Mohammad Abdul Baki, Md Muzammel Hossain, Jhuma Akter, Shamshad B. Quraishi et al.
A contaminated aquatic environment may end up in the food chain and pose risks to tourist health in a tourist destination. To assess the health risk for tourists that visit St. Martine Island, which is a popular domestic and foreign tourist destination in Bangladesh, a study is undertaken to analyse...
Mohammad Amir Hossain Bhuiyan, Nahid I. Suruvi, Samuel B. Dampare, Mohammad Amirul Islam et al.
This study evaluated the heavy metal pollution level of tannery effluent-affected lagoon and canal water in the southwestern Dhaka, Bangladesh. The measured physicochemical parameters (electrical conductivity, chemical oxygen demand, pH, SO²⁻₄, PO³⁻₄, Cl-, and NO⁻₃) and metals (As, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, C...
A. K. M. Atique Ullah, M. A. Maksud, S. R. Khan, L. N. Lutfa et al.
Concentrations of five heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Cr, As and Hg) in eight highly consumed cultured fish species (Labeo rohita, Clarias gariepinus, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, Cyprinus capio, Puntius sarana, Oreochromis mossambicus, Pangasius pangasius and Anabas testudineus) collected from four wholesal...
M.A. Rakib, Jun Sasaki, Hirotaka Matsuda, Shamshad B. Quraishi et al.
Household drinking water security is one of the major issues among coastal communities in Bangladesh. To examine the groundwater quality and social consequences, groundwater samples and household questionnaires were administered across the study area. Instrumental and statistical tools were used to ...
Mohammad Amirul Islam, Abdullah Al‐Mamun, Faisal Hossain, Shamshad B. Quraishi et al.
In this study, total concentrations of 16 trace elements (Al, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, Sb, Hg, Pb, Th and U) in sediments of the rivers of the Sundarban mangrove forest, after the catastrophic oil spill accident in the Sela river of Sundarban, were determined. The overall mean concentr...
Md. Bodrud-Doza, S. M. Didar-Ul Islam, Tanjena Rume, Shamshad B. Quraishi et al.
Accessing safe drinking water is an essential and primary human needs. This study conducted to investigate the suitability of groundwater use in Dhaka City dwellers, factors affecting groundwater quality, and human health risk to initiate the control measures. In this regards, groundwater samples we...
Md. Morshedul Haque, Nahin Mostofa Niloy, Omme K. Nayna, Konica J. Fatema et al.
The Ganges River is one of the biggest transboundary streams in the Indian sub-continent. The significant part of this waterway channel drains one of the most densely populated areas on the planet so it is unequivocally influenced by human activities. Unprecedented high-temporal-resolution samples w...
Mohammad Amirul Islam, Biplob Das, Shamshad B. Quraishi, Rahat Khan et al.
This study reports the mass fractions of Al, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Zn, As, Ni, Cu, Cd, Hg, and Pb in water and sediments of the Halda river, Bangladesh, and studies the distribution, contamination, and potential ecological risks of the metals and metalloid. The average mass fractions of As, Cd, and Pb are...
Aleya Begum, Ahmed Ismail Mustafa, Muhamad Amin, Tasrina Rabia Chowdhury et al.
Heavy metal pollution was reported in commercially valuable freshwater edible fish in the Buriganga River, Bangladesh. The concentrations of As, Pb, Cd, Cr, Zn, and Cu were investigated in the muscle, gill, stomach, intestine, and liver of Heteropneustes fossilis caught at three stations to assess t...
Loknath Dhar, Saddam Hossain, Md Sajjadur Rahman, Shamshad B. Quraishi et al.
Pollution of water resources by various pollutants is a global environmental issue, particularly, dye pollution has a major contribution to it. From various studies, it is confirmed that adsorption is an excellent remediation technique compared to others. Mg–Al-layered double hydroxides (LDHs) inter...
Md. Bodrud-Doza, Mohammad Amir Hossain Bhuiyan, S. M. Didar-Ul Islam, Shamshad B. Quraishi et al.
Due to over-exploitation and unsustainable groundwater resource management, Dhaka the capital city of Bangladesh has posed an alarming risk of elimination in terms of quantity and its quality. Therefore, this study intended to evaluate the threat of groundwater contamination by geostatistical approa...
M. Nur E. Alam, Mohammad Mozammal Hosen, Asmat Ullah, M. A. Maksud et al.
The consequences of climate change, food security, and self-sufficiency goals are driving excessive human activity onto vegetable farms in Bangladesh, and harmful heavy metal exposure is spreading. So, the study assessed the toxic metals (Pb, Cd, and Cr) exposure, characteristics, and human health r...
Moumita Saha Bristy, Kishor Kumar Sarker, Mohammad Abdul Baki, Shamshad B. Quraishi et al.
Metal contaminations in commercial fish have become a great public health concern worldwide including Bangladesh. The current study was conducted to provide preliminary evidence of nine metals in three commercially significant fish namely Pampus argenteus, Sardinella longiceps and Tenualosa ilisha c...
Tanha Tahity, Md Rakeb‐Ul Islam, Nurer Zaman Bhuiyan, Tasrina Rabia Choudhury et al.
Globally, both natural water bodies and aquaculture systems are being severely contaminated by heavy metals due to rising anthropogenic activities. Fish living in aquatic environments can easily accumulate metals in their bodies, which can then be transferred to consumers and put them at risk. In th...
Kishor Kumar Sarker, Moumita Saha Bristy, Nur Alam, Mohammad Abdul Baki et al.
The study aimed to determine eight hazardous heavy metals in surface water and sediment samples collected from the Naf River, Shah Porir Dwip (estuary), and mostly around Saint Martin's Island in the Bay of Bengal. The results of heavy metals in water samples were ranged as Pb 14.7-313.0, Cd 33.0-70...