Worst case scenario for chronic mixed ecotoxicity, assessment of ecological and human health risks from contaminants in an important economic harbor connected to the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt
The Science of The Total Environment,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
970, P. 178975 - 178975
Published: March 1, 2025
Language: Английский
The Ecological Risks of Heavy Metals in the Estuarine Wetland Ecosystem and Their Impacts on Human Health: A Case from Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve, China
Land,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
14(4), P. 845 - 845
Published: April 12, 2025
Nature
reserves
are
integral
to
sustaining
ecological
balance,
functioning
like
a
precise
regulator,
where
various
species
depend
on
and
constrain
one
another
collectively
form
stable
ecosystem.
Nevertheless,
in
the
wake
of
economic
development,
pollutants
heavy
metal
contamination
have
insidiously
emerged,
imperceptibly
influencing
all
these
processes.
To
understand
risk
metals
an
estuarine
nature
reserve,
this
study
focused
Yellow
River
Delta
Reserve
(YRDNNR)
analyzed
distribution,
potential
environmental
risks,
possible
sources
(Mn,
Cu,
Zn,
Cr,
As,
Cd,
Pb)
surface
sediments
region.
The
results
indicated
that
YRDNNR
was
rich
As
with
Cd
presenting
most
substantial
risk.
Further
analysis
suggested
high
levels
could
be
ascribed
agricultural
activities.
This
also
found
practices
made
significant
contribution
carcinogenic
pose
certain
risks
natural
environment
human
health.
More
in-depth
monitoring
testing
should
carried
out,
measures
adopted
accordance
their
development.
Moreover,
systematic
regulation
fertilizer
pesticide
use,
along
enhancements
farmers’
awareness,
is
great
significance
alleviating
pollution
hazards.
findings
carry
implications
for
conservation
coastal
wetlands,
serving
as
critical
alert
proliferation
other
areas
delta.
Language: Английский
A holistic approach to distribution, ecotoxicology, and human health risk of potentially hazardous emerging pollutants along the Egyptian Mediterranean coast: Univariate and multivariate analyses
Marine Pollution Bulletin,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
212, P. 117452 - 117452
Published: Dec. 27, 2024
Language: Английский