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Heavy Metal Pollution and Health Risk Assessments of Urban Dust in Downtown Murcia, Spain

Urban Science
Around eight million people—mainly in cities—die prematurely from pollution-related diseases; thus, studies of urban dust have become increasingly relevant over the last two decades. In this study, an assessment of heavy metal and metalloid contamination
Ángeles Gallegos, Francisco Bautista, Pura Marín-Sanleandro, Elvira Díaz-Pereira, Antonio Sánchez-Navarro, María José Delgado-Iniesta, Miriam Romero, María-Felicidad Bógalo, Avto Goguitchaichvili   +8 more
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Association between aluminum and silicon concentrations in Isfahan drinking water and their health risk assessments

International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2015
Background: High concentrations of elements such as aluminum (Al) and silicon (Si) in drinking water can affect human health. It is suggested that high daily intake of Al is associated with increased risk of neurodegenerative disorders.
Hajar Pourgheysari, Yaghoub Hajizadeh, Mohammad Javad Tarrahi, Afshin Ebrahimi   +3 more
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The Determination of Lightning Disaster Hazard Index Using Analytical Hierarchy Process

Elkawnie: Journal of Islamic Science and Technology, 2017
In order to minimize the losses caused by lightning, a lightning disaster management system is compulsory. It should provide lightning disaster information in an area to get the risk values of lightning strikes.
Fathul Mahdariza
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Hazard-mapping and health risk analysis of iron and arsenic contamination in the groundwater of Sylhet district

Journal of Water and Health
This study investigates groundwater contamination by arsenic and iron and its health implications within the Sylhet district in Bangladesh. Utilizing geographic information system (GIS) and inverse distance weighting (IDW) methods, hazard maps have been ...
Tahmida Naher Chowdhury, Md Mahmudul Hasan, Gulam Md Munna, Md Jahir Bin Alam, Ahmad Hasan Nury, Shriful Islam, Tajmun Naher   +6 more
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Health Risk Assessment of Metals via Consumption of Rapa Whelk (Rapana venosa) from the Black Sea

Journal of Agricultural Sciences
The present study investigated the bioaccumulation of metals in raw, heat treated -and sterilized Rapa whelk, and evaluated the consumer risks for human consumption. All of the metals, with the exception of Mn, were found to be lower than the permissible
Masashi Maita, Mutlu Altuntaş, Murat Yiğit, Barış Bayraklı   +3 more
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Human Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in the Serayu River Water, Central Java-Indonesia

Jurnal Kesehatan Lingkungan
Introduction: Pollution is a major factor contributing to the decline in river water quality, which serves as a source of clean water for residents. This study examines the pollution degrees of heavy metals, including lead, cadmium, chromium, nickel ...
Cicik Oktasari Handayani, Hidayatuz Zu'amah, Sukarjo   +2 more
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The Role of Stone Materials, Environmental Factors, and Management Practices in Vascular Plant-Induced Deterioration: Case Studies from Pompeii, Herculaneum, Paestum, and Velia Archaeological Parks (Italy)

Plants
The biodeterioration process involves the alteration of stone monuments by living organisms, such as bacteria, algae, fungi, lichens, mosses, ferns, and vascular plants, combined with abiotic factors, resulting in physical and chemical damage to historic
Alessia Cozzolino, Giuliano Bonanomi, Riccardo Motti   +2 more
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Inspection of radioactive nuclei of foodstuffs in Saudi Arabia using a NaI(tl) scintillation detector

Cogent Food & Agriculture
The foodstuffs contribute to an increase in the internal dose, which causes great danger to the internal organs and public health. The study of the foodstuffs is necessary to make a radioactive basis for foods and to monitor the change of radioactive ...
Entesar H. EL-Araby, Doaa H. Shabaan
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Editorial: Chemometric approach to distribution, source apportionment, ecological and health risk of trace pollutants

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
Antonije Onjia, Xin Huang, Juan Manuel Trujillo González, Johnbosco C. Egbueri   +3 more
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Guidance Index for Shallow Landslide Hazard Analysis

Remote Sensing, 2016
Rainfall-induced shallow landslides are one of the most frequent hazards on slanted terrains. Intense storms with high-intensity and long-duration rainfall have high potential to trigger rapidly moving soil masses due to changes in pore water pressure ...
Cheila Avalon Cullen, Rafea Al-Suhili, Reza Khanbilvardi   +2 more
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