High arsenic contamination and presence of other trace metals in drinking water of Kushtia district, Bangladesh

Huq, Enamul; Fahad, Shah; Shao, Zhenfeng; Sarven, Most. Sinthia; Al-Huqail, Asma A.; Siddiqui, Manzer H.; Habib-ur-Rahman, Muhammad; Khan, Imtiaz Ali; Alam, Mukhtar; Saeed, Muhammad; Rauf, Abdur; Basir, Abdul; Jamal, Yousaf; Khan, Shahid Ullah

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.04.086

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“…They are classified as toxicants and human carcinogens and induce multiple organ damage even at low concentrations ( Ahmad et al., 2020 ; Nthunya et al., 2017 ; Tyler and Allan, 2014 ; WHO, 2008 ). Pb and As contents in the two Sub-Cities were also lower than the reported values ( Huq et al., 2019 ; Mirzabeygi et al., 2017 ; Nawab et al., 2018 ; Rasool et al., 2016 ; Sadeghi et al., 2018 ), but similar values were reported from Pakistan ( Ahmad et al., 2020 ). Even if these metals were found in small amounts in both selected research areas, the long-term exposures of these toxic metals may cause detrimental health effects on humans.…”

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“…(2018) , Pakistan - - 6.00 ± 10.00–21.00 ± 370.00 - 45.00 ± 40.10–74.00 ± 47.00 - 53.10 ± 56.10–100.00 ± 64.00 88.00 ± 67.10–117.00 ± 66 S&G Khalid et al. (2020) , Pakistan 1.34 ± 0.56–1.86 ± 0.4 0.10–0.03 - 0.44 ± 0.16 0.55 ± 0.12–0.64 ± 0.08 0.13 ± 0.01–0.22 ± 0.02 0.04 ± 0.0–0.13 ± 0.03 0.11 ± 0.01–0.18 ± 0.02 BDL GW Huq et al. (2019) , Bangladesh - - - <0.01–56.20 <0.01–8.00 6.05–590.70 0.60 - 8.00 - S&G Gupta et al.…”

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Determination and health risk assessment of trace elements in the tap water of two Sub-Cities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Gari

Mihret

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Water is an essential component of all living things on earth and the contamination of water by heavy metals can cause detrimental health effects. This study aimed to determine the health risk posed by trace elements (Fe, Zn, Cu, Mn, Ni, Cr, Cd, Co, Pb, and As) present in the drinking water supplies of Gullele and Akaki-Kality Sub-Cities, upstream and downstream parts of Addis Ababa, respectively. The concentrations of the potentially toxic trace elements in the water samples were determined using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES). The highest concentration of the heavy metals was observed for Iron. Cadmium and cobalt were not detected in any of the tap water samples. Samples from Gullele contained higher levels of Fe and Mn, 220.3 ± 0.17 and 19.78 ± 0.08 μg/L, respectively compared to Akaki-Kality, 38.87 ± 0.14 and 2.08 ± 0.01 μg/L, respectively. Conversely, tap water from Akaki-Kality contained significantly higher levels of As than that from Gullele. Additionally, Cr and Ni were detected only in samples from Akaki-Kality, which might be due to the various industries in the area. The highest incremental lifetime cancer risk was found for arsenic, with values for children and adults in Akaki-Kality 2.50 × 10 −4 and 4.50 × 10 −4 , respectively. Likewise, in Gullele Sub-City, it was 5.00 × 10 −5 and 1.00 × 10 −4 for adults and children, respectively. The results indicate that carcinogenic risk occurrence is probable from As in both studied areas.

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Determination and health risk assessment of trace elements in the tap water of two Sub-Cities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Mihret

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“…A significantly higher level of TDS was reported in the Khulna district (average: 1,556.05 mg L À1 ) as well as Shyamnagar, Satkhira (average: 3,691 mg L À1 ) (Islam et al 2017;Rakib et al 2020) which is higher than this study. However, the higher level of TDS concentration is found from the consequences of strong evapotranspiration, industrial toxic waste, domestic sewage, long-term water-rock reactions in a deteriorating condition (Chetia et al 2012;Huq et al 2019), which could significantly affect the drinking water quality.…”

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Drinking water quality, exposure and health risk assessment for the school-going children at school time in the southwest coastal of Bangladesh

Rahman

Islam

Kumar

et al. 2021

Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

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Scarcity of safe drinking water in the coastal regions throughout the world has long been recognized due to hydrological vulnerability and natural disaster, which is severe in developing countries like Bangladesh. This study focuses on trace metal(loid)s contamination and their associated health risks for primary school children from the consumption of tubewell water at school time in the vulnerable southwest coastal region of Bangladesh. The average content of electrical conductivity (EC), turbidity, chloride, total dissolved solids (TDSs), hardness, iron (Fe), and manganese (Mn) were 1,983.6 ± 1,434.6 μS cm−1, 10.46 ± 10.3 NTU, 676.3 ± 648.1, 1,089.1 ± 788.6, 560.6 ± 326.6, 2.18 ± 1.99, and 0.19 ± 0.36 mg L−1, respectively, which exceeded their respective health-based guideline values. The concentrations of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), and zinc (Zn) were lower than the World Health Organization provisional guideline values. Spearman's correlation analysis revealed that the EC of groundwater is dependent on TDS, chlorides, and other cations contributing to hardness, while turbidity results from the Fe content in groundwater. The hazard quotients (HQs) of As, Fe, Mn, and Zn intake were lower than unity for both boys and girls, indicating no non-carcinogenic risks to the children. However, cancer risks (CRs) from As exposure through drinking water were 1.5 and 1.8 times higher than the provisional safe value of 10−4 for boys and girls, indicating a lifetime cancer risk to the school-going children. Therefore, prompt and effective monitoring is a crying need to ensure water's continuous usability for drinking purposes in the study area.

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“…Ecosystem services are the benefits that ecosystems provide for both human societies and the earth itself with reference to regulation, provision, and cultural significance. These include provisioning services such as food, water, timber, and fiber; regulating services that affect climate, floods, disease, wastes, and water quality; cultural services that provide recreational, esthetic, and spiritual benefits; and supporting services such as soil formation, photosynthesis, and nutrient cycling (Huq et al 2019;Sedami et al 2015;Terfa et al 2020;Twumasi et al 2019;Zhang, Weng, and Shao 2017;Zhang et al 2019b). Human beings depend on these ecosystem services because they are vital for human well-being.…”

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Urban sprawl and its impact on sustainable urban development: a combination of remote sensing and social media data

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Sumari

Portnov

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Urbanization is one of the most impactful human activities across the world today affecting the quality of urban life and its sustainable development. Urbanization in Africa is occurring at an unprecedented rate and it threatens the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Urban sprawl has resulted in unsustainable urban development patterns from social, environmental, and economic perspectives. This study is among the first examples of research in Africa to combine remote sensing data with social media data to determine urban sprawl from 2011 to 2017 in Morogoro urban municipality, Tanzania. Random Forest (RF) method was applied to accomplish imagery classification and location-based social media (Twitter usage) data were obtained through a Twitter Application Programming Interface (API). Morogoro urban municipality was classified into built-up, vegetation, agriculture, and water land cover classes while the classification results were validated by the generation of 480 random points. Using the Kernel function, the study measured the location of Twitter users within a 1 km buffer from the center of the city. The results indicate that, expansion of the city (built-up land use), which is primarily driven by population expansion, has negative impacts on ecosystem services because pristine grasslands and forests which provide essential ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration and support for biodiversity have been replaced by built-up land cover. In addition, social media usage data suggest that there is the concentration of Twitter usage within the city center while Twitter usage declines away from the city center with significant spatial and numerical increase in Twitter usage in the study area. The outcome of the study suggests that the combination of remote sensing, social sensing, and population data were useful as a proxy/inference for interpreting urban sprawl and status of access to urban services and infrastructure in Morogoro, and Africa city where data for urban planning is often unavailable, inaccurate, or stale.

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High arsenic contamination and presence of other trace metals in drinking water of Kushtia district, Bangladesh

Cited by 54 publications

References 74 publications

Determination and health risk assessment of trace elements in the tap water of two Sub-Cities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Determination and health risk assessment of trace elements in the tap water of two Sub-Cities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Drinking water quality, exposure and health risk assessment for the school-going children at school time in the southwest coastal of Bangladesh

Urban sprawl and its impact on sustainable urban development: a combination of remote sensing and social media data

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