Pollutants are persistent in the environment, taint food chain, and harm people's health because of their toxicity. In this study, mangrove snails called Cerithidea obtusa (C. Obtusa) were gathered from Southwest Johor, Malaysia, amounts macro micro elements Ca, Fe, K, Mg, Na, As, Mn, Zn soft tissues, shells, related surface sediments analysed. The Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) method was u...

Background: Industrial pollution of metals is a serious environmental concern. The presence Sarcheshmeh copper (Cu) mine and the possibility soil pollution, were primary motivations for evaluating heavy in this area. Methods: A total 171 10 sediment samples collected randomly from study area Cu, aluminum (Al), molybdenum (Mo), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd) determination. USEPA method was used to acid...

The river Nile is a dominating physical feature of the northeastern part of the African continent, covering areas exhibiting varieties and contrasts in topography, climate vegetation and people. So, in this study, we estimated the contamination of the Nile sediment with some major and trace heavy metals in core samples which can cause some undesirable health effects. Concentrations of all eleme...

Global water shortage is caused not just by the physical scarcity of water, but also gradual deterioration quality resources such as lakes, streams and rivers with heavy metals. This present study evaluated status Mn, Fe, Cr, Cu, Ni, As, Zn, Pb Cd in sediments from lower Orange River Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry technique collecting a total eleven samples, each weighi...

The spatial and temporal distributions, contamination evaluation, source apportionment of Cu, Zn, As, Pb, Cd, Cr in the sediments Hulun Lake were explored this work. pollution characteristics six heavy metals assessed by single factor index (PI) geo-accumulation (Igeo). sources surface analyzed positive definite matrix factorization (PMF) Pearson correlation analysis. sedimentary records core r...

The magnitude and ecological relevance of metal pollution from the upstream of water sources after emergency pollution events was investigated by applying a set of complementary sediment quality assessment methods: (1) geochemical assessment based on background value (the geoaccumulation index); (2) comparisons with sediment quality guidelines (SQGs); (3) an evaluation of the combined pollution...

The Subarnarekha River is one of the most important east flowing rivers of India. The river in West Bengal and Odisha is site for the Subarnarekha Barrage Project and Kirtania port respectively. The major objectives of the present study were to investigate the pre-projects level of heavy metals in water and sediments of the Subarnarekha River along the projects’ sites. Water and Surface sedimen...

The lake management strategy of sediment dredging (removal) is periodically undertaken in shallow, eutrophic Mogan Lake, an important recreation area. This study aims to use certain indices - enrichment index (EF), contamination/pollution (CF), degree contamination (Cd), pollution load (PLI), geoaccumulation (Igeo), potential ecological risk (Eri), integrated (PER), and mean probable effect con...

The concentration of some heavy metals: Al, Ca, K, Fe, Ti, Mg, Mn, V, Cr, Zn, Ni and Co in sediments from Pulicat Lake to Vadanemmeli along Chennai Coast, Tamil Nadu has been determined using EDXRF technique. The mean concentrations of Mg, Al, K, Ca, Ti, Fe, V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, and Zn were found to be 1918, 25436, 9832, 9859, 2109, 8209, 41.58, 34.14, 160.80, 2.85. 18.79 and 29.12 mg kg-1 respec...

This research intends to offer a scientific foundation for environmental monitoring and early warning which will aid in the protection management of Qaroun Lake. Lake is increasingly influenced by untreated wastewater discharge from many anthropogenic activities, making it vulnerable pollution. For that, six pollution indices, namely contamination factor (Cf), enrichment (EF), geo-accumulation ...