Heavy metal contaminations of soil in waste dumping and non-dumping sites in Khulna: Human health risk assessment

Health status assessment of people adjacent to temporary waste disposal sites in Khulna city, Bangladesh

“…Although the negative consequences of dumpsites have become increasingly common in recent times, there has been no study conducted on the health and environmental impacts experienced by individuals residing in the vicinity of the municipal waste dumpsites situated in Khulna city, Bangladesh. A recent study described heavy metal contamination in the soil at the dumping areas of Khulna city, and warned that Fe, Cr and Cd have already exceeded the human health safety limit [ 26 ]. However, this study did not consider the health status of the residents living surrounding the dumpsite and those who lived far from the dumpsite in Khulna City.…”