city of Darkhan (Mongolia) and to estimate health risks ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.04.090

88. Heavy metal distribution, translocation, and human health risk assessment in the soil-rice system around Dongting Lake area, China

Author:
Lin Tang; Sihan Deng; Di Tan; Jiumei Long; Ming Lei
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research 2019 v.26 no.17 pp. 17655-17665
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Oryza sativa; adults; arsenic; bioavailability; cadmium; children; chromium; copper; global positioning systems; grain consumption; health effects assessments; heavy metals; human health; lakes; lead; models; paddy soils; plant tissues; pollutants; pollution; rice; risk; risk screening; roots; screening; zinc; China
Abstract:
... Heavy metals including copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), lead (Pb), and arsenic (As) were investigated in 89 pairs of rice plant and paddy soils around Dongting Lake area, China. Rice plants and soils were collected with GPS device, and heavy metal contents in different rice plant tissues and soils were measured. The aim of the present study was to assess the heavy metal polluti ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-05134-w

89. Human biomonitoring health surveillance for metals near a waste-to-energy incinerator: The 1-year post-operam study

Author:
Flavia Ruggieri; Alessandro Alimonti; Antonella Bena; Anna Pino; Manuela Orengia; Elena Farina; Giuseppe Salamina; Enrico Procopio; Martina Gandini; Ennio Cadum; Beatrice Bocca
Source:
Chemosphere 2019 v.225 pp. 839-848
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
adults; air; air quality; arsenic; cadmium; chromium; environmental monitoring; fish consumption; humans; incinerators; manganese; mass spectrometry; surveys; traffic; urine; Italy
Abstract:
... This human biomonitoring (HBM) follow-up survey, within the SPoTT project, assessed the temporal and spatial trends of exposure to 18 metals in a cohort living around the waste-to-energy (WTE) incinerator of Turin (Italy) before (T0, 2013) and after 1-year of plant activity (T1, 2014). Urine of 380 adult individuals (186 exposed and 194 unexposed subjects, classified on fallout maps) were analyzed ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.03.041

90. Index-based evaluation of pollution characteristics and health risk of potentially toxic metals in schools dust of Shiraz megacity, SW Iran

Author:
Tahereh Moghtaderi; Milad Mirzaei Aminiyan; Razieh Alamdar; Mozhgan Moghtaderi
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2019 v.25 no.1-2 pp. 410-437
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
adults; anthropogenic activities; arsenic; cadmium; carcinogens; children; chromium; cities; cobalt; combustion; copper; dust; fossil fuels; heavy metals; lead; neoplasms; nickel; pollution load; risk; schools; toxicity; traffic; zinc; Iran
Abstract:
... The concentrations of eight potentially toxic metals (i.e., As, Co, Cr, Cu, Cd, Ni, Pb, and Zn) and their contamination levels in dust collected from some schools of Shiraz city, Iran, have been studied in this work. The pollution of studied metals was assessed using ordinary pollution indices (i.e., PI, Igₑₒ, and EF). The results of calculated pollution load index (PLI) revealed that the contamin ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2019.1568857

91. Influence of coastal groundwater salinization on the distribution and risks of heavy metals

Author:
Xiaohu Wen; Jian Lu; Jun Wu; Yichen Lin; Yongming Luo
Source:
Science of the total environment 2019 v.652 pp. 267-277
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
adults; anthropogenic activities; aquifers; arsenic; cadmium; children; chromium; coastal plains; coasts; cobalt; copper; groundwater; heavy metals; iron; manganese; nickel; pollution; principal component analysis; risk; saltwater intrusion; sustainable development; water quality; water salinization
Abstract:
... Coastal groundwater quality significantly affects the regional sustainable development, due to the water resource shortage in coastal zone. Current studies on coastal groundwater have mainly focused on saline water intrusion and over-extraction. Information on the heavy metal pollution of coastal groundwater with salinization trend is limited. This study investigated heavy metals in groundwater fr ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.250

92. Influence of different organic geo-sorbents on Spinacia oleracea grown in chromite mine-degraded soil: a greenhouse study

Author:
Javed Nawab; Nayab Khan; Riaz Ahmed; Sardar Khan; Junaid Ghani; Ziaur Rahman; Fawad Khan; Xiaoping Wang; Juma Muhammad; Hassan Sher
Source:
Journal of soils and sediments 2019 v.19 no.5 pp. 2417-2432
ISSN:
1439-0108
Subject:
Sphagnum; Spinacia oleracea; adults; animal manures; application rate; arsenic; bioaccumulation; bioavailability; biochar; biomass; cadmium; carbon; children; chromium; food crops; food intake; greenhouse experimentation; greenhouses; lead; mining; nickel; nutrient content; polluted soils; public health; risk; soil amendments; soil sampling; spectrophotometers; spinach; sulfur; total nitrogen; urban areas; wet digestion method; zinc; China; Germany
Abstract:
... PURPOSE: Potentially toxic element (PTE) concentrations in mine-degraded soil and their bioaccumulation in food crops is a public health concern worldwide. The current study investigates the influence of organic geo-sorbents including biochar (B), farmyard manure (FYM), and peat moss (PTM) on PTE in chromite mine-degraded soil and their subsequent effects on spinach biomass, PTE uptake, average di ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11368-019-02260-3

93. Investigating the drinking and surface water quality and associated health risks in a semi-arid multi-industrial metropolis (Faisalabad), Pakistan

Author:
Yusra Mahfooz; Abdullah Yasar; Muhammad Tayyab Sohail; Amtul Bari Tabinda; Rizwan Rasheed; Samina Irshad; Balal Yousaf
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.20 pp. 20853-20865
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
absorption; adults; alkalinity; aluminum; anthropogenic activities; arsenic; barium; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; copper; drinking; health effects assessments; heavy metals; iron; lead; magnesium; nickel; pollution; risk; salinity; semiarid zones; sodium; surface water; urban areas; water quality; water utilities; weather; zinc; Pakistan
Abstract:
... Urban areas under the influence of multi-industrial activities with arid and semi-arid environments witness the significant increase in environmental pollution especially in the water sector. The present study evaluated the water quality and associated health risk assessment through heavy metal pollution. Drinking (n = 48) and surface (n = 37) water samples were collected from semi-arid multi-indu ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-05367-9

94. Lebanese Population Exposure to Trace Elements via White Bread Consumption

Author:
Nada Lebbos; Claude Daou; Rosette Ouaini; Hanna Chebib; Michel Afram; Pierre Curmi; Laurence Dujourdy; Elias Bou-Maroun; Marie-Christine Chagnon
Source:
Foods 2019 v.8 no.11 pp. -
ISSN:
2304-8158
Subject:
acceptable daily intake; adults; arsenic; at-risk population; cadmium; chromium; cobalt; dietary exposure; lead; men; mercury; nickel; surveys; white bread; women; Lebanon
Abstract:
... The objective of this study was to assess Lebanese population exposure to trace elements (TEs) via white pita consumption. A survey of white pita consumption was achieved among one thousand Lebanese individuals, grouped into adults (above 15 years old, men, and women) and young people (6–9 and 10–14 years old). The most consumed pita brands, labeled B1, B2, and B3, were selected. Level ...
DOI:
10.3390/foods8110574
PubMed:
31739565
PubMed Central:
PMC6915579

95. Levels of trace elements in PM10 collected at roadsides of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and exposure risk assessment

Author:
Asamene Embiale; Feleke Zewge; Bhagwan Singh Chandravanshi; Endalkachew Sahle-Demessie
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2019 v.191 no.6 pp. 397
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; acute exposure; adults; air pollution; arsenic; at-risk population; biofuels; biomass; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; chronic exposure; cobalt; combustion; copper; dust; elemental composition; emissions; guidelines; industry; iron; lead; manganese; nickel; particulates; pollutants; risk; risk assessment; roadsides; samplers; soil; spectroscopy; tin; tires; traffic; zinc; Ethiopia
Abstract:
... Estimation of personal exposure to air pollution is needed to identify high-risk population and to develop mitigation strategies. In this study, an assessment of the potential effects of short-term exposure to PM₁₀ and the elements bound within PM₁₀ was conducted. Samples were obtained from the ten sub-cities of Addis Ababa (three sampling points from each) during the commuting time (traffic conge ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-019-7503-3

96. Metal content in the liver, kidney, and feathers of Northern gannets, Morus bassanus, sampled on the Spanish coast

Author:
Veronica Nardiello; Luis Eusebio Fidalgo; Ana López-Beceiro; Alessia Bertero; Salomé Martínez-Morcillo; María Prado Míguez; Francisco Soler; Francesca Caloni; Marcos Pérez-López
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.19 pp. 19646-19654
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Morus bassanus; adults; age structure; arsenic; cadmium; coasts; environmental monitoring; feathers; gender; kidneys; lead; liver; mercury; mineralization; pollution; seabirds; tissues; toxicity; zinc
Abstract:
... The value of birds as bioindicators for monitoring the environmental inorganic elements has been globally recognized. In this context, due to its well-known ecology and population stability, the Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) could be particularly useful. Dead Northern gannets (n = 30) were collected and samples from the liver, kidney, and feathers were taken, dried, mineralized, and finally ana ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-05356-y

97. Micro- and macroelement contents in the liver of farm and wild animals and the health risks involved in liver consumption

Author:
Alicja Kicińska; Paulina Glichowska; Magdalena Mamak
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2019 v.191 no.3 pp. 132
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
adults; aluminum; arsenic; boars; cadmium; calcium; chickens; children; chromium; cobalt; copper; cows; deer; ducks; farms; goats; iron; lead; liver; magnesium; manganese; mercury; molybdenum; nickel; potassium; rabbits; risk; sodium; tin; turkeys; wild animals; zinc
Abstract:
... The paper presents the macroelement (Al, Ca, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, P, and Zn) and microelement (As, Cd, Co, Cr, Hg, Mo, Ni, Pb, and Sn) contents found in the liver of wild animals (boar and deer) and farm animals (rabbit, chicken, duck, cow, goat, and turkey). Statistically, the differences in element contents between the two groups were not significant (at p = 0.05), with the exception of Fe, K, ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-019-7274-x
PubMed:
30726514
PubMed Central:
PMC6373291

98. Nephrotoxic metals of cadmium, lead, mercury and arsenic and the odds of kidney stones in adults: An exposure-response analysis of NHANES 2007–2016

Author:
Yaofei Sun; Quan Zhou; Jie Zheng
Source:
Environment international 2019 v.132 pp. 105115
ISSN:
0160-4120
Subject:
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; adults; arsenic; biomarkers; blood; cacodylic acid; cadmium; confidence interval; kidneys; lead; men; mercury; methylmercury compounds; nephrotoxicity; odds ratio; pollutants; renal calculi; risk; women
Abstract:
... Nephrotoxic metals of arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury exposures are common environmental pollutants. The associations between arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury exposures and the risk of kidney stones are unclear.To explore the associations between biomarkers of arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury exposures and the odds of kidney stones.Adult participants (≥20 years) from the 2007–2016 NHANES we ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envint.2019.105115

99. Oral bioaccessibility of metal(loid)s in dust materials from mining areas of northern Namibia

Author:
Vojtěch Ettler; Markéta Cihlová; Alice Jarošíková; Martin Mihaljevič; Petr Drahota; Bohdan Kříbek; Aleš Vaněk; Vít Penížek; Ondra Sracek; Mariana Klementová; Zbyněk Engel; Fred Kamona; Ben Mapani
Source:
Environment international 2019 v.124 pp. 205-215
ISSN:
0160-4120
Subject:
acceptable daily intake; adults; antimony; arsenic; arsenic oxide; bioavailability; cadmium; copper; dust; gastric juice; humans; ingestion; leaching; lead; mining; particulates; risk; semiarid zones; slags; wind; zinc; Namibia
Abstract:
... Ore mining and processing in semi-arid areas is responsible for the generation of metal(loid)-containing dust, which is easily transported by wind to the surrounding environment. To assess the human exposure to dust-derived metal(loid)s (As, Cd, Cu, Pb, Sb, Zn), as well as the potential risks related to incidental dust ingestion, we studied mine tailing dust (n = 8), slag dust (n = 5) and smelter ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envint.2018.12.027

100. Pollution assessment and health risks evaluation of (metalloid) heavy metals in urban street dust of 58 cities in China

Author:
Zhang Zhaoyong; Anwar Mamat; Zibibula Simayi
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.1 pp. 126-140
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
absorption; adults; arsenic; cadmium; children; chromium; cities; cobalt; copper; dust; exposure pathways; females; heavy metals; lead; males; manganese; mercury; mining; nickel; pollution; risk; statistical analysis; zinc; China
Abstract:
... In this research, we conducted a statistical analysis of ten (metalloid) heavy metals, including Cu, Hg, Cd, Zn, Pb, As, Ni, Cr, Co, and Mn in urban dust of 58 cities in China from 2000 to 2018, and then we analyzed the statistic characters, pollution statue, and health risks of ten heavy metals. Results showed that (1) the maximum (average) values of ten (metalloid) heavy metals in the street dus ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-3555-0