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Mar 19, 2021 · Sources, effects and regulations on heavy metal water pollution2.1. Sources of heavy metal and metalloid pollution. Approximately 40% of the lakes and rivers of the planet have been polluted by heavy metals (Zhou et al., 2020). The sources of these pollutants can be natural and anthropogenic.
Sep 8, 2020 · Heavy metals, such as copper, zinc, lead, cadmium and chromium, have been found in the soil of these agricultural lands at a high concentration [ 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 ]. Smelting causes localised pollution through atmospheric pollution, which then deposits on the soil.
Mar 31, 2024 · This review is focused on the heavy metal ions contamination in the water, biosorption methods for heavy metal removal and mathematical modeling to explain the behaviour of heavy metal...
Jan 1, 2023 · Industrial effluents and consumers waste are the biggest contributor in releasing of heavy metals into the water bodies. A broad line-up of toxic heavy metals like Cr, Cd, Hg, Pb, etc., dumped by the industries remains as nondegradable and contaminate the soil and water to larger extent.
Jul 8, 2021 · The heavy metal contaminated wastewater finds its way into the environment, threatening human health and the ecosystem.
Mar 4, 2024 · Water can become contaminated with heavy metals and metalloids because of excessive urbanization, industrialization, coal mining activities, dumping of high metallic wastes, fertilization, anthropogenic activities, and wastewater irrigation.
Jan 1, 2021 · This chapter highlights important implications of the field such as permissible limits of heavy metals in water systems, major sources of aquatic heavy metal pollution, impact of heavy metal contamination on aquatic life, human health and environment, loss of resources in form of heavy metals, prominent strategies adopted to tackle the problem ...
