Heavy Metals and Hydrocarbons

Das, Surajit; Raj, Ritu; Mangwani, Neelam; Dash, Hirak Ranjan; Chakraborty, Jaya

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-800021-2.00002-9

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Section: Smoke From Burning Biomass/fossil Fuelmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…PAHs are semivolatile and highly lipophilic (Das et al 2014), photosensitive, resistant to heat and corrosion (Kim et al 2013 and reference therein) and persistent organic pollutants (POPs) (Cheung et al 2006). PAHs are hydrophobic and mostly nondegradable because they are largely attached with dust particles in air/sediments and adsorbed in the soil (Das et al 2014 and references therein). Because of their widespread sources and ubiquitous presence in the environment, they have been classified as POPs by United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (1998) and United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) (Park et al 2010;Li et al 2013).…”

Section: Smoke From Burning Biomass/fossil Fuelmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…PAHs have at least two or more fused benzene rings in their structure with high toxicity, mutagenicity and carcinogenic characteristics (Das et al 2014;Ungvari et al 2014;IARC 2010a, b;Cao et al 2010). There are many hundreds of PAHs compounds detected in the air (WHO 2000a, b, c), but exposure to PAHs is mostly performed for the commonly occurring PAHs (ATSDR 1995), as described in Table 2.…”

Section: Structure Characteristics Distribution and Toxicity Of Pahsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…PAHs, a group of ubiquitous, persistent organic pollutants (POPs) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) represent a group of carbon (C)-and hydrogen (H)-containing organic compounds (Ravindra et al 2008;Park et al 2010) that are widely distributed and relocated in the indoor and outdoor environment (Das et al 2014;. PAHs are semivolatile and highly lipophilic (Das et al 2014), photosensitive, resistant to heat and corrosion (Kim et al 2013 and reference therein) and persistent organic pollutants (POPs) (Cheung et al 2006).…”

Section: Smoke From Burning Biomass/fossil Fuelmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A review of PAH exposure from the combustion of biomass fuel and their less surveyed effect on the blood parameters

Kamal

Cincinelli

Martellini

et al. 2014

Environ Sci Pollut Res

120

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Many epidemiological studies from all over the world have reported that populations of rural and urban environments differ in their health issues due to the differences in the countrywide pollution pattern. In developing countries, various occupational cohorts and subsections of the population in urban and rural areas are routinely exposed to several environmentally widespread contaminants. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a group of over hundred different compounds and have ubiquitous presence in rural and urban environments. Smoke from the combustion of biomass fuel contains a high concentration of carcinogenic PAHs, which are related with several human morbidities. The sources and types of biomass fuel are diverse and wide in distribution. Limited numbers of literature reports have focused the significant impact of PAHs on several components of blood, both in human and wildlife. The toxicity of PAHs to rapidly dividing cells (e.g., bone marrow cells) and other tissues is largely attributed to their reactive oxygenated metabolites, potential of causing oxidative stress, and the adducts of their metabolites with DNA. This review aims to encompass the blood-related effects of PAHs and associated human health risks-an aspect that needs further research-on the population of developing countries of the world in particular.

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Section: Smoke From Burning Biomass/fossil Fuelmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Smoke From Burning Biomass/fossil Fuelmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Structure Characteristics Distribution and Toxicity Of Pahsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Smoke From Burning Biomass/fossil Fuelmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A review of PAH exposure from the combustion of biomass fuel and their less surveyed effect on the blood parameters

Kamal

Cincinelli

Martellini

et al. 2014

Environ Sci Pollut Res

120

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“…As a result, it may contribute to a variety of illnesses, including heart disease, cancer and diabetes (Järup and Åkesson, 2009). Findings yielded by recent studies (Larsson et al, 2015;Tilley and Fry, 2015;Das et al, 2014) suggest that cadmium exposure may produce adverse health effects at lower exposure levels than previously predicted, including increased risk of hormonal cancers. For example, researchers on Long Island (Gallagher et al, 2010) estimated that about 40% of breast cancer cases recorded in the U.S. might be associated with elevated cadmium levels.…”

Section: Cadmium Concentrationmentioning

confidence: 93%

Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Fish in Saudi Arabia

Hakami¹

2016

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

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Heavy metals such as arsenic, cadmium, mercury and lead constitute a serious threat to human health. Generally, regular consumption of fish is recommended because it is a good source of omega-3 fatty acids, which have been associated with health benefits. However, flesh of some fish species contains heavy metals in high concentration, which may pose health risk for individuals that consume them in significant quantities. Therefore, over the last few years, evaluation of heavy metals in fish has become a matter of great global concern and especially in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.The aim of the present work was toassess the concentration of the most toxic heavy metals present in fish caught along the eastern and western coasts of Saudi Arabia, which was achieved through several studies. Results yielded by analyzing 73 fish species and 1,027 edible fish part samples from 12 sampling sitesrevealed considerable variation in metal concentrations across the sampling locations and fish species. Amounts of some of heavy metals were below the maximum allowed limit. Moreover, high hazard index (HI > 10) was obtained for the consumption of some fish species caught at specific sites, which indicates a high probability of consuming populations experiencing adverse health effects.

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