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Field: Coal and Its By-products

Heavy metal pollution status and health risk assessment vicinity to Barapukuria coal mine area of Bangladesh

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Md. Arif Hossen, Ahnaf Ismam Haque Chowdhury, Md. Reaz Akter Mullick, Asiful Hoque

Journal: Environmental Nanotechnology Monitoring & Management
Year: 2021
Citations: 62
Physical SciencesEnvironmental SciencePollution
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Arsenic Shoot-Grain Relationships in Field Grown Rice Cultivars

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Gareth J. Norton, Md. Rafiqul Islam, Guilan Duan, Ming Lei et al.

Journal: Environmental Science & TechnologyYear: 2010Citations: 61

Arsenic (As) accumulation in rice grains is a risk to human health. The mechanism of transfer of As from the shoot into the grain during grain filling is unknown at present. In this study As speciation in the shoot and grains at maturity were examined, and the relationships between phosphorus (P) an...

Physical SciencesEnvironmental ScienceEnvironmental ChemistryOpen Access
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Environmental impacts of coal mine and thermal power plant to the surroundings of Barapukuria, Dinajpur, Bangladesh

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M. Hossain, Shitangsu Kumar Paul, Md. Muyeed Hasan

Journal: Environmental Monitoring and AssessmentYear: 2015Citations: 58

The study was carried out to analyse the environmental impacts of coal mine and coal-based thermal power plant to the surrounding environment of Barapukuria, Dinajpur. The analyses of coal, water, soil and fly ash were carried out using standard sample testing methods. This study found that coal min...

Physical SciencesEarth and Planetary SciencesGeochemistry and Petrology
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Impact of different industrial activities on heavy metals in floodplain soil and ecological risk assessment based on bioavailability: A case study from the Middle Yellow River Basin, northern China

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Futian Liu, Xueqiu Wang, Shuang Dai, Jian Zhou et al.

Journal: Environmental ResearchYear: 2023Citations: 56

Understanding the impact of different industrial activities on heavy metals and conducting scientific ecological risk assessments are critical to the management of heavy metal pollution. The present study compared soils affected by different industrial activities in three types of industrial cities ...

Physical SciencesEnvironmental SciencePollution
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Ornamental Plant Efficiency for Heavy Metals Phytoextraction from Contaminated Soils Amended with Organic Materials

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Mahrous Awad, Mohamed A. El-Desoky, A. Ghallab, Jan Kubeš et al.

Journal: MoleculesYear: 2021Citations: 56

Accumulation of heavy metals (HMs) by ornamental plants (OPs) from contaminated agriculture soils is a unique technique that can efficiently reduce the metal load in the food chain. Amaranthus tricolor L. has attractive characteristics acquiring a higher growth rate and large biomass when grown at h...

Physical SciencesEnvironmental SciencePollutionOpen Access
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Environmental Impacts of Coal-Mining and Coal-Fired Power-Plant Activities in a Developing Country with Global Context

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Md. Ahosan Habib, Rahat Khan

Journal: Environmental challenges and solutionsYear: 2021Citations: 54
Physical SciencesEarth and Planetary SciencesGeochemistry and Petrology
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Distribution, contamination status and source of trace elements in the soil around brick kilns

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Sazal Kumar, Meixia Zhao, Haiyang Zhang, Md. Aminur Rahman et al.

Journal: ChemosphereYear: 2020Citations: 53

This study reports the distribution, contamination level, and possible sources of 54 metal (oid)s in the soils found around brick kilns in south-western Bangladesh. In total, 40 soil samples were collected from the vicinity of five brick kilns in four directions at 250 m intervals. This study reveal...

Physical SciencesEnvironmental SciencePollution
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi reduce arsenic uptake and improve plant growth in Lens culinaris

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Mohammad Zahangeer Alam, Md. Anamul Hoque, Golam Jalal Ahammed, Lynne Carpenter‐Boggs

Journal: PLoS ONEYear: 2019Citations: 51

Arsenic (As) is a carcinogenic and hazardous substance that poses a serious risk to human health due to its transport into the food chain. The present research is focused on the As transport in different lentil genotypes and the role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) in mitigation of As phyto-to...

Physical SciencesEnvironmental ScienceEnvironmental ChemistryOpen Access
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Physiological responses and accumulation of heavy metals and arsenic of Medicago sativa L. growing on acidic copper mine tailings in arid lands

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Fulong Chen, Shuzhi Wang, Shuyong Mou, syed muhammad iqbal azimuddin et al.

Journal: Journal of Geochemical ExplorationYear: 2015Citations: 48
Physical SciencesEnvironmental SciencePollution
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Trace Metals Concentrations at the Atmosphere Particulate Matters in the Southeast Asian Mega City (Dhaka, Bangladesh)

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Md. Faridul Islam, Syada Sanjida Majumder, Abdullah Al Mamun, Md. Badiuzzaman Khan et al.

Journal: Open Journal of Air PollutionYear: 2015Citations: 44

Atmospheric particulate matters were collected on quartz fibre filters for 24 hours with a low volume sampler from January 2014 to March 2014 at the Southeast Asian mega city (Dhaka, Bangladesh). Particulate matters samples were analysed for eleven trace metals with inductively coupled plasma mass s...

Physical SciencesEnvironmental SciencePollutionOpen Access
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Arsenic Accumulation in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Varieties of Bangladesh: A Glass House Study

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M. Azizur Rahman, Hiroshi Hasegawa, M. Mahfuzur Rahman, Md. Nazrul Islam et al.

Journal: Water Air & Soil PollutionYear: 2007Citations: 41

A glass house study was conducted to investigate the accumulation of arsenic in tissues of five widely cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) varieties of Bangladesh namely BRRI dhan 28, BRRI dhan 29, BRRI dhan 35, BRRI dhan 36, BRRI hybrid dhan 1. Arsenic concentrations were measured in straw, husk and ...

Physical SciencesEnvironmental ScienceEnvironmental ChemistryOpen Access
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Fine-tuning of soil water and nutrient fertilizer levels for the ecological restoration of coal-mined spoils using Elaeagnus angustifolia

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Rana Roy, Jinxin Wang, Mohammad Golam Mostofa, Dario Fornara et al.

Journal: Journal of Environmental ManagementYear: 2020Citations: 37

Coal mining activities remain of great environmental concern because of several negative impacts on soil ecosystems. Appropriate revegetation interventions of coal-spoiled lands can provide environmental management solutions to restore soil degraded ecosystems. The present study addressed the potent...

Physical SciencesEnvironmental ScienceEcology
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Enhancing faecal sludge derived biocrude quality and productivity using peat biomass through co-hydrothermal liquefaction

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Md. Refat Hossain, Md Khalekuzzaman, Sadib Bin Kabir, Md. Bashirul Islam et al.

Journal: Journal of Cleaner ProductionYear: 2022Citations: 36
Physical SciencesEngineeringBiomedical Engineering
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Changes in Acidic Soil Chemical Properties and Carbon Dioxide Emission Due to Biochar and Lime Treatments

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Mehnaz Mosharrof, Md. Kamal Uddin, J. Shamshuddin, Muhammad Firdaus Sulaiman et al.

Journal: AgricultureYear: 2021Citations: 35

To mitigate global climate change and simultaneously increase soil productivity, the use of biochar in agriculture can be a modern agro-technology that can help in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, enhancing soil carbon sequestration, and ultimately increasing crop yield. This study aimed to evalua...

Life SciencesAgricultural and Biological SciencesSoil ScienceOpen Access
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A study on physico-chemical properties and uses of coal ash of Barapukuria Coal Fired Thermal Power Plant, Dinajpur, for environmental sustainability

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M. Farhad Howladar, Md. Raisul Islam

Journal: Energy Ecology and EnvironmentYear: 2016Citations: 35
Physical SciencesEarth and Planetary SciencesGeochemistry and PetrologyOpen Access
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