Abstract The health risk of students’ exposure to some potentially toxic metals in classroom dusts Southeast, Nigeria was assessed. Dust particles were collected from classrooms public high schools and digested with aqua regia before analysis for selected by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. geoaccumulation index, contamination factor the pollution load index assessed metal concentrations du...

Tailings dams in mining areas frequently experience the phenomenon of haphazard dumping and stacking a large amount tailings waste. Under influence surface runoff groundwater infiltration, heavy metals from waste can migrate to surrounding underground soil, resulting extensive metal pollution. To analyze pollution level ecological risk an abandoned lead–zinc mine dam, this study first employed ...

The present study seeks to both estimate and analyze the rate of heavy metal changes in soils road margins affected by traffic on Fasa-Darab Road, Iran. Muller index, contamination factor (CF), Geoaccumulation index (Igeo), potential ecological risk (PERI), pollution load (PLI) were calculated determine rate. Principal component analysis was also employed most relevant parameters affecting PERI...

The use of lowlands for refuse collection point (dumpsite) is a very common practice in Nigeria. However, people cultivated the areas within vicinity dumpsites, without knowledge risk these heavy metals. Therefore, this study was done to evaluate metals pollution soils an active dumpsite. Four (4) soil samples (from 4 locations) at depth 0–20 cm were collected from (e.g. iron lead, nickel and c...

Fresh water scarcity is considered a significant component, and potentially one of the most critical, global climate change. With rapid development industry, there an increasing risk freshwater contamination by heavy metals (HMs). The danger HM pollution also attributed to their accumulation, which can subsequently become source secondary in aquatic environments. In Lake Gusinoe basin, located ...

Constructed wetlands are an affordable and reliable green alternative to conventional mechanical systems for treating domestic sewage. This study investigates the potential of 14 tropical wetland plant species removing heavy metals from sewage through bioconcentration factor (BCF), translocation (TF), enrichment (EF), geoaccumulation index (Igeo) using batch mesocosm studies. Plants with BCF &g...

The contamination of riverbed sediments by heavy metals has assumedserious problems due to their toxicity and accumulative behavior. The present studyinvestigated the concentrations of heavy metals from the bottom sediments of ShitalakhyaRiver to understand the level of contamination and their distribution. The averageconcentrations of heavy metals Al, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, As, Cu, Co, Cr, and Zn are ...

Background and Purpose: In the environment, heavy metals in high concentration are toxic to most organisms. Human activities have continuously increased the concentration of these metals in the environment such as soils. In the present study, soil samples collected from Ahvaz IV industrial estate in Khuzestan Province. Materials and Methods: The soil samples were taken from 9 ...

Background: Evaluation of heavy metals as toxic pollutants in environment has a significant importance in environmental pollution studies. surficial sediments of water resources have a high potential in releasing heavy metals to the upper water environment, hence sediment analysis presents guidelines to the authorities for monitoring the environmental systems. Methods: In this study, total an...

The contamination of riverbed sediments by heavy metals has assumedserious problems due to their toxicity and accumulative behavior. The present studyinvestigated the concentrations of heavy metals from the bottom sediments of ShitalakhyaRiver to understand the level of contamination and their distribution. The averageconcentrations of heavy metals Al, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, As, Cu, Co, Cr, and Zn are ...