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El Fadili H, Ben Ali M, Rahman MN, El Mahi M, Lotfi EM, Louki S. Bioavailability and health risk of pollutants around a controlled landfill in Morocco: Synergistic effects of landfilling and intensive agriculture. Heliyon 2024; 10:e23729. [PMID: 38205322 PMCID: PMC10776943 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Revised: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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Toxic contamination of agricultural soils by trace metal(oid)s can pose detrimental effects on human health and agroecological systems. In this view, the current research explored total and available metal(oid)s in surface soils and assessed the associated hazards using pollution indices, PMF modeling, PCA, and Montecarlo probabilistic human risk assessment with 10,000 repetitions. The mean concentrations of Cd, Pb, As, Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, and Fe were 0.89, 24.86, 1.81, 19.10, 25.44, 7.98, 49.12 and 6183.32 mg kg-1 dry weight, respectively. These findings highlighted that the concentration of pollutants exceeded the values measured in the geochemical background. Soil enrichment by heavy metal (oid)s was confirmed by analyzing available fractions using DTPA ,CaCl2 and enrichment factor (EF). Additionally, pollution indicators (Igeo, PLI, and PERI) displayed significant contamination levels, with a higher ecological risk. Matrix Factorization (PMF) receptor and multivariate statistical analysis reflected that anthropogenic activities, particularly landfilling and agricultural practices were the main causes of the contamination. Furthermore, probabilistic and deterministic human risk assessments showed that carcinogenic risks exceeded the threshold values (10-4) set by the USEPA. Consequently, it is crucial to implement continuous monitoring and supervision of landfill sites to prevent additional pollution. These measures should be integrated into the management plans for waste management.
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- Hamza El Fadili
- Laboratory of Spectroscopy, Molecular Modeling, Materials, Nanomaterials, Water and Environment, Materials for Environment Team, ENSAM, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Spectroscopy, Molecular Modeling, Materials, Nanomaterials, Water and Environment, Materials for Environment Team, ENSAM, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco
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- Center for Archaeological Studies, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Laboratory of Spectroscopy, Molecular Modeling, Materials, Nanomaterials, Water and Environment, Materials for Environment Team, ENSAM, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Spectroscopy, Molecular Modeling, Materials, Nanomaterials, Water and Environment, Materials for Environment Team, ENSAM, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Spectroscopy, Molecular Modeling, Materials, Nanomaterials, Water and Environment, Materials for Environment Team, ENSAM, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco
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Zheng ZY, Ni HG. Predicted no-effect concentration for eight PAHs and their ecological risks in seven major river systems of China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 906:167590. [PMID: 37802352 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Revised: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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The initial step in the assessment of the ecological risk of pollutants is to determine the predicted no-effect concentration (PNEC). However, ecological risk assessments of eight carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), including dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA), methylcholanthrene (MCA), benzo(a)anthracene (BaA), chrysene (CHR), benzo(b)fluoranthene (BbF), benzo(k)fluoranthene (BkF), benzo(a)pyrene (BaP), and dibenzo(a,h)anthracene (DBA), are rarely conducted due to the lack of their PNECs based on test data. In this study, quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) models and interspecies correlation estimation (ICE) models were combined to predict the acute toxicity of these eight target PHAs. A Kolmogorov-Smirnov analysis for species sensitivity distributions (SSDs) of native and all species was conducted. There was no significant difference between the predictions for native Chinese species and the predictions for all species by the QSAR-ICE models. In addition, the feasibility of the QSAR-ICE models was demonstrated by comparing the SSD curves constructed by measured toxicity data of BaP and those predicted by the QSAR-ICE models. The PNECs of the eight PAHs were estimated based on the SSDs and acute to chronic ratio (ACR) method; these data were 0.071 μg/L, 0.033 μg/L, 0.049 μg/L, 0.114 μg/L, 0.019 μg/L, 0.021 μg/L, 0.038 μg/L and 0.054 μg/L for DMBA, DBA, BaP, MCA, BaA, CHR, BbF, BkF, respectively. The higher PNECs of the alkylated PAHs suggested their lower ecological risks. Based on the mixed risk quotient (mRQ) of PAHs through the concentration addition (CA) model, high ecological risk watersheds, such as the Songhua River (mRQ = 1.95), the Liao River (mRQ = 4.59), and the Huai River (mRQ = 1.93), were identified.
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- Zi-Yi Zheng
- School of Urban Planning and Design, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Urban Planning and Design, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China.
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Rao JN, Parsai T. Trends and patterns of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in forest fire-affected soils and water mediums with implications on human health risk assessment. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 905:166682. [PMID: 37659553 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2023] [Revised: 08/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/27/2023] [Indexed: 09/04/2023]
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Forest fires are extreme natural/artificial events releasing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are carcinogenic. Most of the released PAHs are trapped in burnt ash, a part of which is transported and settle on different mediums like soil and water. After strong rainfall events, PAHs enter into surface water bodies through surface runoff, thereby deteriorating water quality. Changes in PAHs levels during the post-fire duration and human health risks due to PAHs released from forest fires need attention. This study aim to explain the trends and patterns of PAHs and health risks due to exposure to soil and water contaminated with PAHs. Forest fires release a higher percentage of low molecular weight PAHs (LMW PAHs) than high molecular weight PAHs (HMW PAHs). Ash and burnt soils contain a higher percentage of LMW PAHs since biomass burning releases huge amounts of LMW PAHs. Whereas, sediments contain a higher percentage of HMW PAHs since most of the LMW PAHs are already degraded. HMW PAHs were causing higher risk to humans (both cancer and non-cancer) due to their higher oxidation potential. Exposure to water contaminated by PAHs resulted in higher health risks for both BaP equivalent and a mixture of PAHs. Exposure to sediment produced the highest health risk due to a higher percentage of HMW PAHs, followed by surface water, burnt soil, ash, and unburnt soil. Cancer and non-cancer risk due to dermal exposure was more elevated than oral exposure. The mixture of PAHs in sediment produced a higher average dermal risk for children (2.21E+00 for cancer and 7.69E+03 for non-cancer risk) and oral cancer risk for adults (7.11E-03). However, exposure to BaP equivalent in sediment produced higher oral non-cancer risk (7.01E+02) for children. Thus, effective PAHs monitoring is required in both soil and surface water mediums for ensuring proper treatment in water supply systems.
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- Jakki Narasimha Rao
- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, Kamand, Himachal Pradesh 175005, India
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600036, India.
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Subramanian A, Saravanan M, Rajasekhar B, Chakraborty S, Sivagami K, Tamizhdurai P, Mangesh VL, Selvaraj M, Kumar NS, Al-Fatesh AS. Comparative risk assessment studies estimating the hazard posed by long-term consumption of PPCPs in river water. Food Chem Toxicol 2023; 182:114169. [PMID: 37940032 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2023.114169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Revised: 10/14/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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This study assesses the risk due to Emerging Contaminants (ECs), present in Indian rivers - Ganga (650 million inhabitants), Yamuna (57 million inhabitants), and Musi (7,500,000 inhabitants), 13 ECs in total, have been used for risk assessment studies. Their concentrations (e.g., Fluconazole: 236950 μg/l, Ciprofloxacin: 31000 μg/l, Caffeine: 21.57 μg/l, etc.) were higher than the threshold concentrations for safe consumption (e.g. Fluconazole allowable level is 3.8 μg/l, and Ciprofloxacin allowable level is 0.51 μg/l). Three different pathways of emerging contaminants (ECs) transfer (oral water ingestion, oral fish ingestion, and dermal water contact) have been considered and the study is carried out in 2 ways: (i) deterministic and (ii) probabilistic approaches (using Monte Carlo iterative methods with 10000 simulations) with the aid of a software - Risk (version 7.5). The risk value, quantified by Hazard Quotient (HQ) is higher than the allowable limit of 1 for several compounds in the three rivers like Fluconazole (HQ = 18276.713), Ciprofloxacin (HQ = 278.675), Voriconazole (HQ = 14.578), Cetirizine (HQ = 1006.917), Moxifloxacin (HQ = 8.076), Caffeine (HQ = 55.150), and Ibuprofen (HQ = 9.503). Results show that Fluconazole and Caffeine pose the maximum risk in the rivers via the "oral pathway" that allows maximum transfer of the ECs present in the river (93% and 82% contribution to total risk). The risk values vary from nearly 25 times to 19000 times the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) threshold limit of 1 (e.g., Caffeine Infant Risk = 25.990 and Fluconazole Adult Risk = 18276.713). The most susceptible age group, from this study, is "Adults" (19-70 years old), who stand the chance of experiencing the adverse health hazards associated with prolonged over-exposure to the ECs present in the river waters. Musi has the maximum concentration of pollutants and requires immediate remediation measures. Further, both methods indicate that nearly 60-70% of the population in all the three study areas are at risk of developing health hazards associated with over-exposure to ECs regularly, making the areas inhabitable.
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- Aishwarya Subramanian
- Industrial Ecology Research Group, School of Chemical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India
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- Industrial Ecology Research Group, School of Chemical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India
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- Research Associate, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Division, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai, India
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- Industrial Ecology Research Group, School of Chemical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India
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- Industrial Ecology Research Group, School of Chemical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Dwaraka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College (Autonomous) (Affiliated to the University of Madras, Chennai), 833, Gokul Bagh, E.V.R. Periyar Road, Arumbakkam, Chennai, 600 106, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Department of Marine Engineering, Indian Maritime University, 600119, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, 61413, Saudi Arabia; Research Centre for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, PO Box 9004, Abha, 61413, Saudi Arabia
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- Chemical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh, 11421, Saudi Arabia
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- Chemical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh, 11421, Saudi Arabia
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Wei C, Jafari Raad SM, Hassanzadeh H. Estimation of natural methane emissions from the largest oil sand deposits on earth. PNAS NEXUS 2023; 2:pgad260. [PMID: 37693212 PMCID: PMC10485889 DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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Worldwide methane emission by various industrial sources is one of the important human concerns due to its serious climate and air-quality implications. This study investigates less-considered diffusive natural methane emissions from the world's largest oil sand deposits. An analytical model, considering the first-order methane degradation, in combination with Monte Carlo simulations, is used to quantitatively characterize diffusive methane emissions from Alberta's oil sands formations. The results show that the average diffusive methane emissions from Alberta's oil sands formations is 1.56 × 10-4 kg/m2/year at the 90th percentile of cumulative probability. The results also indicate an annual diffusive methane emissions rate of 0.857 ± 0.013 Million tons of CO2e/year (MtCO2e/year) from Alberta's oil sands formations. This finding suggests that natural diffusive leakages from the oil sands contribute an additional 1.659 ± 0.025 and 5.194 ± 0.079% to recent Canada's 2019 and Alberta's 2020 methane emission estimates from the upstream oil and gas sector, respectively. The developed model combined with Monte Carlo simulations can be used as a tool for assessing methane emissions and current inventories.
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- Cao Wei
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
- State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University,Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, China
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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Wang M, Jiang D, Ding D, Deng S, Kong L, Wei J, Xia F, Li M, Long T. Spatiotemporal characteristics and dynamic risk assessment of a multi-solvents abandoned pesticide-contaminated site with a long history, in China. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 336:117633. [PMID: 36898240 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Revised: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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With the development of the economy and the adjustment of urban planning and layout, abandoned pesticide sites are widely distributed in major and medium cities in China. Groundwater pollution of a large number of abandoned pesticide-contaminated sites has caused great potential risks to human health. Up to now, few relevant studies concerned the spatiotemporal variation of risks exposure to multi-pollutants in groundwater using probabilistic methods. In our study, the spatiotemporal characteristics of organics contamination and corresponding health risks in the groundwater of a closed pesticide site were systematically assessed. A total of 152 pollutants were targeted for monitoring over a time span up to five years (i.e., June 2016-June 2020). BTEX, phenols, chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons, and chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons were the main contaminants. The metadata was subjected to health risk assessments using the deterministic and probabilistic methods for four age groups, and the results showed that the risks were highly unacceptable. Both methods showed that children (0-5 years old) and adults (19-70 years old) were the age groups with the highest carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risks, respectively. Compared with inhalation and dermal contact, oral ingestion was the predominant exposure pathway that contributed 98.41%-99.69% of overall health risks. Spatiotemporal analysis further revealed that the overall risks first increased then decreased within five years. The risk contributions of different pollutants were also found to vary substantially with time, indicating that dynamic risk assessment is necessary. Compared with the probabilistic method, the deterministic approach relatively overestimated the true risks of OPs. The results provide a scientific basis and practical experience for scientific management and governance of abandoned pesticide sites.
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- Mengjie Wang
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing, 210046, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing, 210046, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing, 210046, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing, 210046, China.
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing, 210046, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing, 210046, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing, 210046, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing, 210046, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management and Pollution Control, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing, 210046, China
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Gupta S, Gupta SK. Application of Monte Carlo simulation for carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risks assessment through multi-exposure pathways of heavy metals of river water and sediment, India. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH 2023; 45:3465-3486. [PMID: 36346487 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-022-01421-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Heavy metal contamination has severe detrimental impacts on the entire river ecosystem's quality and causes potential risks to human health. An integrated approach comprising deterministic and probabilistic (Monte Carlo simulation) models with sensitivity analysis was adopted to determine heavy metals' chronic daily intake (CDI) and their associated health risks from the riverine ecosystem. Both carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risks of water and sediment were estimated through multi-exposure pathways. The analytical results indicated that the concentration patterns of heavy metals in sediment (Fe > Mn > Sr > Zn > Cr > Cu > Cd) were slightly different and higher than in water (Fe > Zn > Cr > Sr > Mn > Cu > Cd). The potential carcinogenic risks of Cr and Cd in sediment (5.06E-02, 5.98E-04) were significantly (p < 0.05) higher than in water (9.08E-04, 8.97E-05). Moreover, 95th percentile values of total cancer risk (TCR) for sediment (1.80E-02, 3.37E-02) were about 22 and 143 times higher than those of water (8.10E-04, 2.36E-04) for adults and children, respectively. The analysis of non-carcinogenic risk revealed a significantly higher overall hazard index (OHI) for both sediment (adults: 1.26E+02, children: 1.11E+03) and water (adults: 3.26E+00, children: 9.85E+00) than the USEPA guidelines (OHI ≤ 1). The sensitivity analysis identified that the concentration of heavy metals was the most influencing input factor in health risk assessment. Based on the reasonable maximum exposure estimate (RME), the study will be advantageous for researchers, scientists, policymakers, and regulatory authorities to predict and manage human health risks.
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- Suyog Gupta
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, 826004, India
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, 826004, India.
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Yuan B, Cao H, Du P, Ren J, Chen J, Zhang H, Zhang Y, Luo H. Source-oriented probabilistic health risk assessment of soil potentially toxic elements in a typical mining city. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 443:130222. [PMID: 36356524 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.130222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Identifying potential sources of soil potentially toxic elements (PTEs) and developing source-oriented health risk assessments in typical mining cities are key for pollution prevention and risk management. To this end, a case study was conducted to explore the pollution characteristics, potential sources, and human health risks of PTEs in Daye City, China. Indices, including the pollution factor (PF), pollution load index (PLI), and geo-accumulation index (Igeo), were applied to assess PTE pollution. Cd had the highest value among the detected PTEs, and 82.93% of the sampling sites had moderate pollution levels, with the highest mean Igeo value for Cd (2.30). Four potential sources were determined. Cr and Ni originated mainly from natural sources. Zn (91.5%) was exclusively and then Cd (33.1%) was moderately derived from industrial activities. The mixed source of various mineral exploitation smelting, and coal-fired traffic emissions leaded to the accumulation of As, Cd, and Pb. Cu was associated with Cu-related mining and smelting activities. The probabilistic health risk assessment indicated that the non-carcinogenic risks for populations were negligible. Overall, this work provides scientific information for environmental managers to manage soil PTE pollution through the effective management of anthropogenic sources with limited resources and costs.
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- Bei Yuan
- Technical Centre for Soil, Agriculture and Rural Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Beijing 100012, China; Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- Technical Centre for Soil, Agriculture and Rural Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Beijing 100012, China
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- Technical Centre for Soil, Agriculture and Rural Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Beijing 100012, China.
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- Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China; Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Waste Resource Recycle, School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, China
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- Technical Centre for Soil, Agriculture and Rural Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Beijing 100012, China
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- Technical Centre for Soil, Agriculture and Rural Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Beijing 100012, China
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- Technical Centre for Soil, Agriculture and Rural Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Beijing 100012, China
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- Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China; College of Water Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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Yu X, Liu B, Yu Y, Li H, Li Q, Cui Y, Ma Y. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in household dust: A systematic review on spatio-temporal distribution, sources, and health risk assessment. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 314:137641. [PMID: 36584828 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Revised: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Much attention has been paid on polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in household dust due to their ubiquitous occurrences in the environment. Based on the data from 59 articles sampled from 2005 to 2020, we investigated the spatio-temporal distribution, sources, and health risk of 8 PBDE homologues in household dusts worldwide. BDE-209 is the predominant PBDE in household dusts, followed by BDE-99 and BDE-47. The total concentrations of PBDEs (∑8PBDEs) are found to be high in household dusts sampled from 2005 to 2008 and show a significant decline trend from 2009 to 2016 (p < 0.05) and a little upward tendency from 2017 to 2020. The concentrations of PBDEs in household dusts vary greatly in different countries of the world. The use of penta-BDE is the main source of three to five bromo-biphenyl ether monomers contributing 17.4% of ∑8PBDEs, while BDE-209 and BDE-183 are derived from the use of household appliances contributing 82.6% of ∑8PBDEs. Ingestion is the main exposure route for adults and toddlers, followed by dermal contact. The values of hazard index (HI) exposed to PBDEs in household dusts are all less than 1 for both adults and toddlers, indicating a low non-cancer risk. The incremental lifetime cancer risks (ILCRs) of BDE-209 are less than 10-6 for both adults and toddlers, suggesting a negligible risk. However, the total carcinogenic risk of toddlers is higher than that of adults, indicating that much attention should be paid to toddlers exposed to BDE-209 in household dust.
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- Xin Yu
- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, 130022, China
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- College of Chemistry, Changchun Normal University, Changchun, 130032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130102, China
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- Jilin Chunguang Environmental Protection Technology Co., LTD, Changchun, 130032, China
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- Jilin Chunguang Environmental Protection Technology Co., LTD, Changchun, 130032, China
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- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, 130022, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, 130022, China.
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Naghashan M, Kargarghomsheh P, Nazari RR, Mehraie A, Tooryan F, Shariatifar N. Health risk assessment of PAHs in fruit juice samples marketed in city of Tehran, Iran. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:20077-20088. [PMID: 36251183 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-22763-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The objective of the present study was to investigate the level of 16 PAHs in fruit juice samples (orange, apple, peach, pineapple, and mango) with three different packages (PET bottle, Tetra Pak, and canned packaging) by using MSPE/GC-MS (magnetic solid-phase extraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry) method. In this method limit of detection (LOD), and limit of quantitation (LOQ), and recovery were 0.030-0.280 μg/L, 0.090-0.840 μg/L, and 94.8-102%, respectively. Our results showed the median of total PAHs and PAH4 (in all samples) were 7.67 ± 3.19 and 0.370 ± 0.160 μg/L, respectively. The median of BaP in samples was )0.060 ± 0.030 μg/L( lower than the standard level (0.200 μg/L in drinking water) of US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). Also, our results showed that pineapple juice had a maximum median of total PAHs of 12.4 ± 4.84 μg/L and mango juice had a minimum median of total PAHs of 5.17 ± 1.24 μg/L. Additionally, canned packaging had a maximum average total PAHs of 10.6 ± 5.22 μg/L and PET bottles had a minimum average total PAH of 5.25 ± 2.03 μg/L. A heat map approach was also used to cluster samples. The Monte Carlo results indicated that the estimated daily intake (EDI) rank order was Na > B(g)P > Ch > I(cd)P > B(b)F > Ph > B(k)F > F > Ace > Fl > B(a)P > B(a)A > P >A. The Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) results showed the incremental lifetime cancer risk (ILCR) at the 95th percentiles for adults and children was 4.91 × 10-7 and 9.12 × 10-7, respectively. It is concluded that the concentration of PAHs compounds in Iranian fruit juices is lower than the existing standards, and in terms of the risk of carcinogenesis, it does not threaten the human health (< 10-6).
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- Mahsa Naghashan
- Department of Food Science and Technology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Aquaculture, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Food Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Amol University of Special Modern Technologies, Amol, Iran
- Preventive Veterinary Medicine Graduate Group, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Verma S, Sinha A. Appraisal of groundwater arsenic on opposite banks of River Ganges, West Bengal, India, and quantification of cancer risk using Monte Carlo simulations. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:25205-25225. [PMID: 35038100 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-17902-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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This study was conducted to inspect the spatial distribution, source identification, and risk assessment of groundwater arsenic (As) in different blocks that lie on the opposite banks of river Bhagirathi (a distributary of river Ganges), Murshidabad, West Bengal, India. It has been observed that the blocks that lie towards the eastern bank of river Bhagirathi have elevated arsenic and comparatively more reducing groundwater (lower oxidation-reduction potential and high iron). About 66% of groundwater samples across the district have arsenic concentration higher than the World Health Organization (WHO) permissible limit. Speciation of groundwater arsenic reveals that about 90% of arsenic species were present as arsenic (III). Further, principal component analysis (PCA) was employed to identify the controlling factors that favor the release of arsenic. PC1 comprises EC, TDS, As, Fe, TOC, and HCO3- with moderate loadings, which suggests microbially mediated degradation of organic matter (OM), helps in reductive dissolution of arsenic-bearing Fe-Mn oxyhydroxides. Results pointed out severe groundwater arsenic poisoning; hence, a health risk assessment was performed for the exposure of arsenic in groundwater, using incremental lifetime cancer risk (ILCR) models coupled with Monte Carlo simulations. On the eastern bank of river Bhagirathi, incremental lifetime cancer risk (ILCR) due to oral exposure (5th to 95th percentile values) ranged from 1.30538E - 04 to 9.31398E - 03 with a mean of 2.84194E - 03 for adults, which is 2841 times higher than the USEPA high safety risk guidelines of one in 1 million. The outcomes of the results will be useful for the policymakers and regulatory boards in defining the actual impact and deciding the pre-remediation goals.
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- Sitaram Verma
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, 826004, India.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, 826004, India
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Wang M, Li T, Hou Q, Hao Y, Wang Z. Facile one-step preparation of Co and Ce doped TiO 2 in visible light PMS activation for PAHs degradation. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 308:136360. [PMID: 36115476 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2022] [Revised: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 09/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In this work, Co and Ce doped TiO2 (CoCeTi) with low content of Co and Ce was successfully prepared by a facile one-step sol-gel solvothermal process for activating Peroxymonosulfate (PMS) to degrade Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The phenanthrene degradation rate was 98.2% effectively in 15 min by CoCeTi (50.0 mg/L) activation PMS (0.50 mmol/L) under visible light. SO4•-, O2•-, h+ and 1O2 were verified as the dominant reactive species for PAHs degradation. The collective effect of CoCeTi, PMS and visible light irradiation has been discussed. The possible phenanthrene degradation pathway was proposed through intermediates analysis. CoCeTi composed of Co3O4, CeO2 and TiO2 was confirmed. Outstandingly, CoCeTi/PMS/visible light system has very low cobalt (0.036 mg/L) and cerium (0.27 mg/L) leaching. Due to CoCeTi having good activated PMS properties and other excellent characteristics, it has potential application for PAHs or other organic pollutants degradation.
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- Mingyong Wang
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19(A) Yu Quan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19(A) Yu Quan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19(A) Yu Quan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19(A) Yu Quan Road, Beijing, 100049, China.
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- Faculty of Science, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, No. 15 of North 3rd Ring East Road, Chaoyang District, 100029, Beijing, China.
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Tarafdar A, Sinha A. Profiling and occupational health risk assessment study on coal ashes in terms of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART A, TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 2022; 57:913-926. [PMID: 36254457 DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2022.2131291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2022] [Revised: 09/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Profiling and cancer risk assessment on the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) content of coal ashes produced by the major coal combustion plants from the eastern coalfield region in India was conducted. Thirteen PAHs were detected on coal ashes collected from ash deposition sites of major thermal power plants and the profiling of the PAHs was done. Benzo[a]pyrene equivalents (BaPeq) for individual PAHs were calculated and applied to the probabilistic assessment model from US EPA (1989). Monte Carlo simulations were conducted to assess the risk of inhabitants exposed to PAHs through the dust of the coal ash deposition site. In fly ash, the range of total amount of carcinogenic PAHs was from 3.50 to 6.72 µg g-1 and for the bottom ash, the range was 8.49 to 14.91 µg g-1. Bottom ashes were loaded with ample amounts of 5- and 6-ring carcinogenic PAHs, whereas fly ashes were dominated by medium molecular weight PAHs. The simulated mean cancer risks from fly ashes were 2.187 E-06 for children and 3.749 E-06 for adults. For the case of bottom ash, the mean risks were 1.248 E-05 and 2.173 E-05 respectively for children and adults. Among all the three exposure routes, dermal contact was the major and caused 81% of the total cancer risk. The most sensitive parameters were exposure duration and relative skin adherence factor for soil, which contributed the most to total variation. The 90% risks calculated from the bottom ashes (2.617 E-05 for children and 4.803 E-05 for adults) are marginally above the acceptable limit (>1.000 E-06) according to US EPA. In this study, a comprehensive risk assessment on carcinogenic PAHs present in coal ashes was done for the first time that may be helpful to develop potential strategies against occupational cancer risk.
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- Abhrajyoti Tarafdar
- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
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Lei M, Zhou J, Zhou Y, Sun Y, Ji Y, Zeng Y. Spatial distribution, source apportionment and health risk assessment of inorganic pollutants of surface water and groundwater in the southern margin of Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2022; 319:115757. [PMID: 35863304 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2022] [Revised: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Surface water (SW) and groundwater (GW) are crucial water supply sources in the southern margin of Junggar Basin in Xinjiang. The sources of toxic components in SW and GW and their negative effects on human health are of great concern. A total of 40 SW and 596 GW samples were collected at the oasis belt to analyze distribution, sources and potential health risks of inorganic pollutants in SW and GW. Results revealed that SW quality was severely affected by Hg, 30.0% of which had Hg concentration greater than the national drinking water standard. High Hg SW was mainly distributed near Manas County and Urumqi City. GW quality was mostly affected by SO42-, 24.7% of which had SO42- concentration greater than the national drinking water standard. High SO42- GW primarily occurred in the northwest and middle of the study area. Source apportionment of inorganic pollutants identified geological background, municipal wastewater disposal, water-rock interaction, geological environment, geological structure and industrial emission were the prominent potential sources of inorganic pollution in SW, with contribution rates of 1.2%, 10.0%, 43.6%, 35.1%, 6.3% and 3.8%, respectively. Five potential pollution sources in GW (including geological background, municipal wastewater disposal, water-rock interaction, geological environment and aquifer burial depth) were identified, with contribution rates of 0.7%, 9.6%, 77.6%, 11.1% and 1.0%, respectively. Probabilistic health risk assessment showed that Cl- and As in SW and GW were the main inorganic pollutants threatening human health. Non-carcinogenic risks for adults and children were negligible, while carcinogenic risks cannot be negligible. Furthermore, the contribution of potential pollution sources to health risks was quantified using positive matrix factorization coupling with health risk assessment model. Based on which, we offered the suggestion that water quality improvement in contaminated areas should be implemented in combination with pollution monitoring systems.
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- Mi Lei
- College of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, 830052, China; Xinjiang Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering Research Center, Urumqi, 830052, China; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Hydraulic Engineering Security and Water Disasters Prevention, Urumqi, 830052, China
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- College of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, 830052, China; Xinjiang Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering Research Center, Urumqi, 830052, China; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Hydraulic Engineering Security and Water Disasters Prevention, Urumqi, 830052, China.
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- Center for Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, China Geological Survey, Baoding, Hebei, 071051, China
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- College of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, 830052, China; Xinjiang Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering Research Center, Urumqi, 830052, China; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Hydraulic Engineering Security and Water Disasters Prevention, Urumqi, 830052, China
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- College of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, 830052, China; Xinjiang Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering Research Center, Urumqi, 830052, China; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Hydraulic Engineering Security and Water Disasters Prevention, Urumqi, 830052, China
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- College of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, 830052, China; Xinjiang Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering Research Center, Urumqi, 830052, China; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Hydraulic Engineering Security and Water Disasters Prevention, Urumqi, 830052, China.
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Hu Y, Xu L, Xu H, Shen X, Deng Y, Xu H, Liu J, Liu W. Three-dimensional reconstruction of a leaking gas cloud based on two scanning FTIR remote-sensing imaging systems. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:25581-25596. [PMID: 36237085 DOI: 10.1364/oe.460640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Remote sensing imaging technology is one of the most powerful tools for gas leak monitoring in chemical industrial parks. In the case of leaks, it is necessary to quickly and accurately obtain detailed information of the gas cloud (volume, distribution, diffusion situation and location). This paper proposes a 3-D quantitative reconstruction method for gas clouds. Two scanning Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) remote-sensing imaging systems were used to perform telemetry experiments in a monitored space with a total volume of 314.9 m3, and the released gases were SF6 and CH4. One scanning FTIR remote-sensing imaging system can only measure a 2-D concentration-path-length product (CL) image of a 3-D gas cloud, where each pixel has attitude information of elevation and azimuth. Geometric methods are applied to locate the monitored space and construct a 3-D grid (longitude, latitude, altitude). The optical path length (OPL) sparse matrix of each layer is generated, and the concentration distribution of each layer is reconstructed by the simultaneous algebraic reconstruction technique (SART). The reconstructed results of each layer are stacked into a 3-D gas cloud and displayed on the 3-D Earth software at a set threshold. Three-dimensional leaking gas clouds (CH4, SF6) with geometric information and concentration distribution has been generated through the above processes from measurement, localization to reconstruction and display. On the premise that the gas cloud is completely covered by the field of view of each scanning system, the localization and quantification of the gas cloud is available. Then weighted concentration centers can be calculated from these gas clouds to approximate the leak source. The proposed method effectively extends the online leak monitoring application of the scanning FTIR remote-sensing imaging system.
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Chakraborty TK, Ghosh GC, Ghosh P, Jahan I, Zaman S, Islam MS, Hossain MR, Habib A, Biswas B, Sultana N, Khan AS. Arsenic, iron, and manganese in groundwater and its associated human health risk assessment in the rural area of Jashore, Bangladesh. JOURNAL OF WATER AND HEALTH 2022; 20:888-902. [PMID: 35768965 DOI: 10.2166/wh.2022.284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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This study investigated groundwater pollution and potential human health risks from arsenic, iron, and manganese in the rural area of Jashore, Bangladesh. Study results show that the mean value of groundwater pH is 7.25 ± 0.31, with a mean conductivity of 633.94 ± 327.41 μs/cm, while about 73, 97, and 91% of groundwater samples exceeded the Bangladesh drinking water standard limits for As, Fe, and Mn, respectively. Groundwater pollution evaluation indices, including the heavy metal pollution index, the heavy metal evaluation index, the degree of contamination, and the Nemerow pollution index, show that approximately 97, 82, 100, and 100% of samples are in the high degree of pollution category, respectively. Spatial distribution exhibited that the study area is highly exposed to As (73%), Fe (82%), and Mn (46%). In the case of non-carcinogenic health risk via oral exposure, about 94% of samples suggest a high category of risk for infants, and 97% of samples are found to be at high risk for children and adults. The carcinogenic risk of arsenic via an oral exposure pathway suggests that approximately 97% of the samples are found to be at high risk for infants, and all of the samples are at high risk for both adults and children.
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- Tapos Kumar Chakraborty
- Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore 7408, Bangladesh E-mail:
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- Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore 7408, Bangladesh E-mail:
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- Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore 7408, Bangladesh E-mail:
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- Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore 7408, Bangladesh E-mail:
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- Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore 7408, Bangladesh E-mail:
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- Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore 7408, Bangladesh E-mail:
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- Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore 7408, Bangladesh E-mail:
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- Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore 7408, Bangladesh E-mail:
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- Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore 7408, Bangladesh E-mail:
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- Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore 7408, Bangladesh E-mail:
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- Environmental Laboratory, Asia Arsenic Network, Arsenic Center, Benapole Road, Krishnobati, Pulerhat, Jashore 7400, Bangladesh
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Rajkumar H, Naik PK, Singh G, Rishi M. Hydrogeochemical characterization, multi-exposure deterministic and probabilistic health hazard evaluation in groundwater in parts of Northern India. TOXIN REV 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/15569543.2022.2080222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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- Herojeet Rajkumar
- Department of Environment Studies, Post Graduate Government College, Chandigarh, India
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- Rajiv Gandhi National Ground Water Training & Research Institute, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
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- Department of Environmental Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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Sharma P, Nanda K, Yadav M, Shukla A, Srivastava SK, Kumar S, Singh SP. Remediation of noxious wastewater using nanohybrid adsorbent for preventing water pollution. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 292:133380. [PMID: 34953871 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.133380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Revised: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Removal of toxic elements from wastewater effluent has got a lot of attention because of their severe negative effects on human and environmental health. In the past few years, rapid urbanization and industrial activities in developing countries have exacerbated the destruction of the environment. Most of the wastewater effluents are discharged untreated or inadequately treated, which has become a major concern due to its impact on sustainability and the environment. This is imperative to implement, innovative and resourceful wastewater treatment technologies requiring low investment. Among the various treatment technologies, cutting-edge processes in nano-material sciences have recently piqued the interest of scientists. Nanohybrid absorbents have the potential in improving wastewater treatment and increase water supply by utilizing unconventional water resources. Carbon nanotubes, titanium oxide, manganese oxide, activated carbon (AC), magnesium oxide, graphene, ferric oxides, and zinc oxide are examples of nano-adsorbents that are used to eliminate pollutants. This also demonstrated the effective removal of contaminants along with the harmful effects of chemicals, colorants, and metals found in wastewater. The present manuscript examines potential advances in nanotechnology in wastewater treatment for the prevention of water and soil pollution. This systematic review aims to highlight the importance of nanohybrid absorbents treatment technology for wastewater treatment and to explain how nanohybrid absorbents have the potential to revolutionize industrial pollution. There are also other published review articles on this topic but the present review covers an in-depth information on nano-adsorbents and their targeted contaminants.
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- Pooja Sharma
- CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI), Nagpur, 440 020, India.
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- Plant Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Dayanand Anglo-Vedic (PG) College, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur, 208 001, India
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- Plant Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Dayanand Anglo-Vedic (PG) College, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur, 208 001, India
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- Plant Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Dayanand Anglo-Vedic (PG) College, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur, 208 001, India
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- Chemical Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Dayanand Anglo-Vedic (PG) College, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur, 208001, India
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- CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI), Nagpur, 440 020, India.
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- Plant Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Dayanand Anglo-Vedic (PG) College, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur, 208 001, India.
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Mohammed AB, Goran SMA, Tarafdar A. Profiling of seasonal variation in and cancer risk assessment of benzo(a)pyrene and heavy metals in drinking water from Kirkuk city, Iraq. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:22203-22222. [PMID: 34782976 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-17314-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Water samples at 13 sites were analyzed to evaluate heavy metals (cobalt, lead, manganese, copper) and benzo(a)pyrene using 2 methods of analysis (high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits). The Lesser Zap River is the main tributary of the Tigris and is used as a main source of drinking water in Kirkuk city through the General Kirkuk project. Risk evaluation for benzo(a)pyrene and lead in water samples was accomplished by Monte Carlo simulation. The highest concentrations of B(a)P were recorded at sites S7 and S5, with levels of 0.192 and 0.122 µg L-1 detected by HPLC and ELISA, respectively. The WHO guidelines for benzo[a]pyrene in drinking water recommend 0.7 µg L -1, and none of the samples surpassed this level; moreover, B(a)P levels exceeded EPA standards in 2014 (0.01 µg L-1), particularly when the liquid-liquid extraction method with HPLC was used. Carcinogenic risks for human adults and children exist and are highest during the rainy season as compared with the carcinogenic risk during the dry season and risks for children exceed those of adults. This indicates that the 2nd round of sampling (winter season) harbors more carcinogenic risk than the 1st round of sampling (dry season).
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- Environmental Science and Health Department, College of Science, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Erbil, Iraq.
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Li R, Cai J, Li J, Wang Z, Pei P, Zhang J, Krebs P. Characterizing the long-term occurrence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their driving forces in surface waters. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 423:127065. [PMID: 34523466 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Revised: 08/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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As carcinogenic and ubiquitous pollutants, an in-depth understanding of the long-term environmental behaviors of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their driving forces is crucial for reducing human health risks. Based on long-term monitoring data from 2001 to 2016, this study systematically investigated the temporal and seasonal trends, periodic oscillation, source apportionment, and human health risks of PAHs in eight rivers in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. The results showed that the annual average ∑16PAHs (sum of 16 PAH concentrations) ranged from 28.2 ng L-1 to 202 ng L-1. Using the Mann-Kendall test, a trend of decreasing PAH concentrations was determined (slope range: -0.103 to -0.0159). Wavelet analysis indicated that the most significant periodic oscillation of PAHs was 10-30 months, with more pollution in winter. Source apportionment analysis suggested that vehicular emissions and coal combustion contributed the most to PAH concentrations (20.6-40.3% and 21.7-41.4%, respectively) and related health risks (54.1-80.1% and 5.61-37.9%, respectively). Furthermore, the risks (oral lifetime: 4.24×10-7-1.34×10-6; dermal lifetime: 2.86×10-5-9.05×10-5) were determined to be low. The data revealed that the substitution of petroleum and coal with cleaner energy would facilitate the mitigation of PAHs.
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- Ruifei Li
- Institute of Urban and Industrial Water Management, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Consulting R&D Department, Shanghai Environmental Protection Co., Ltd, 200233 Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Urban and Industrial Water Management, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Urban and Industrial Water Management, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- College of Mines, Guizhou University, 550025 Guiyang, China
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- Department of Ecology and Institute of Hydrobiology, Jinan University, 510632 Guangzhou, China.
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- Institute of Urban and Industrial Water Management, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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Tian W, Guo P, Li H, Zhang G. Probability risk assessment of soil PAH contamination premised on industrial brownfield development: a case from China. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:1559-1572. [PMID: 34355315 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-15781-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The harm of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to human health and the natural environment has become an indisputable fact. Compared with other pollutants, PAHs are more toxic at low environmental concentrations, especially in industrialized environments. This study investigated the concentration distribution of soil PAHs at a well-known industrial production site in China and applied the Monte Carlo simulation method to assess the risk of cancer caused by the excessive accidental intake of PAHs in brownfield development environments. The results showed that the PAH content of the soil at the study site exceeded the local soil quality background value to varying degrees, and the excess rate ranged from 0.72 to 22.3%. There are serious health risks of BaP at the site, which has a 95th health risk percentile value of 1.12E-04. Those for BbF, InP, and DBA range from 1.0×10-6 to 1.0×10-4, and potential health risks occur. Moreover, the exposure duration and average carcinogenic time were the most influential parameters. The study has revealed that exposure to brownfield soil contaminated with PAHs increases the health risks. This is a representative study on the occurrence and concentration of PAHs in industrial brownfields in China, which can be adopted as a basis and evidence for pollution risk assessment of brownfield development.
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- Wei Tian
- School of Civil Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture & Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
- School of Environment and Municipal Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture & Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture & Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China.
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- School of Civil Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture & Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture & Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
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Ramesh R, Subramanian M, Lakshmanan E, Subramaniyan A, Ganesan G. Human health risk assessment using Monte Carlo simulations for groundwater with uranium in southern India. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2021; 226:112781. [PMID: 34563887 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Revised: 08/21/2021] [Accepted: 09/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Uranium naturally occurs in groundwater and its concentration is mostly controlled by the geology of an area. The regular human consumption of groundwater with uranium causes health effects and hence the assessment of radiological and chemical toxicity effects on humans is essential. Hence, the present study was carried out to assess the general hydrochemistry of groundwater in different geological formations of southern India and its relation to uranium as well as to estimate the health risks posed to humans due to consumption of groundwater with uranium using both deterministic and probabilistic approaches. Four river basins representing the major geological formations of southern India were chosen for this study, from where a total of 141 groundwater samples were collected in the year 2016 and analyzed for the concentration of major ions and uranium. The groundwater occurring in granites had high concentration of uranium followed by gneiss and charnockites. Radiological risks to humans were higher in granitic terrain of Bhima basin, where about 1 in 10,000 may get affected due to cancer. The chemical toxicity risks were higher for the people in granite and gneissic terrain of Bhima basin followed by the people in charnockite terrain of Vaniyar basin. The deterministic method has overestimated the actual risk in comparison to the probabilistic risk assessment. The sensitivity analysis indicates that increase of exposure frequency and ingestion rates increases the chemical risks, whereas decrease of body weight increases the chemical risk. Therefore, the probabilistic approach is much superior to deterministic method since it exhibits variability in the values. The current study highlights the risks to humans by consuming groundwater with uranium, emphasizing on the urgent need for supplying treated water to the community.
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- RamyaPriya Ramesh
- Department of Geology, Anna University, Chennai 600025, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Department of Geology, Anna University, Chennai 600025, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Department of Geology, Anna University, Chennai 600025, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Wu J, Bian J, Wan H, Sun X, Li Y. Probabilistic human health-risk assessment and influencing factors of aromatic hydrocarbon in groundwater near urban industrial complexes in Northeast China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 800:149484. [PMID: 34392216 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Revised: 07/04/2021] [Accepted: 08/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Organic pollutants are common in the environment, very difficult to remove, and pose a serious threat to human health. Probabilistic risk assessment advances conservative single-point estimation and brings a new perspective to risk assessment. From 2009 to 2019, we monitored the distribution of major pollutants in an industrial park in Northeastern China. The result showed the maximum concentration of benzene reached 73,680 μg/L in 2009, benzo[a]pyrene reached 36.80 ng/L in 2016. These concentrations are significantly above the levels set by Chinese regulatory agencies. The single-factor index increases year by year, and pollutants gradually spread from the pollution leakage source to surrounding areas. A new method was used to quantify the human health risk from groundwater organic pollution accurately, based on the triangular fuzzy numbers coupled with the Monte Carlo simulation. The Monte Carlo simulation was used to simulate the triangular fuzzy numbers. This simplified the operation between the triangular fuzzy numbers and their function successfully and obtained the risk as a set of values. The results indicated that non-carcinogenic risk was negligible in all age groups (children, adolescents, and adults). Conversely, when it comes to carcinogenic risks, adults were about 50-270 times the tolerable level of risk due to long exposure years and wide skin contact areas. Oral ingestion played an essential role in total exposure (>90%) compared to dermal contact. Control of exposure duration and intake should be prioritized when making decisions to reduce risk uncertainty. Monte Carlo simulation-triangular fuzzy numbers can effectively reduce the risk of uncertainty and reflect the complex conditions of the groundwater environment for small amounts of data or inaccurate data.
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- Juanjuan Wu
- Key Laboratory of Groundwater Resources and Environment (Jilin University), Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, PR China; Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Groundwater Resources and Environment (Jilin University), Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, PR China; Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Groundwater Resources and Environment (Jilin University), Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, PR China; Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Groundwater Resources and Environment (Jilin University), Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, PR China; Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, PR China
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- Department of Mine, Metallurgy and Geology Engineering, Engineering Division, Campus of Guanajuato, University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato C.P. 36020, Mexico
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Elfawy HA, Anupriya S, Mohanty S, Patel P, Ghosal S, Panda PK, Das B, Verma SK, Patnaik S. Molecular toxicity of Benzo(a)pyrene mediated by elicited oxidative stress infer skeletal deformities and apoptosis in embryonic zebrafish. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 789:147989. [PMID: 34323819 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2021] [Revised: 05/16/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) has become an integral component of disposed of plastic waste, organic pollutants, and remnants of combustible materials in the aquatic environment due to their persistent nature. The accumulation and integration of these polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have raised concern to human health and ecological safety. This study assessed the BaP-induced in vivo molecular toxicity with embryonic zebrafish inferred by oxidative stress and apoptosis. BaP was found to induce morphological and physiological abnormalities like delayed hatching (p < 0.05). Computational analysis demonstrated the high-affinity interaction of BaP with the zebrafish hatching enzyme (ZHE1) with Arg, Cys, Ala, Tyr, and Phe located at the active site revealing the influence of BaP on delayed hatching due to alteration of the enzyme structure. RT-PCR analysis revealed significant down-regulation of the skeletal genes Sox9a, SPP1/OPN, and Col1a1 (p < 0.05) genes. The cellular investigations unraveled that the toxicity of BaP extends to the skeletal regions of zebrafish (head, backbone, and tail) because of the elicited oxidative stress leading to apoptosis. The study extended the horizon of understanding of BaP toxicity at the molecular level which will enhance the indulgent and designing of techniques for better ecological sustainability.
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- Hasnaa A Elfawy
- School of Biotechnology, KIIT deemed to be University, Campus XI, Bhubaneswar, 751024, Odisha, India
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- School of Biotechnology, KIIT deemed to be University, Campus XI, Bhubaneswar, 751024, Odisha, India
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- School of Biotechnology, KIIT deemed to be University, Campus XI, Bhubaneswar, 751024, Odisha, India
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- School of Biotechnology, KIIT deemed to be University, Campus XI, Bhubaneswar, 751024, Odisha, India
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- School of Biotechnology, KIIT deemed to be University, Campus XI, Bhubaneswar, 751024, Odisha, India
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- Condensed Matter Theory Group, Materials Theory Division, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Sweden
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- School of Biotechnology, KIIT deemed to be University, Campus XI, Bhubaneswar, 751024, Odisha, India.
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- School of Biotechnology, KIIT deemed to be University, Campus XI, Bhubaneswar, 751024, Odisha, India; Condensed Matter Theory Group, Materials Theory Division, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Sweden.
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- School of Biotechnology, KIIT deemed to be University, Campus XI, Bhubaneswar, 751024, Odisha, India.
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Srinivasan R, Rajasekhar B, Nambi IM. Deterministic and probabilistic health risk assessment for exposure to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in an Indian river. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:39826-39839. [PMID: 33768453 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-11897-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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This study presents deterministic and probabilistic human health risk assessment using Monte Carlo simulations on exposure to an Indian river, Kaveri, which has been contaminated by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). The NSAIDs of concern are naproxen, ibuprofen, aspirin, ketoprofen, and diclofenac. We have considered three exposure scenarios (water ingestion, dermal exposure, and fish ingestion) for four different age groups (0-5, 6-10, 11-18, and 19-70 years). Deterministic risk assessment revealed teenagers to be the most sensitive receptors and water ingestion to be the most crucial pathway contributing to maximum health risk (79 to 86%). Based on the results of Monte Carlo simulations, it was found that the probability of exceeding the deterministic mean risks ranged from 17 to 39% for different exposure routes. High end risk estimates such as 95th percentiles and maximum values of HQ for the entire population did not exceed the USEPA allowable risk. This implies that the NSAIDs at the detected concentrations in the Kaveri river may not pose adverse health effects even in the worst-case scenario. Among the five NSAIDs, diclofenac was found to be the major contributor for health risk. Moreover, the concentration of diclofenac was just one order less than the estimated site-specific threshold concentrations. From sensitivity analysis, the most and the least impactful parameters were found to be water ingestion rate and fish ingestion rate respectively.
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- Ramya Srinivasan
- Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Division, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India
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- Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Division, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India
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- Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Division, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India.
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Mousazadeh M, Niaragh EK, Usman M, Khan SU, Sandoval MA, Al-Qodah Z, Khalid ZB, Gilhotra V, Emamjomeh MM. A critical review of state-of-the-art electrocoagulation technique applied to COD-rich industrial wastewaters. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:43143-43172. [PMID: 34164789 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-14631-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Electrocoagulation (EC) is one of the emerging technologies in groundwater and wastewater treatment as it combines the benefits of coagulation, sedimentation, flotation, and electrochemical oxidation processes. Extensive research efforts implementing EC technology have been executed over the last decade to treat chemical oxygen demand (COD)-rich industrial wastewaters with the aim to protect freshwater streams (e.g., rivers, lakes) from pollution. A comprehensive review of the available recent literature utilizing EC to treat wastewater with high COD levels is presented. In addition, recommendations are provided for future studies to improve the EC technology and broaden its range of application. This review paper introduces some technologies which are often adopted for industrial wastewater treatment. Then, the EC process is compared with those techniques as a treatment for COD-rich wastewater. The EC process is considered as the most privileged technology by different research groups owing to its ability to deal with abundant volumes of wastewater. After, the application of EC as a single and combined treatment for COD-rich wastewaters is thoroughly reviewed. Finally, this review attempts to highlight the potentials and limitations of EC. Related to the EC process in batch operation mode, the best operational conditions are found at 10 V and 60 min of voltage and reaction time, respectively. These last values guarantee high COD removal efficiencies of > 90%. This review also concludes that considerably large operation costs of the EC process appears to be the serious drawback and renders it as an unfeasible approach for handling of COD rich wastewaters. In the end, this review has attempted to highlights the potential and limitation of EC and suggests that vast notably research in the field of continuous flow EC system is essential to introduce this technology as a convincing wastewater technology.
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- Milad Mousazadeh
- Student research committee, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran
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- Institute for Water Resources and Water Supply, Hamburg University of Technology, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 3, 20173, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Zakir Husain College of Engineering & Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P., 202001, India
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- Departamento de Química de los Materiales, Laboratorio de Electroquímica Medio Ambiental, LEQMA, Universidad de Santiago de Chile USACH, Casilla 40, Correo 33, Santiago, Chile
- División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad de Guanajuato, Noria Alta S/N, 36050, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, México
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Al-Balqa Applied University, Amman, Jordan
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- Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), 26300 Gambang, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
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- Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
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Health damage to housewives by contaminants emitted from coal combustion in the Chinese countryside: focusing on day-to-day cooking. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2021; 94:1917-1929. [PMID: 34283291 DOI: 10.1007/s00420-021-01742-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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PURPOSE The study aimed to estimate the health damage and find out the main exposure pathways of housewives posed by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and heavy metals (HMs) from coal combustion in rural areas of China. METHODS We obtained the concentrations of 16 PAHs and 8 HMs from published literatures and the Monte Carlo simulation was used to process and analysis the data. Sensitivity analysis was also applied to clear parameter uncertainty and the health damage of housewives was quantitatively evaluated by loss of life expectancy. RESULTS Housewives' carcinogenic risks from PAHs exposure were in descending order of inhalation > ingestion > dermal contact, while exposed to HMs were ingestion > dermal contact > inhalation. The carcinogenic risks from PAHs primarily originated from benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), dibenz[ah]anthracene (DahA) and benzo[b]fluorathene (BbF). For HMs, arsenic posed the highest carcinogenic risk to housewives, with a contribution of 92.98%. In addition, the life expectancy loss of housewives exposed to PAHs was 469.04 min from inhalation and 51.82 min for HMs from ingestion. CONCLUSION Through a comprehensive assessment of the health risks in housewives exposed to emissions from coal combustion, we can gain insight into the hazards from PAHs and HMs in housewives, and take measures to reduce their exposure risks.
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Chaudhary R, Nain P, Kumar A. Temporal variation of leachate pollution index of Indian landfill sites and associated human health risk. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:28391-28406. [PMID: 33543433 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-12383-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The present study investigated the variation in leachate pollution index (LPI) of four municipal solid waste (MSW) dumping sites: non-engineered (Okhla, Ghazipur, Bhalswa) and engineered (Narela-Bawana) of Delhi, India. A review of 142 screened studies from Google Scholar database was done for synthesis of information on LPI parameters. Further, the rate constant determination and human health risk assessment for various leachate parameters was done. Results showed the following LPI trends: Okhla landfill: irregular with exceedance to threshold value; Bhalswa landfill: exponential increase; and Narela-Bawana landfill: linear increase. Parameters such as pH, dissolved solids, copper, nickel, zinc, and chromium of Bhalswa landfill, exhibited an exponential decay with LPI variation. Whereas, for Narela-Bawana's leachate BOD and COD parameters, an exponential decay in LPI vs zinc and linear increase for LPI vs lead was observed. For all dumping sites, a positive correlation was observed between heavy metals and LPI. In case of human health risk assessment, order of oral risk posed by Okhla's metals was cadmium > chromium > nickel > lead, with maximum hazard quotient (HQ) of 1.61 for cadmium. For Ghazipur and Bhalswa landfills, cancer risk values for both adult and child sub-populations were observed to be maximum for cadmium followed by nickel, chromium, and minimum for lead. For Narela-Bawana landfill, the order of cancer risk was as follows: chromium > nickel > lead. HQ for Pb-contaminated groundwater exceeded the threshold limit in Ghazipur and Bhalswa landfills. For dermal groundwater exposure, cadmium for Okhla (adult 2.3 × 10-4 and child 1.4 × 10-4), Ghazipur (adult 9 × 10-5 and child 5.2 × 10-5), and Bhalswa (adult 1.5 × 10-4 and child 8.6 × 10-5) was observed to have maximum cancer risk. The analyzed year-wise LPI trend, calculated rate constants, and human health risk values from present study provide a basis to waste managers and regulators for understanding various waste sources.
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- Rakhi Chaudhary
- Department of Energy and Environment, TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India.
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Sheng D, Wen X, Wu J, Wu M, Yu H, Zhang C. Comprehensive Probabilistic Health Risk Assessment for Exposure to Arsenic and Cadmium in Groundwater. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2021; 67:779-792. [PMID: 33606066 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-021-01431-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 01/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Probabilistic health risk assessment has widely been used for more realistic risk analysis of contaminants. However, the existing probabilistic modeling process may be unable to reflect the actual health risks comprehensively. In the present study, the Monte Carlo simulation was employed to assess the probabilistic health risks of exposing to arsenic (As) and cadmium (Cd) in groundwater through ingestion and dermal contact pathways. To systematically evaluate the actual health risks of residents, two scenarios of the probabilistic health risk assessment were proposed: (1) fixed exposure parameters, whereas uncertain metal concentrations, and (2) uncertain exposure parameters and metal concentrations. The results indicated that the mean hazard index (HI) for local residents was mostly accepted (HI < 1), while the non-cancer risk of infants at the 95th percentile under scenario 2 (HI = 1.42) exceeded the safe level of 1, signifying the potential non-cancer risk on infants. Meanwhile, the average total cancer risk (TCR) values were several times greater than the acceptable limit of 1E-06 for all the age groups under both scenarios 1 and 2, reflecting the unacceptable cancer risk. Moreover, sensitivity analysis identified the exposure duration (ED) and concentration factor (CW) were the most relevant parameters that affect the health risk. Overall, the results of this study will be useful for the policy makers in comprehensively understanding the actual health risks of the heavy metal(loids) contamination in groundwater on receptors, as well as setting up suitable groundwater management strategies to guarantee safe water supply and to maintain health for local residents.
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- Danrui Sheng
- Key Laboratory of Ecohydrology of Inland River Basin, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Ecohydrology of Inland River Basin, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai, 264025, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Ecohydrology of Inland River Basin, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, 100875, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Liaoning Huayi Environmental Consulting Co., Ltd, Shenyang, 110000, Liaoning, People's Republic of China
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Jain K, Patel AS, Pardhi VP, Flora SJS. Nanotechnology in Wastewater Management: A New Paradigm Towards Wastewater Treatment. Molecules 2021; 26:1797. [PMID: 33806788 PMCID: PMC8005047 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26061797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2021] [Revised: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Clean and safe water is a fundamental human need for multi-faceted development of society and a thriving economy. Brisk rises in populations, expanding industrialization, urbanization and extensive agriculture practices have resulted in the generation of wastewater which have not only made the water dirty or polluted, but also deadly. Millions of people die every year due to diseases communicated through consumption of water contaminated by deleterious pathogens. Although various methods for wastewater treatment have been explored in the last few decades but their use is restrained by many limitations including use of chemicals, formation of disinfection by-products (DBPs), time consumption and expensiveness. Nanotechnology, manipulation of matter at a molecular or an atomic level to craft new structures, devices and systems having superior electronic, optical, magnetic, conductive and mechanical properties, is emerging as a promising technology, which has demonstrated remarkable feats in various fields including wastewater treatment. Nanomaterials encompass a high surface to volume ratio, a high sensitivity and reactivity, a high adsorption capacity, and ease of functionalization which makes them suitable for application in wastewater treatment. In this article we have reviewed the techniques being developed for wastewater treatment using nanotechnology based on adsorption and biosorption, nanofiltration, photocatalysis, disinfection and sensing technology. Furthermore, this review also highlights the fate of the nanomaterials in wastewater treatment as well as risks associated with their use.
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- Keerti Jain
- Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)—Raebareli, Lucknow 226002, India; (A.S.P.); (V.P.P.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)—Raebareli, Lucknow 226002, India; (A.S.P.); (V.P.P.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)—Raebareli, Lucknow 226002, India; (A.S.P.); (V.P.P.)
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)—Raebareli, Lucknow 226002, India
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Guleria A, Chakma S. Fate and contaminant transport model-driven probabilistic human health risk assessment of DNAPL-contaminated site. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:14358-14371. [PMID: 33210254 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-11635-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In this study, fate and contaminant transport model-driven human health risk indexes were calculated due to the presence of dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) in the subsurface environment of air force base area in Florida, USA. Source concentration data of DNAPLs was used for the calculation of transport model-driven health risk indexes for the children and adult sub-population via direct oral ingestion and skin dermal contact exposure scenario using 10,000 Monte Carlo type simulations. The highest variation in the probability distribution of transformed DNAPL compound (cis-dichloroethene (cis-DCE) > vinyl chloride (VC)) was observed as compared to parent DNAPL (tetrachloroethene (PCE)) based on the 50-year simulation timespan. Transformed DNAPL compounds (VC, cis-DCE) posed the highest risk to human health for a longer duration (up to 15 years) in comparison to parent DNAPL (PCE), as non-carcinogenic hazard quotient varied from 400 to 1100. Carcinogenic health risks were observed as 3-order of magnitude higher than safe limit (HQSafe < 10-6) from 2nd to 5th year timespan and fall in the high-risk zone, indicating the need for a remediation plan for a contaminated site. Variance attribution analysis revealed that concentration, body weight, and exposure duration (contribution percentage - 70 to 95%) were the most important parameters, highlighting the impact of dispersivity and exposure model in the estimation of risk indexes. This approach can help decision-makers when a contaminated site with partial data on hydrogeological properties and with higher uncertainty in model parameters is to be assessed for the formulation of remediation measures.
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- Abhay Guleria
- Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, 110016, India.
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, 110016, India
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Shomar B, Rashkeev SN. A comprehensive risk assessment of toxic elements in international brands of face foundation powders. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2021; 192:110274. [PMID: 33038363 PMCID: PMC7543708 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Revised: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and wearing masks in many countries, women are keen on elegance, beauty and the use of face foundations. Assessment of health risks associated with the regular use of face foundation by females is dynamic due to the emerging products. The most common international 14 brands of face foundation powders were collected and the concentrations of different elements (Ag, Al, As, B, Ba, Be, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, K, Li, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, P, Pb, Sb, Se, Sn, V and Zn) in each sample were determined. A combined approach merging the conventional and computational tools was used for investigating the risk of exposure to toxic elements. Monte Carlo simulations were applied to calculate risks associated with twenty elements. We attempted different probability distribution functions for concentrations because the actual distribution functions are not known, and the only data available are the mean value and standard deviation of concentrations obtained from experiment. Our results indicate that the total non-carcinogenic health risk through exposure to different elements (Hazardous Index, HI) does not strongly depend on the choice of the probability distribution function for the concentrations. We also show that taking into account probability distributions of other variables and parameters such as body weight, exposed skin area, skin adhesion, etc. does not significantly change the main result rather just slightly broadening the final Hazardous Index distribution function. We found that calculated HI is well below unity for all considered samples, i.e., the dermal exposure to toxic elements in the considered facial powders is negligible and the considered face foundation powders are quite safe to use.
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- Basem Shomar
- Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, P. O. Box 31110, Doha, Qatar.
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- Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, P. O. Box 31110, Doha, Qatar
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Altomare T, Tarwater PM, Ferguson AC, Solo-Gabriele HM, Mena KD. Estimating Health Risks to Children Associated with Recreational Play on Oil Spill-Contaminated Beaches. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 18:E126. [PMID: 33375407 PMCID: PMC7794795 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18010126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2020] [Revised: 12/19/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The human health impact from exposure to contaminated shorelines following an oil spill event has been investigated to some extent. However, the health risks to children have largely been characterized through the use of surveys and extrapolation from adult health outcomes. There is limited information on children's behaviors during beach play requiring assumptions made based on observations from play activities in home settings. The Beach Exposure and Child Health Study (BEACHES) quantified specific beach activities that can be used to inform human health risk assessments of children playing on beaches impacted by oil spills. The results of this study characterize children's risk of cancer from exposure to oil spill chemicals by incorporating exposure-related information collected from the BEACHES study and by assuming oral, dermal, and inhalation exposure routes. Point risk estimates are compared with a previous, similar study that applied default exposure parameter values obtained from the published literature. The point risk estimates informed by BEACHES data are one order of magnitude lower compared with the previous risk assessment, with dermal exposures the overall risk driver in both. Additional Monte Carlo simulations evaluating the BEACHES data provide ranges of health risks with the highest estimates associated with dermal and oral exposure routes.
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- Tanu Altomare
- Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics & Environmental Sciences, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77030, USA;
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA;
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- Built Environment Department, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA;
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- Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA;
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- Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics & Environmental Sciences, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77030, USA;
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Wang W, Ding X, Turap Y, Tursun Y, Abulizi A, Wang X, Shao L, Talifu D, An J, Zhang X, Zhang Y, Liu H. Distribution, sources, risks, and vitro DNA oxidative damage of PM 2.5-bound atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Urumqi, NW China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 739:139518. [PMID: 32534306 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Revised: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 05/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Research has focused on the impacts of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the atmosphere due to their potential carcinogenicity. In this study, we investigated the seasonal variation, sources, incremental lifetime cancer risks (ILCRS), and vitro DNA oxidative damage of PAHs in Urumqi in NW China. A total of 72 atmospheric samples from Urumqi were collected over a year (September 2017-September 2018) and were analyzed for 16 PAHs that are specifically prioritized by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (U·S EPA). The highest PAHs concentrations were in winter (1032.66 ng m-3) and lowest in spring (146.00 ng m-3). Middle molecular weight PAHs with four rings were the most abundant species (45.28-61.19% of the total). The results of the diagnostic ratio and positive matrix factorization inferred that the major sources of atmospheric PAHs in Urumqi were biomass burning, coking, and petrogenic sources (52.9%), traffic (30.1%), coal combustion (8.9%), and the plastics recycling industry (8.1%). ILCRS assessment and Monte Carlo simulations suggested that for all age groups PAHs cancer risks were mainly associated with ingestion and dermal contact and inhalation was negligible. The plasmid scission assay results showed a positive dose-response relationship between PAHs concentrations and DNA damage rates, demonstrating that toxic PAHs was the primary cause for PM2.5-induced DNA damage in the air of Urumqi.
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- Wei Wang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineer, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Guangzhou 510640, China; Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Environmental Pollution and Control, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Guangzhou 510640, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineer, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineer, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineer, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Guangzhou 510640, China; Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Environmental Pollution and Control, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- College of Geosciences and Survey Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing 100083, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineer, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineer, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineer, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineer, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineer, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
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Ghaderpoori M, Kamarehie B, Jafari A, Alinejad AA, Hashempour Y, Saghi MH, Yousefi M, Oliveri Conti G, Mohammadi AA, Ghaderpoury A, Ferrante M. Health risk assessment of heavy metals in cosmetic products sold in Iran: the Monte Carlo simulation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2020; 27:7588-7595. [PMID: 31885066 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-07423-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Cosmetics can contain harmful compounds such as heavy metals. Several metals have a cumulative effect on the body, especially fatty tissues, and may have different health effects on the human body over the long term. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to assess the health risks of heavy metals in cosmetics in Iran. Also, in this study, Monte Carlo simulation was used to investigate uncertainties. In this study, heavy metals data of cosmetics were extracted from studies carried out at intervals 2010-2018. International and Iranian databases such as Google Scholar, Web of Science, Springer, Science Direct, PubMed, Scopus, Irandoc, Magiran, Scientific Information Database (SID), and Information Institute for Scientific (ISC) were searched for this purpose. In this study, the index of the Margin of Safety was calculated to determine the risk of human contact with metallic impurities in cosmetic products used by humans. In the selected period, 11 studies were conducted on the measurement of heavy metals in cosmetics in Iran. In these studies, cosmetics such as eye shadow, eye pencil, powder, cream, and lipstick were studied. The Margin of Safety (MoS) values calculated for different metals were higher than the established safe standard by WHO. The highest and lowest amount of systemic exposure dosage in all types of cosmetic investigated (lipstick, cream, eye pencil, face powder, and eye shadow) was related to Fe and Hg. The mean hazardous quotient (HQ) for Cd, Cr, Ni, Cu, Mn, Zn, Pb, and Hg was 1.05E-03, 1.03E-01, 7.95E-03, 2.59E-03, 1.05E-03, 4.98E-03, 7.22E-04, 1.85E-01, and 1.35E-05, respectively. The highest HQ (6.10E-01) was found for Pb, which was observed in the cream.
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- Mansour Ghaderpoori
- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health and Nutrition, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran
- Nutrition Health Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health and Nutrition, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health and Nutrition, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran
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- Department of Public Health, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Surgical and Advanced Technologies "G.F. Ingrassia"-Hygiene and Public Health, Laboratory of Environmental and Food Hygiene (LIAA), University of Catania, 95131, Catania, Italy.
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur, Iran.
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Surgical and Advanced Technologies "G.F. Ingrassia"-Hygiene and Public Health, Laboratory of Environmental and Food Hygiene (LIAA), University of Catania, 95131, Catania, Italy
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Qiao J, Zhu Y, Jia X, Shao M, Niu X, Liu J. Distributions of arsenic and other heavy metals, and health risk assessments for groundwater in the Guanzhong Plain region of China. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2020; 181:108957. [PMID: 31806291 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2019.108957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2019] [Revised: 11/13/2019] [Accepted: 11/22/2019] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of shallow groundwater and deep groundwater in the Guanzhong Plain region of China, as well as the related health risk to humans. In total, 130 groundwater samples were collected comprising 116 from shallow groundwater (dug wells) and 14 from deep groundwater (drilled wells). The water samples were analyzed to determine the levels of As and 12 other heavy metals (Al, Cd, Mn, Cr, V, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Co, Pb, and Mo). The results showed that the concentrations of As and other heavy metals in the deep groundwater samples were lower than the safe limits, but the Cr concentrations in some shallow groundwater samples exceeded the safe limits. The heavy metal pollution index and heavy metal evaluation index both showed that As and other heavy metals were pollutants at low levels in all of the shallow and deep groundwater sample. Health risk assessments showed that the deep groundwater samples had no associated non-carcinogenic health risks, whereas the shallow groundwater samples had non-carcinogenic health risks due to contamination with Cr and As. Some shallow groundwater samples had associated carcinogenic health risks due to contamination with Cr and As, whereas the deep groundwater samples only had carcinogenic health risks because of contamination with Cr. These results suggest that local residents and government departments should be made aware of Cr and As pollution in shallow groundwater.
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- Jiangbo Qiao
- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Agriculture on the Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China; Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, 712100, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Agriculture on the Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China; Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, 712100, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Agriculture on the Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China; Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, 712100, China
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Saghi MH, Mohammadi AA, Ghaderpoori M, Ghaderpoury A, Alinejad A. Estimate the effective dose of gamma radiation in Iran cities: lifetime cancer risk by Monte Carlo simulation model. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH 2019; 41:2549-2558. [PMID: 31062129 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-019-00300-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2019] [Accepted: 04/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Background radiation can be different in both indoor and outdoor places. Background radiation is always in the environment, and all people in the community are constantly exposed to it. The most important source of exposure to gamma ray is natural radionuclides. Gamma rays can have harmful effects on the human body. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the health risk of gamma-ray exposure and to simulate using the Monte Carlo simulation. In this study, gamma-ray data were extracted from the studies carried out at intervals January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2018. Iranian and international databases were used to search for the articles. A total of 11 studies were found. To determine the health effects of gamma-ray radiation, the annual effective dose and excess lifetime cancer risk were calculated. To determine the uncertainty, a health risk assessment was conducted via Monte Carlo simulation. In outdoor, the mean, highest, and lowest absorbed dose of gamma ray were 117.82 nSv/h, 295.17 nSv/h, and 49 nSv/h, respectively. Ardabil Province and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province have the highest and lowest gamma ray concentrations, respectively. In indoor, the mean, highest, and lowest absorbed dose of gamma ray were 118.22 nSv/h, 141 nSv/h, and 60.2 nSv/h, respectively. The last column, the mean, maximum, and minimum of excess lifetime cancer risk values for gamma-ray radiation were 2.45E-3, 4.17E-3, and 4.61E-4, respectively.
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- Mohammad Hossien Saghi
- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health and Nutrition, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.
- Nutrition Health Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.
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- Student Research Committee, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Public Health, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran
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Sakizadeh M, Ahmadpour E, Sharafabadi FM. Spatial analysis of chromium in southwestern part of Iran: probabilistic health risk and multivariate global sensitivity analysis. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH 2019; 41:2023-2038. [PMID: 30778787 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-019-00260-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2018] [Accepted: 02/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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This study was concerned with chromium as a potential carcinogenic contaminant in 64 wells located in five aquifers, southwest of Iran. A probabilistic health risk assessment indicated a high risk to the local residents including adults and children in the study area. A sequential sensitivity analysis and a novel approach known as multivariate global sensitivity analysis using both principal component analysis and B-spline were applied to investigate the behavior of health risk model along time considering four independent input parameters in the risk equation. In this context, based on the results of sensitivity analysis, concentration of chromium in drinking water (Cw) and body weight (W) were the most influential parameters. Random forest (RF) was used as a variable selection method to choose the most influential parameters for the prediction of chromium. Five parameters, among 13 water quality variables, including phosphate, nitrate, fluoride, manganese and iron were selected by RF as the most important parameters for spatial prediction. Hybrid methods of RF and ordinary kriging (RFOK) and RF and inverse distance weighting (RFIDW) were then applied for spatial prediction of Cr using the secondary variables. The RFOK and RFIDW were more efficient than that of ordinary kriging (OK) with respect to a cross-validation algorithm. For instance, in terms of relative root mean squared error, the performance of OK was improved from 31.72 to 23.21 and 23.61 for RFOK and RFIDW, respectively.
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- Mohamad Sakizadeh
- Department for Management of Science and Technology Development, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
- Faculty of Environment and Labour Safety, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
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- Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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Tarafdar A, Sinha A. Discussion on the technical note entitled, "public health risk assessment following exposure to PAH-contaminated soils - specific considerations for bioaccessibility and other exposure parameters". THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 656:1448-1451. [PMID: 30580782 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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This is a discussion on the technical note entitled, "Public Health Risk Assessment following Exposure to PAH-contaminated Soils - Specific Considerations for Bioaccessibility and Other Exposure Parameters". Presence of some serious issues in the technical note on understanding the scopes and concepts of the original research article have been highlighted. The prevailing unclear definition of bioaccessibility and bioavailability in the scientific community may have been caused the misunderstanding of the scope of our original study. On an effort to clear this idea we feel privileged to write this discussion.
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- Abhrajyoti Tarafdar
- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Republic of Korea; Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, India
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, India.
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Physicochemical Properties of Activated Carbon: Their Effect on the Adsorption of Pharmaceutical Compounds and Adsorbate–Adsorbent Interactions. C — JOURNAL OF CARBON RESEARCH 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/c4040062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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The adsorption of salicylic acid, acetaminophen, and methylparaben (pharmaceutical products derived from phenol) on carbons activated with different surface chemistries was carried out. We evaluated the effect of the physicochemical properties of the adsorbent and adsorbates on the adsorption capacity. A study of the adsorbate–adsorbent interactions via immersion calorimetry in the analytes solutions at different concentrations was included, in addition to the equilibrium data analysis. The results show that the pharmaceutical compounds (2.28–0.71 mmol g−1) have lower adsorption capacities in the activated carbon with the highest content of oxygenated groups (acids), while the activated carbons with amphoteric characteristics increase the capacities of adsorption (2.60–1.38 mmol g−1). This behavior may be associated with the increased affinity between the adsorbent and solvent due to the presence of polar groups, which was corroborated by the high immersion enthalpy value in water (ΔHimmH2O = −66.6 J g−1). The equilibrium data, adjusted to the Freundlich adsorption model, indicated that the heterogeneous adsorption processes involve immersion enthalpy values between −9.42 and −24.3 J g−1.
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Cao XY, Wang S, Tian SQ, Lou H, Kong YC, Yang ZJ, Liu JL. Spectroscopic and molecular modeling studies on the interactions of fluoranthene with bovine hemoglobin. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2018; 203:301-307. [PMID: 29879645 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2018.05.091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2018] [Revised: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 05/27/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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This study aims to investigate the interaction between fluoranthene (FLA) and Bovine hemoglobin (BHb) by ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) absorption, fluorescence, synchronous fluorescence, circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy and molecular docking method. The results showed that the fluorescence intensity of BHb was declined with the increase of FLA concentration. The binding procedure was spontaneous mainly driven by hydrophobic force. The number of binding sites were 0.709 (298 K), and 1.41 (310 K). The binding constants were equal to 4.68 × 103 mol·L-1 at 298 K and 6.17 × 105 mol·L-1 at 310 K. The binding distance between FLA and the tryptophan residue of BHb was 4.50 nm. The results of UV-vis spectra, synchronous fluorescence and CD spectra revealed that FLA could change the conformation of BHb, which might affect the physiological functions of hemoglobin. Moreover, molecular modeling results showed that the fluorescence experimental results were in agreement with the results obtained by molecular docking.
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- Xiang-Yu Cao
- School of Life Science, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
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- School of Life Science, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
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- School of Life Science, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
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- School of Life Science, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
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- School of Life Science, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
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- School of Life Science, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
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- School of Life Science, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China.
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Estimating incipient motion velocity of bed sediments using different data-driven methods. Appl Soft Comput 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2018.04.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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