Distribution of heavy metals in water and sediment of an urban river in a developing country: A probabilistic risk assessment

Ali, Mir Mohammad; Rahman, Saima; Islam, Md. Saiful; Rakib, Refat Jahan; Hossen, Shaharior; Rahman, Zillur; Kormoker, Tapos; Idris, Abubakr M.; Phoungthong, Khamphe

doi:10.1016/j.ijsrc.2021.09.002

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“…Because of the toxicity and persistence in the environment, heavy metal pollution has become a global, regional, and local concern (Ahmed et al, 2020;Khan et al, 2020;Babu et al, 2021;Kumar et al, 2021;Ali et al, 2022). The aquatic ecology is effected by the various toxic trace metals as most of them are long-persistent, bio-accumulative character and non-biodegradable in nature (Bhuyan et al, 2017;Ali et al, 2018;Bhuyan et al, 2019).…”

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Pollution level of trace metals (As, Pb, Cr and Cd) in the sediment of Rupsha River, Bangladesh: Assessment of ecological and human health risks

Kubra

Mondol

Ali

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Front. Environ. Sci.

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The study area was selected in the Rupsha river basin and the sediment samples were collected to determine trace metal concentrations of As, Pb, Cd, and Cr along with biological effects, and potential ecological and human health hazards for adults and children. The concentrations of trace metals were detected from sixty composite sediment samples using an Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS) following some sequential analytical procedures. The mean concentrations of trace metals were organized in the descending order of chromium (Cr) (43.2 mg/kg) > lead (Pb) (29.21 mg/kg) > arsenic (As) (5.18 mg/kg) > cadmium (Cd) (1.8 mg/kg). The current study highlighted that metals were attributed to the riverine sediments from natural sources and other anthropogenic sources, particularly from various industries. Based on the effect-range classifications of threshold effect concentration (TEC) and probable effect concentration (PEC), the trace metal concentrations can impact on the sediment-dwelling organisms occasionally especially for Cr, Cd, and Pb. That is, the concentrations had negative biological consequences on aquatic creatures. The assessed potential ecological risk of Cd offers a significant risk to the aquatic ecosystem, whereas As, Cr, and Cd were in low-risk. Most of the sites of the study area were within the range of moderate risk, indicated by the risk index (RI) values. Furthermore, the applied sediment quality indices, geo-accumulation index (Igeo) indicated that sediment was contaminated by Cd whereas contamination factor (CF) denoted that the sediment of the study area was moderately polluted by Pb. However, pollution load index (PLI) revealed that the study area was polluted for cumulative sence especially in winter season. The age-group risk index (HI) was much lower than the threshold limit of 1, showing that the pollution had no non-carcinogenic risk effect. Total carcinogenic risk (TCR) was less than one-tenth of a percentile. For the sake of human and environmental health, proper monitoring of metal element attribution and strict regulation are required to lessen trace metal pollution.

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Pollution level of trace metals (As, Pb, Cr and Cd) in the sediment of Rupsha River, Bangladesh: Assessment of ecological and human health risks

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Ali

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“…Meanwhile, Ni and Cd in the branch sediment surpassed the PEL in 80% and 53% of the samples, respectively, indicating frequent adverse effects on aquatic organisms. Because of the significant influences of domestic wastes, industrial emissions, agricultural applications of pesticides and fertilizers, and atmospheric deposition, many sources continuously degrade the sediments (Ali et al, 2022). The overall degree of ER for the metals in the branch sediments (ƩTU and TRI) revealed that the samples posed low to moderate overall ecological risks, with no seasonal differences and high regional variations (Figs.…”

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Heavy Metal Contamination of the River Nile Environment, Rosetta Branch, Egypt

Al-Afify

Abdel-Satar

2022

Water Air Soil Pollut

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The Rosetta Branch is one of Egypt’s most important Nile River branches, providing freshwater to multiple cities. However, its water quality has been deteriorating, with various wastes containing high loads of heavy metals being discharged into its body of water. Seasonally, water and sediment samples and two native aquatic plants (Ceratophyllum demersum and Eichhornia crassipes) were collected and analyzed from the Rosetta Branch to assess the level of metal contamination (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Pb, Ni, Cd, Cr, and Co) using different metal indices. The levels of some metals in the branch water overstepped those suitable for drinking water and aquatic life. In increasing order, the means of the heavy metal concentrations in branch water (µg/L) were Cd (1.8–4.9) < Co (7.18–28.1) ≈ Ni (9.0–25.1) < Cr (8.56–27.4) < Cu (14–75) < Pb (9.3–67.9) < Zn (22–133) < Mn (68–220) < Fe (396–1640). All the metal indices measured in the sediment confirmed the Ni and Cd contamination, where Ni and Cd in the sediment surpass the sediment quality guidelines in 80% and 53% of samples, respectively, reflecting frequent adverse effects on aquatic organisms. According to the bioconcentration factor, C. demersum and E. crassipes have higher accumulation capacities mainly for Cd than those for other metals considered as major pollutants in the water and sediment of Rosetta Branch, reflecting the role of hydrophytes in the biological treatment of polluted water in aquatic environments.

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“…e enrichment factor is considered as a normalized method to indicate differential variability of heavy metals in sediments from the anthropogenic and natural metal sources [24]. is involves the standardization of heavy metals in sediment with reference elements such as aluminum (Al), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), titanium (Ti), selenium (Se), lithium (Li), and cesium (Cs) [25][26][27]. In this study, Li was been chosen to normalize metal concentration because it basically comes from natural sources.…”

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Contamination and Ecological Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Surface Sediments of Huangshui River, Northwest China

Fang

Wei²,

et al. 2022

Journal of Chemistry

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In the Xining area of Huangshui River, China, the concentrations of globally alarming toxic heavy metals such as chromium (Cr), arsenic (As), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), and zinc (Zn) in the surface sediments were measured to determine the ecological risks to the riverine ecosystem. Overall, the concentrations of heavy metals in the surface sediments were relatively high. The results indicated that the concentrations of Pb/Zn/Cr were lower than 120/250/200 mg·kg−1 which was the risk screening value of each heavy metal for soil contamination of agricultural land (GB15618-2018). The concentrations of As/Cd were higher than 120/3.0 mg·kg−1 which was the risk intervention value of As/Cd for soil contamination of agricultural land (GB15618-2018). Their values were arranged in the following decreasing order: As (151.23–818.55 mg·kg−1) > Cr (44.18–201.70 mg·kg−1) > Pb (29.10–121.95 mg·kg−1) > Zn (1.45–86.18 mg·kg−1) > Cd (4.36–6.21 mg·kg−1). The concentrations of As, Cr Pb, and Cd greatly exceeded the background contents of elements in Qinghai soils. While Zn was lower than background. The contamination factor (CF), the geoaccumulation index (Igeo), and the potential ecological risk index (RI) of As, Cr, Cd, and Pb followed the descending order of Cd > As > Pb > Cr > Zn. The order of the enrichment factor (EF) was as follows: As > Cd > Pb > Cr > Zn. The contamination level of heavy metals implied that the condition is frightening and probably severely affecting the aquatic ecology. Cd and As were the main contributing elements to the ecological risk of the sediments in the Xining area of the Huangshui River, which should be mainly studied and prevented.

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Distribution of heavy metals in water and sediment of an urban river in a developing country: A probabilistic risk assessment

Cited by 84 publications

References 117 publications

Pollution level of trace metals (As, Pb, Cr and Cd) in the sediment of Rupsha River, Bangladesh: Assessment of ecological and human health risks

Pollution level of trace metals (As, Pb, Cr and Cd) in the sediment of Rupsha River, Bangladesh: Assessment of ecological and human health risks

Heavy Metal Contamination of the River Nile Environment, Rosetta Branch, Egypt

Contamination and Ecological Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Surface Sediments of Huangshui River, Northwest China

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