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Potential toxicity of leachate from the municipal landfill in view of the possibility of their migration to the environment through infiltration into groundwater Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-03-06 Agata Jabłońska-Trypuć; Urszula Wydro; Elżbieta Wołejko; Anna Pietryczuk; Adam Cudowski; Jacek Leszczyński; Joanna Rodziewicz; Wojciech Janczukowicz; Andrzej Butarewicz
Leachate from landfills is a product of complex biological and physicochemical processes occurring during waste storage. In the present study, the toxicity of landfill leachate (LL) to human and bacterial cells was investigated for better understanding of LL environmental toxicity. Studies regarding LL physicochemical properties and cytotoxicity analysis were conducted. In Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas
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Assessment of soil washing for heavy metal contaminated paddy soil using FeCl 3 washing solutions Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-03-04 Deok Hyun Moon; Yoon-Young Chang; Minho Lee; Agamemnon Koutsospyros; Il-Ha Koh; Won Hyun Ji; Jeong-Hun Park
In this study, soil washing is applied for the remediation of heavy-metal (Pb, Cu and Zn) contaminated paddy soil located near an abandoned mine area. FeCl3 washing solutions were used in bench-scale soil washing experiments at concentrations in the range of 0.1 to 1 M. The strong acid, HCl was also used in this study for comparison. The washing process was performed at room temperature, mixing at
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Research on the exploitation and utilization degree of mineral water based on ecological base flow in the Changbai Mountain basalt area, northeast China Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-03-04 Ge Wang; Changlai Xiao; Zhiwei Qi; Qiaofeng Lai; Fanao Meng; Xiujuan Liang
Mineral water from the Changbai Mountain basalt area is China's most important source of drinking water. Mineral water with abundant output and enriched trace elements has driven the rapid development of the local economy. However, the extensive exploitation of mineral water and the neglect of ecological base flows threaten interdependent river ecosystems. In order to ensure the sustainable use of
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Temperature and discharge variations in natural mineral water springs due to climate variability: a case study in the Piedmont Alps (NW Italy) Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-03-03 Leone Bastiancich; Manuela Lasagna; Susanna Mancini; Mauro Falco; Domenico Antonio De Luca
In the context of global climate change, understanding the relationships between climate and groundwater is increasingly important. This study in the NW Alps represents the first regional-scale investigation of the groundwater feature variation in mountain aquifers due to climate variability. The analysis of groundwater temperature and discharge in 28 natural mineral water springs and meteorological
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Assessment of geochemical modeling applications and research hot spots—a year in review Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-03-02 Reza Khalidy; Rafael M. Santos
Geochemical modeling has been employed in several fields of science and engineering in recent years. This review seeks to provide an overview of case studies that applied geochemical modeling in the 2019 year, which includes over 250 articles. This review is intended to inform new users on the possibilities that geochemical modeling brings, while also informing existing and past users on its latest
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Tracing groundwater circulation in a valuable mineral water basin with geochemical and isotopic tools: the case of FERRARELLE , Riardo basin, Southern Italy Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-03-01 Elisa Sacchi; Emilio Cuoco; Harald Oster; Vittorio Paolucci; Dario Tedesco; Stefano Viaroli
The Riardo basin hosts groundwater exploited for the production of high quality, naturally sparkling, bottled water (e.g., Ferrarelle water), and circulating in a system constituted by highly fractured Mesozoic carbonates, overlain by more impervious volcanic rocks of the Roccamonfina complex. The two formations are locally in hydraulic connection and dislocated by deep-rooted faults. The study aimed
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Mercury in fish tissues in the area of Malachov Hg-ore deposit (Slovakia) Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-28 Peter Andráš, Jana Dadová, Roman Romančík, Daniela Borošová, Pavol Midula, Vojtech Dirner
The abandoned Malachov deposit belongs among the most important historic Hg deposits in the world. The soil, groundwater, surface water, plants, and animals are still heavily contaminated by potentially toxic elements such as As and Cd, but mainly by Hg. This article is focused on the Hg contamination of aquatic plants and animals in the Malachov creek. Mercury concentrations were measured in fresh
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Fate of selenium in biofortification of wheat on calcareous soil: an isotopic study Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Saeed Ahmad, Elizabeth H. Bailey, Muhammad Arshad, Sher Ahmed, Michael J. Watts, Scott D. Young
Selenium (Se) biofortification of staple cereal crops can improve the Se nutritional status of populations. A field trial employing an enriched stable isotope of Se (77Se) was undertaken over three consecutive cropping seasons in a coarse-textured, calcareous soil in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The objectives were to (1) assess the feasibility and efficiency of Se biofortification, (2) determine the
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Cadmium (Cd) and zinc (Zn) accumulation by Thai rice varieties and health risk assessment in a Cd–Zn co-contaminated paddy field: Effect of soil amendments Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Patompong Saengwilai, Weeradej Meeinkuirt
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Health risk assessment of hexachlorocyclohexane in soil, water and plants in the agricultural area of Potohar region, Punjab, Pakistan Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-24 Talat Ara, Waqar-Un Nisa, Rukhsanda Aziz, Muhammad Tariq Rafiq, Rafaqat Ali Gill, Malik Tahir Hayat, Uzma Afridi
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Transformation of copper oxide and copper oxide nanoparticles in the soil and their accumulation by Hordeum sativum Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-21 Marina Burachevskaya, Tatiana Minkina, Saglara Mandzhieva, Tatiana Bauer, Dina Nevidomskaya, Victoria Shuvaeva, Svetlana Sushkova, Ridvan Kizilkaya, Coşkun Gülser, Vishnu Rajput
In recent years, the study of the influence of nanoparticles (NPs) on the environment has attracted much interest as nanotechnology is becoming the key technology of the future generation. The comparative studies on the effects of macro- and nanosized copper oxide (CuO) on plants rarely cover the state and behaviour of CuO in the soil–plant system. This work considers the transformation of CuO in Haplic
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Risk assessment and elemental quantification of anthropogenic activities in soil Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-21 T. F. Ediagbonya, S. Ajayi
One of the significance parts of ecosystem is the soil, and it is often modified due to man activities. The objective of this work examined the extent of occurrence of elements in the soil and also to identify the soil contamination level via enrichment factor (EF) and contamination factor/pollution index. The enrichment value was computed using five elements (Ti, Mn, Zn, Cu, Cr) and iron (Fe) as reference
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Analysis and assessment of heavy metal contamination in the vicinity of Lake Atamanskoe (Rostov region, Russia) using multivariate statistical methods Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-20 Vitaly G. Linnik, Anatoly A. Saveliev, Tatiana V. Bauer, Tatiana M. Minkina, Saglara S. Mandzhieva
Assessment of spatial patterns of potentially toxic metals is one of the most urgent tasks in soil chemistry. In this study, descriptive statistics and three methods of multivariate statistical analysis, such as the hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA), correlation analysis, and conditional inference tree (CIT), were used to identify patterns and potential sources of heavy metals (Co, Ni, Cu, Cr, Pb
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Faecal and nitrate contamination in the groundwater of Mardan district, Pakistan Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-19 Zia ur Rahman, Saeed Ahmad, Rivka Fidel, Salma Khalid, Iqbal Ahmad, Olivier S. Humphrey, Hizbullah Khan, Bushra Khan
This study aimed to determine the status of groundwater contamination with faecal coliform and nitrate in the rural areas of Mardan district, Pakistan. Both analytes require regular monitoring according to the National Environmental Quality Standards (NEQS) of Pakistan. Groundwater samples (n = 100) were collected from 25 villages across four zones. Samples were analysed for physicochemical parameters
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Exposure to DDT and HCH congeners and associated potential health risks through khat ( Catha edulis ) consumption among adults in South Wollo, Ethiopia Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-17 Desta Woldetsadik, Marcel Pierre Simon, Dennis Knuth, Hillette Hailu, Araya Gebresilassie, Asmare Dejen, Rolf-Alexander Düring
Khat (Catha edulis) chewing is widespread in the region of East Africa. Even low levels of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in khat could induce public health concern. In a market-based study, from five popular khat varieties, a total of 35 composite khat samples were analyzed for dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its main transformation products, and four hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) isomers
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Correction to: Assessment of potentially toxic elements in vegetables cultivated in urban and peri-urban sites in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and implications for human health Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-16 Karzan A. M. Hawrami, Neil M. J. Crout, George Shaw, Elizabeth H. Bailey
In the original publication of the article, the affiliation of the first author.
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Cadmium contamination in agricultural soils of Bangladesh and management by application of organic amendments: evaluation of field assessment and pot experiments Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-13 Shamim Al Mamun, Shatabdi Saha, Jannatara Ferdush, Tanmoy Roy Tusher, Md. Abu-Sharif, Md. Ferdous Alam, Megan R. Balks, Zakia Parveen
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Identification of iron and sulfate release processes during riverbank filtration using chemical mass balance modeling Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-13 Seongnam An, Peter K. Kang, Pieter J. Stuyfzand, Woonghee Lee, Saerom Park, Seong-Taek Yun, Seunghak Lee
Various hydrogeochemical processes can modify the quality of river water during riverbank filtration (RBF). Identifying the subsurface processes responsible for the bank-filtered water quality is challenging, but essential for predicting water quality changes and determining the necessity of post-treatment. However, no systematic approach for this has been proposed yet. In this study, the subsurface
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Is hand-to-mouth contact the main pathway of children’s soil and dust intake? Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-12 Yiwei Gong, Yihang Wu, Chunye Lin, Dongqun Xu, Xiaoli Duan, Beibei Wang, Xitao Liu, Hongguang Cheng, Qin Wang, Jin Ma
Children (n = 240) between the ages of 2 and 17 years were randomly selected from three cities in China. The total amount of soil and dust (SD) on their hands was measured and ranged from 3.50–187.39 mg (median = 19.49 mg). We screened for seven elements (Ce, V, Y, Al, Ba, Sc, and Mn), and Ce levels were used to calculate hand SD by variability and soil elements. The main factors affecting SD amount
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Historical trends of metals concentration in PM 10 collected in the Mexico City metropolitan area between 2004 and 2014 Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-12 Ofelia Morton-Bermea, Elizabeth Hernández-Alvarez, Manuel Alejandro Almorín-Ávila, Sara Ordoñez-Godínez, Laura Bermendi-Orosco, Armando Retama
In this work, we report metals concentrations in 80 PM10 samples collected at four sites in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA): Tlalnepantla (NE), Xalostoc (NE), Merced (C), and Pedregal (S), during the dry/cold season (October to January) for the 2004–2014 period. Mean PM10 mass concentration (66.1 µg m−3) significantly exceeds the annual mean air quality guidelines recommended by the World
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Origin, distribution, and perspective health benefits of particulate matter in the air of underground salt mine: a case study from Bochnia, Poland Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-11 Aleksandra Puławska, Maciej Manecki, Michał Flasza, Katarzyna Styszko
The composition and distribution of airborne particles in different locations in a salt mine were determined in terms of their origin, the distance from the air inlet, and the adaptation of post-mining chambers and corridors for tourists and general audience. The composition of aerosols in air was also evaluated from the perspective of human health. Air samples were collected on filters by using portable
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Oral and inhalation bioaccessibility of potentially toxic elements in household dust from former Hg mining district, Idrija, Slovenia Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-11 Marija Zupančič, Mojca Šušteršič, Špela Bavec, Mateja Gosar
One of the main sources of potential chronic exposure to potentially toxic elements is household dust, especially in an environment with known point sources of PTE pollution. The literature review clearly shows that the total concentrations of an element in the environment do not provide information to predict its bioavailability. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the oral and inhalation
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Multivariate correlation analysis of bio-accumulation with soil properties and potential health risks of cadmium and lead in rice seeds and cabbage in pollution zones, China Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-10 Rui Chen, Qi Wang, Jungang Lv, Zongshuang Wang, Tao Gao
A total of 475 representative cultivated land and 435 crop samples from 11 provinces of China were collected, and lead and cadmium in 6 polluted areas by wastewater irrigation and metallurgy industry were analyzed. Rice is the major cash crop and staple food of Chinese residents. Cabbage is also a common food in Chinese daily life. Pollution levels and spatial distribution of soil, rice, and cabbage
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Short-term effect of NO 2 on outpatient visits for dermatologic diseases in Xinxiang, China: a time-series study Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-09 Ling Chao, Mengxue Lu, Zhen An, Juan Li, Yuchun Li, Qian Zhao, Yinbiao Wang, Yue Liu, Weidong Wu, Jie Song
Objectives As the largest organ of the human body, the skin is the major exposure route of NO2. However, the evidence for a relationship between NO2 exposure and dermatologic diseases (DMs) is limited. This time-series study was conducted to assess the short-term effect of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) exposure on DMs outpatient visits in Xinxiang, China. Methods Daily recordings of NO2 concentrations, meteorological
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Arsenic in the top predators sailfish ( Istiophorus platypterus ) and dolphinfish ( Coryphaena hippurus ) off the southeastern Gulf of California Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-09 Magdalena E. Bergés-Tiznado, J. Fernando Márquez-Farías, C. Cristina Osuna-Martínez, Federico Páez-Osuna
Distribution of arsenic (As) in tissues and gonads of the Indo-Pacific sailfish Istiophorus platypterus and the dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus from the SE Gulf of California was evaluated. The bioaccumulation patterns of As were the same in the two species. In I. platypterus, As levels (mg kg−1, wet weight) were gonads (7.4 ± 1.1) > liver (3.1 ± 0.1) > kidney (2.7 ± 0.1) > muscle (1.6 ± 0.1); in C
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Particulate matter pollution and emergency room visits for respiratory diseases in a valley Basin city of Northwest China Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-09 Bowen Cheng, Yuxia Ma, Hang Wang, Jiahui Shen, Yifan Zhang, Lingyun Guo, Yongtao Guo, Mingji Li
Epidemiological studies have suggested that particulate matter (PM) pollution seriously affects human health, particularly it is closely associated with respiratory diseases. The aim of this study is to quantitatively evaluate the effect of PMs (PM10 and PM2.5) on emergency room (ER) visits for respiratory diseases in Lanzhou, a valley basin city in northwest China. Based on the data of the ER visits
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Pollution, human health risk assessment and spatial distribution of toxic metals in urban soil of Yazd City, Iran Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-09 Somayeh Soltani-Gerdefaramarzi, Mohsen Ghasemi, Morteza Gheysouri
Heavy metal pollution significantly reduces the quality of the environment and threatens human health, especially in industrial cities. This study investigated toxic metals concentrations, pollution levels and human health risks assessment of urban soils in Yazd City, as an industrial city in center of Iran. Soil surface samples (0–10 cm) were collected from 30 points in the area for geochemical analysis
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Health risks of potentially toxic trace elements in urban soils of Manaus city, Amazon, Brazil Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-08 Matheus da Silva Ferreira, Maurício Paulo Ferreira Fontes, Anderson Almeida Pacheco, João Carlos Ker, Hedinaldo Narciso Lima
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Acute associations between air pollution on premature rupture of membranes in Hefei, China Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-08 Chao Zhang, Sha Li, Gan-lan Guo, Jing-wen Hao, Peng Cheng, Li-lin Xiong, Shu-ting Chen, Ji-yu Cao, Yu-wen Guo, Jia-hu Hao
Numerous studies had focused on the association between air pollution and health outcomes in recent years. However, little evidence is available on associations between air pollutants and premature rupture of membranes (PROM). Therefore, we performed time-series analysis to evaluate the association between PROM and air pollution. The daily average concentrations of PM2.5, SO2 and NO2 were 54.58 μg/m3
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Assessment of persistent organic pollutants in soil and sediments from an urbanized flood plain area Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-07 Bhupander Kumar, Virendra Kumar Verma, Meenu Mishra, Piyush, Vatsala Kakkar, Amrapali Tiwari, Sanjay Kumar, Vijay Prakash Yadav, Prashant Gargava
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and phenolic compounds (PCs) are persistent organic compounds. Contamination of these potentially toxic organic pollutants in soils and sediments is most studied environmental compartments. In recent past, studies were carried out on PAHs, OCPs and PCs in various soils and sediments in India. But, this is the first study on these
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Exposure to antibiotics and mental disorders in children: a community-based cross-sectional study Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-06 Jingjing Zhang, Kaiyong Liu, Liang Sun, Linsheng Yang, Xinji Liu, Yitian Zhu, Rong Wei, Zhongxiu Jin, Li Wang, Ying Ma, Sufang Wang, Annuo Liu, Fangbiao Tao
Although exposure to antibiotics at a critical developmental time window has been implicated in mental health in observational and experimental studies, very limited bio-monitoring data are available for exposure to antibiotics associated with child mental disorders. The goal of our study was to examine the association between urinary exposure of children to antibiotics and mental health. The participants
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Effect of long-term exposure to PM 2.5 on years of life lost in a populated Middle Eastern city Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-05 Maryam Moradi, Mostafa Hadei, Mohsen Yazdani, Mohammad Goudarzi, Zeynab Baboli, Yaser Tahmasebi Birgani, Abdolkazem Neisi, Gholamreza Goudarzi
From a public health point of view, years of life lost (YLL) is a more important index than the number of deaths to evaluate the effect of risk factors. The objective of the present study was to estimate the burden of disease including years of life lost (YLL) and expected life remaining (ELR) attributed to long-term exposure to PM2.5 in Ahvaz, one of the most polluted cities of the world, during March
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Abundance and mobility of metal(loid)s in reservoir sediments of Singe Tsangpo and Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet, China: Implications for ecological risk Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-04 Zhenjie Zhao, Shehong Li, Lili Xue, Jie Liao, Jingjing Zhao, Mei Wu, Mingguo Wang, Qiang Yang, Jing Sun, Yan Zheng
Geogenic arsenic enrichment in soil and river sediments of Tibet compared to its upper crustal abundance has been observed, raising the question whether other trace elements are also enriched and thus may pose ecological risks. Because human activities are limited, the reservoir sediments after the recent construction of the Shiquan dam on the Singe Tsangpo (ST) and the Zam dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo
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Assessing pesticide, trace metal, and arsenic contamination in soils and dam sediments in a rapidly expanding horticultural area in Australia Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-03 Stephen R. Conrad, Shane A. White, Isaac R. Santos, Christian J. Sanders
Industrial horticulture can release pesticides and trace metals/metalloids to terrestrial and aquatic environments. To assess long-term and more recent land contamination from an expanding horticultural region, we sampled soils from chemical mixing, crop production, and drainage areas, as well as retention reservoirs (dam) sediments, from 3 blueberry farms with varying land-use history in subtropical
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The correlation of altitude with gingival status among adolescents in western China: a cross-sectional study Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-02 Zhiwu Wu, Rui Zhang, Li Cheng, Ruilie Cai, Hong Chen, Ran Cheng, Tao Hu
Periodontal disease is common in Chinese adolescents. There is little information about the effect of different altitudes on gingival health. This study aimed to investigate the gingival status at different altitudes and to identify relative factors that affect adolescents' gingival status. A total of 1033 adolescents aged 12–14 years were included in this cross-sectional study in Ganzi (plateau, 1400 m
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Preparation, characterization, and applications of polyacrylonitrile/ball clay nanocomposite synthesized by gamma radiation Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-02 M. R. Abass, E. H. EL-Masry, A. B. Ibrahim
Elimination of hazardous metals is of extreme worry for their toxicity at trace levels and accumulation in the biosystem. Polyacrylonitrile ball clay nanocomposite was prepared by gamma irradiation at 20 kGy. Different analytical tools were applied to prove morphology, functional groups, and chemical structure for prepared composite; SEM, TEM, IR, XRD, and XRF. From TEM and XRD data expose the studied
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Assessment of cadmium and lead tolerance potential of quinoa ( Chenopodium quinoa Willd) and its implications for phytoremediation and human health Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-02 Muhammad Amjad, Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal, Ghulam Abbas, Abu Bakar Umer Farooq, Muhammad Asif Naeem, Muhammad Imran, Behzad Murtaza, Muhammad Nadeem, Sven-Erik Jacobsen
Soil contamination with Cd and Pb is a worldwide problem which not only degrades the environment but also poses a serious threat for human and animal health. Phytoremediation of these contaminated soils using halophytic plants like quinoa presents an opportunity to clean the soils and use them for crop production. The current experiment was performed to evaluate the Cd and Pb tolerance potential of
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Differences in quinone redox system of humic substances between endemic and disease-free areas in Kashin–Beck disease-affected Changdu Region, Tibet, China Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-02-01 Yong Jiang, Dingxue Gao, Nan Xu, Xuewen Mao, Hao Yuan, Mingming Hu, Yongzhao Guo, Muhammad Junaid, Min Zhang, Haiwen Xie, Xiuzhen Zhu, Malan Yi, Jinren Ni
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Influence of destructive bacteria and red clover ( trifolium pratense L.) on the pesticides degradation in the soil Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-01-30 Elmira A. Nazarova, Alexey V. Nazarov, Daria O. Egorova, Ludmila N. Anan’ina
Lindane and DDT (1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethane) are pesticides from the group of persistent organic pollutants. These compounds, due to lipophilic properties, accumulate in tissues of organisms, are transmitted through the food chain and ultimately threaten human health. The long-term use of pesticides led to soil and water pollution. Microbial degradation of organochlorine compounds
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Using vermiwash to enhance performance of small-scale vermifiltration for swine farm wastewater Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-01-29 Natthawut Mungruaiklang, Chuleemas Boonthai Iwai
Pollution caused by swine wastewater is a growing concern in many countries. In the developing countries, swine wastewater is not properly collected and treated, the wastewater from swine farm pollutes the ecosystem. Especially for small swine farms, they could not afford to have wastewater treatment system. Therefore, farmers need cheap, sustainable technology for future mixed farming. Vermifiltration
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Temporal fluctuations in water contamination from abandoned pyrite Wieściszowice mine (Western Sudetes, Poland) Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-01-28 Maria R. Costa, Henryk Marszałek, Eduardo Ferreira da Silva, Agata Mickiewicz, Mirosław Wąsik, Carla Candeias
Production of acid mine drainage may occur during mining operations and may continue for many years after closure. In some cases, especially when host rock is capable of reacting with acidic drainage, metal concentrations may decrease over time and distance. Seasonal variations in water flow rate also play an important role in metals concentration both in surface and groundwater. The present study
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Occurrence of 222 Rn and 226,228 Ra in underground water and 222 Rn in soil and their mutual correlations for underground water supplies in southern Greater Poland Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-01-28 Henryk Bem, Magdalena Długosz-Lisiecka, Daria Mazurek-Rudnicka, Piotr Szajerski
European Union Council Directive 2013/51/EURATOM recently sets out so-called indicator parameters for: radon, tritium and indicative dose of water intended for human consumption. The aim of this research was to elaborate an effective procedure for determination of radon and radium 226,228Ra isotopes (which are potentially the main contributors to the internal dose from drinking and cooking water) and
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Assisted phytostabilization of Pb-spiked soils amended with charcoal and banana compost and vegetated with Ricinus communis L. (Castor bean) Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-01-27 Boda Ravi Kiran, M. N. V. Prasad
A greenhouse experiment was performed to elucidate the potency of Prosopis juliflora charcoal (PJC) and banana waste compost (BWC) to improve soil fertility and enhance plant growth rate. Plantlets of Ricinus communis were grown in 0, 400, and 800 mg kg−1 Pb-spiked soil ameliorated with P. juliflora charcoal and banana waste compost at 0, 5%, and 10% (w/w) for 60 days. PJC and BWC significantly (p < 0
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Emission and ecological risk of pharmaceuticals and personal care products affected by tourism in Sanya City, China Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-01-27 Bingnan Ren, Jing Geng, Yu Wang, Pei Wang
In recent years, concern around the impact of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) on the environment has grown. In order to investigate the influence of tourists on emissions and ecological risk of PPCPs, the concentrations of thirty PPCPs were measured in influent and effluent from the four largest wastewater treatment plants, as well as surface river water at six sites in a famous
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Bioaccessibility and human exposure to metals in urban soils (Huelva, SW Spain): evaluation by in vitro gastric extraction Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-01-27 Marco Tulio Guillén, Joaquín Delgado, Alba Gómez-Arias, José Miguel Nieto-Liñán, Julio Castillo
The main purpose of this study was to assess the human health risk of heavy metals in the urban-peri-urban soils from Huelva Township. The soils present high concentrations of potentially toxic elements well beyond the regional screening soil concentration. A site-specific health risk assessment of exposure (oral ingestion, oral inhalation and dermal contact) was conducted according to the regulatory
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Indoor/outdoor relationships, signatures, sources, and carcinogenic risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons-enriched PM 2.5 in an emerging port of northern China Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-01-27 Lei Zhang, Ze Yang, Jiajia Liu, Hao Zeng, Bo Fang, Houjun Xu, Qian Wang
Humans spend most of their time in indoor environments, thus a thorough understanding of indoor and outdoor PM2.5-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) origins for accurate assessment of health risks is required. In the present study, 84 pairs of PM2.5 samples from indoor (laboratory) and outdoor (campus) locations were collected from April to December 2018 in Caofeidian, China. The annual
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Maternal, neonatal and socio-economic factors associated with intellectual development among children from a coal mining region in Brazil Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-01-26 Marcela Dupont-Soares, Marina dos Santos, Edariane Menestrino Garcia, Maria Cristina Flores Soares, Ana Luiza Muccillo-Baisch, Flavio Manoel Rodrigues da Silva Júnior
Coal is the most aggressive energy sources in the environment. Several adverse outcomes on children’s health exposure to coal pollutants have been reported. Pollutants from coal power plants adversely affect the intellectual development and capacity. The present study aimed to evaluate the intellectual development and associated factors among children living a city under the direct influence (DI) and
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Arsenic toxicity in livestock growing in arsenic endemic and control sites of West Bengal: risk for human and environment Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-01-25 Antara Das, Madhurima Joardar, Nilanjana Roy Chowdhury, Ayan De, Deepanjan Mridha, Tarit Roychowdhury
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Health effect and risk assessment of the populations exposed to different arsenic levels in drinking water and foodstuffs from four villages in arsenic endemic Gaighata block, West Bengal, India Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-01-25 Madhurima Joardar, Antara Das, Nilanjana Roy Chowdhury, Deepanjan Mridha, Ayan De, Kunal Kanti Majumdar, Tarit Roychowdhury
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Unrevealing arsenic and lead toxicity and antioxidant response in spinach: a human health perspective Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-01-24 Natasha, Muhammad Shahid, Sana Khalid, Mazhar Saleem
Arsenic (As) and lead (Pb) are highly toxic and carcinogenic metal(loid)s. The present study evaluated the human exposure risk via estimating As and Pb uptake and physiological/biochemical modifications inside spinach plant grown under metal(loid)-contaminated growth medium. Plants were treated with three levels of each metal(loid) (0, 25 and 125 µM) for four weeks. The spinach plants accumulated high
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Molecular characterization of stress tolerance genes associated with D. indicus strain under extreme environment conditions Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-01-23 Anand Raj Dhanapal, Baskar Venkidasamy, Prabagaran Solai Ramatchandirane
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Source characterization and health risks of BTEX in indoor/outdoor air during winters at a terai precinct of North India Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-01-22 Amit Masih, Samriddhi Dviwedi, J. K. Lal
BTEX are the consistently found air contaminants in indoor and outdoor environments. In order to investigate the exposure levels of BTEX, the indoor and outdoor air was analyzed during winter season at homes located at four selected sites of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, which comprised residential, roadside, industrial and agricultural areas. BTEX were sampled with a low-flow pump (SKC model 220)
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Natural occurrence of asbestos in serpentinite quarries from Southern Spain Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-01-21 Andrea Bloise, Claudia Ricchiuti, Rafael Navarro, Rosalda Punturo, Gabriele Lanzafame, Dolores Pereira
The nevado-filábride complex (NFC) (southern Spain) is well known for its widespread mining and quarrying activities. Serpentinite and metabasite rocks are extracted, processed and traded as building and ornamental stones. Due to the possible presence of natural occurrence of asbestos (NOA) in these rocks, the aim of this paper is to conduct an in-depth characterisation of fibrous minerals. To this
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Characteristics, emission sources and health risk assessment of trace elements in size-segregated aerosols during haze and non-haze periods at Ningbo, China Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-01-18 Liangping Long, Jun He, Xiaogang Yang
To characterize trace elements from inhalable particles and to estimate human health risks, airborne particles at an urban area of Ningbo city during haze and non-haze periods from November 2013 to May 2014 were collected by a nine-stage sampler. Seventeen trace elements (Na, Mg, Al, K, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Cd and Pb) were measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
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Thermal desorption treatment of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soils of tundra, taiga, and forest steppe landscapes Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-01-16 Marina V. Bykova, Alexey V. Alekseenko, Mariya A. Pashkevich, Carsten Drebenstedt
The results of field, analytical, and experimental research at a number of production facilities reflect the properties of oil-contaminated soils in 3 landscapes: the permafrost treeless Arctic ecosystem, boreal forest, and temperate-climate grassland-woodland ecotone. Laboratory studies have revealed the concentrations of petroleum hydrocarbons in soils, ranging from medium levels of 2000–3000 mg/kg
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Health assessment of medicinal herbs, celery and parsley related to cadmium soil pollution-potentially toxic elements (PTEs) accumulation, tolerance capacity and antioxidative response Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-01-13 Danijela Arsenov, Milan Župunski, Slobodanka Pajević, Milan Borišev, Nataša Nikolić, Neda Mimica-Dukić
Celery and parsley are recognized as medicinal herbs and nutraceutical vegetables due to their valuable pharmacological properties and numerous health benefits. However, in recent years, soil loadings with various PTEs have become a serious concern across the world, leading to plants pollution, which can consequently diminish their quality and safety for human consumption. Therefore, we attempted to
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Hydrochemical, isotopic and microbiota characterization of telese mineral waters (Southern Italy) Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-01-12 Alfonso Corniello, Marco Guida, Luisa Stellato, Marco Trifuoggi, Federica Carraturo, Elena Del Gaudio, Carmela Del Giudice, Giovanni Forte, Antonella Giarra, Marina Iorio, Fabio Marzaioli, Maria Toscanesi
The study deals with the analyses of springs and wells at the base of Montepugliano Hill that represents the SE edge of the wide carbonate Matese massif (Campania, southern Italy). At the base of the hill, from west to east and for almost one kilometre, cold springs HCO3-Ca type (Grassano springs, ~ 4.5 m3/s; TDS: about 0.45 g/L) pass to hypothermal, HCO3-Ca type, sulphurous and CO2-rich springs (~ 1 m3/s
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Sorption of brilliant green dye using soybean straw-derived biochar: characterization, kinetics, thermodynamics and toxicity studies Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-01-12 Govind Vyavahare, Ranjit Gurav, Ravishankar Patil, Shubham Sutar, Pooja Jadhav, Devashree Patil, Yung-Hun Yang, Jingchun Tang, Chetan Chavan, Sangeeta Kale, Jyoti Jadhav
The present study was aimed to investigate brilliant green (BG) dye sorption onto soybean straw biochar (SSB) prepared at 800 °C and further understanding the sorption mechanism. Sorption kinetic models such as pseudo-first and pseudo-second order were executed for demonstrating sorption mechanism between the dye and biochar. Results of kinetics study were fitted well to pseudo-second-order kinetic
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Metal distribution, bioavailability and isotope variations in polluted soils from Lower Swansea Valley, UK Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-01-11 Kathrin Schilling, Anirban Basu, Alicia Kaplan, William T. Perkins
Soils in the Lower Swansea Valley, (United Kingdom) contain elevated level of metals, enough to cause direct or indirect effects on human health. This study assesses the severity of soil pollution and bioavailability of Cu and other metals (Ni, Zn, Co, Pb and Cr) in soils with various distances from a Ni refinery. We compare Cu concentrations in operationally defined soil fractions (bioavailable, bound
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Effect of soil organic matter on the plant uptake of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulphonic acid (PFOS) in lettuce on granular activated carbon-applied soil Environ. Geochem. Health (IF 3.472) Pub Date : 2021-01-07 Deuk-Yeong Lee, Geun-Hyoung Choi, David Megson, Kyeong-Yeol Oh, Ik-Won Choi, Dong-Cheol Seo, Jin-Hyo Kim
The presence of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulphonic acid (PFOS) in crops is an important consideration for food safety. The soil organic matter (SOM) content may affect the adsorption potential of PFOA and PFOS in water and soil and their subsequent uptake in crops. To better understand these dynamics, the adsorption and uptake of PFOA and PFOS in lettuce were investigated using
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