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Air pollution and health

Health Risk Assessment and Levels of Heavy Metals Contaminated Drinking Water Used by both Adults and Children from Nawanshahr Town

by Jadoon I. Nazir A. Ahmad K. Ali Khan S. Ismail A. Matar A. Alharbi A. Saleh H.

Air pollution and health

The study was conducted to quantify Pb, Ni, Cr, Cd, Cu, and Fe in drinking water (surface and subsurface water) from Nawanshahr Town, Abbottabad, Pakistan, and to evaluate the associated threat to the health of the inhabitants. An atomic absorption spectrometer (Perkin Elmer, AAS-700) was utilized...

Hazardous Substances and Risk Analysis

Effects of Cd and Cr stress on physiological and morphological traits of two cultivars of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under hydroponic system

by Rafique F. Nazir A. Khan S.A. Abbasi A.M. Ismail A.M. Darrag H.Μ. Yehia R. Hajjar M.

Hazardous Substances and Risk Analysis

Hydroponic experiment was conducted to evaluate the single and combine effect of different concentration of Cd ( 80 µM, 100 µM ) and Cr (120 µM, 140 µM) on the seedlings of two wheat cultivars viz. FA-08 and SH-13 commonly grown in Hazara division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa- Pakistan. High dose...