Assessment of Metallic Pollution along with Geochemical Baseline of Soils at Barapukuria Open Coal Mine Area in Dinajpur, Bangladesh

Zakir, H. M.; Arafat, Md. Yeasin; Islam, Md. Mahidul

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“…Rivers and canals are the most important ones among the different leading pathways for transporting contaminants or pollutants from one place to another. Heavy metals enter into these aquatic systems mainly through natural inputs such as weathering and erosion of rocks and anthropogenic sources including urban, industrial and agricultural activities, terrestrial runoff and sewage disposal [1][2][3][4][5][6]. Contamination of aquatic ecosystems with heavy metals has received much attention due to their toxicity, abundance and persistence in the environment and subsequent accumulation in aquatic habitats [7].…”

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Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metal Intake of Common Fishes Available in the Brahmaputra River of Bangladesh

Zakir

Eti

Quadir

et al. 2019

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Fifteen (15) fish species were collected from three (3) locations of the Brahmaputra River to determine heavy metals content in fish flesh, and to assess potential human health risk through consumption of those fishes. The contents of heavy metals in aqueous extract of different fish species were determined by an atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS) at the Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Bangladesh Agricultural University, during the period from March to June, 2018. The concentrations of Mn, Zn, Cu, Pb, Cd and Cr in different fish species ranged from 41.70-376.62, 38.98-279.08, 3.19-47.91, 2.20-3.73, 0.19-1.20 and 0.59-2.40 mg kg-1, respectively. The study results revealed that the edible portion of fish species of the river contained reasonably higher amount of Mn, Zn, Pb, Cr and Cu compared to some other previous studies carried out elsewhere with freshwater fishes. Among the fish species, mola (Amblypharyngodon mola) showed the highest metal pollution index (20.12) followed by chela (Salmophasia bacaila) (17.72), chanda (Chanda nama) (16.78) and chingri (Macrobrachium sp.) (15.83), while baim (Macrognathus aculeatus) exhibited the lowest (6.79). The calculated daily metal intake for Pb, Mn and Cd for both male and female were higher than that of upper tolerable intake level, which indicates consumption of common fishes of this river, is not safe. Similarly, target hazard quotient (THQ) values for Mn surpassed 5.0 for both male and female, and the same value for Pb also surpassed 5.0 for female indicate that the exposed population are unsafe. The study results also revealed that all individual THQ values of other metals for both male and female surpassed 1, which means exposed population are in level of concern interval. In Bangladesh freshwater river fishes are more popular than farm fishes. However, the study results recommend to aware people about heavy metal contents before consuming fish species of a polluted river system.

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Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metal Intake of Common Fishes Available in the Brahmaputra River of Bangladesh

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Quadir

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“…The geo-accumulation index (Igeo) is a common criterion used for quantifying the intensity of heavy metal contamination in terrestrial, aquatic and marine environments, which has been used by many researchers in order to determine the extent of the metal accumulation in the soil and sediments (Gaur et al, 2005;Zakir et al, 2015b;2017c;Hossain and Zakir, 2016;Islam et al, 2020). The geo-accumulation index (Igeo) introduced by Muller (1969) was used to assess heavy metal pollution in different industrial soils of Sreepur Upazila of Gazipur district.…”

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“…The concept of a baseline is a fundamental issue to the formation of a PLI (Tomlinson et al, 1980). The PLI represents the number of times by which the metal content in the soil exceeds the average natural background concentration and gives a summative indication of the overall level of heavy metal toxicity in a particular sample that has been widely used (Zakir et al, 2015b;2017c;Hossain et al, 2017;Zakir and Arafat, 2020). The PLI values ranged from 0.26-1.91 and 0.12-0.32 for polluted and non-polluted soil sampling sites, respectively during the pre-monsoon season (Fig.…”

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Seasonal Variation of Heavy Metal Concentrations in Farm Soils of Sreepur Industrial Area of Gazipur, Bangladesh: Pollution Level Assessment

Hossain¹,

Islam²,

Alam³

et al. 2020

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

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A study was conducted to measure the seasonal variation of different heavy metal contents in farm soils of Sreepur Upazila of Gazipur district and to assess their pollution level. Industrial affected and nonaffected soil samples were collected from 5 locations in three seasons viz. pre-monsoon (April), monsoon (August), and dry season (January), thus a total of 30 soil samples were analyzed for this study. Concentrations of different heavy metals (Cd, Pb, Cr, Ni, Cu, and Zn) in soil samples were determined by an Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS). The mean total concentration of Cd, Pb, Cr, Ni, Cu and Zn in industrial affected soils

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“…soluble salts, use of agrochemicals, disposal of industrial and municipal wastes in agricultural land etc.) (Nriagu and Pacyna, 1988;McGrath et al, 2001;Begum et al, 2014;Zakir et al, 2017a). Each source of contamination has negative effects to plants, animals as well as to the environment, which ultimately affect the human health.…”

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“…If low quality water is applied for irrigation, some ions may accumulate in soils as well as crops and deteriorates soil environment ultimately affecting crop production (Ayers and Westcot, 1985). Several studies reported that the common identifiable contaminants in surface water of Bangladesh are Pb, Cd, Cr, Cu, As, Zn, Mn, K, HCO 3 , Cl and SO 4 , which have significant bad effect on irrigation water quality (Zakir et al, 2012;2013;Bakali et al, 2014;Akter et al, 2015;Hossain et al, 2015;. So, it becomes a prime need to conduct field level investigations before using waters for irrigation practices in both rural and urban areas of Bangladesh.…”

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Appraisal of surface water quality for irrigation collected from Sadar upazila of Jamalpur district, Bangladesh

Akter¹,

Zakir²,

Rahman³

et al. 2018

Arch. Agri. Environ. Sci.

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An attempt was made to assess surface water quality for irrigation collected from Sadar upazila of Jamalpur district, Bangladesh. Total 22 water samples were collected from the study area and analyzed for various physicochemical parameters following standard protocols at the Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh. Major cation and anion chemistry showed their dominance in order of Ca > K > Na > Mg and HCO 3 > Cl > SO 4 > BO 3 > PO 4 > CO 3 , respectively. The study revealed that 18, 14 and 6 samples were unsuitable for irrigation in respect of HCO 3 , K and BO 3 contents in water, respectively. Among the heavy metals, the concentration of Pb, Mn, Cd and Cu in water were comparatively higher than the standard limits, which makes 22, 14, 10 and 3 samples problematic for long term irrigation in the study area. Electrical conductivity (EC) and sodium adsorption ratio (SAR) reflected that surface water samples were low to very high salinity (C1-C4) and low alkalinity (S1) hazards classes. As regards to hardness, out of 22 water samples, 2 were very hard, 8 were hard, 11 were moderately hard and only one was soft in quality. The study results concluded that HCO 3 , BO 3 , K, Pb, Mn, Cd and Cu were the major contaminants in the surface water of Sadar upazila of Jamalpur district, Bangladesh. Finally, the study suggested that the surface water in this area needs to treat to minimize the amount of contaminants before use for irrigation.

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Assessment of Metallic Pollution along with Geochemical Baseline of Soils at Barapukuria Open Coal Mine Area in Dinajpur, Bangladesh

Abstract: A total 42 (5 + 37) soil samples surrounding 4 km 2 of Barapukuria open coal mine area were collected to determine the geochemical baseline and concentrations of different metals after digestion with aqua regia.

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Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metal Intake of Common Fishes Available in the Brahmaputra River of Bangladesh

Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metal Intake of Common Fishes Available in the Brahmaputra River of Bangladesh

Seasonal Variation of Heavy Metal Concentrations in Farm Soils of Sreepur Industrial Area of Gazipur, Bangladesh: Pollution Level Assessment

Appraisal of surface water quality for irrigation collected from Sadar upazila of Jamalpur district, Bangladesh

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