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1. Dust Effects and Human Health

   The societal evolution not only provides the progress of mankind, but also brings the serious environmental pollution. Industrial revolution changes...

   Tariq Ali, Syed Ali Mustjab Akber Shah Eqani, ... Muhammad Zafar Hashmi in Dust and Health

   Chapter 2023
   

2. Human Health Implications of Environmental Nanoparticles

   The scientific world is beginning to give deeper cursory attention to nanoparticles because of their significant influence on the health of humans,...

   Patrick Omoregie Isibor, Samuel Adeniyi Oyegbade, ... Oluwafemi Adebayo Oyewole in Environmental Nanotoxicology

   Chapter 2024
   

3. Air Quality and Human Health

   Air quality is a measurement that describes how good or poor air is present within the atmosphere. Good air contains a barely low amount of solid...

   Janhavi Singh, Swagata Payra, Sunita Verma in Geospatial Analytics for Environmental Pollution Modeling

   Chapter 2023
   

4. Human Health Risk from Stormwater Pollution

   Urban stormwater contains a diversity of pollutants and some can be toxic to human healthHuman health such as heavy metalsHeavy metals (HMs) and...

   Yukun Ma, Prasanna Egodawatta, ... Ashantha Goonetilleke in Human Health Risk Assessment of Toxic Chemical Pollutants in Stormwater

   Chapter 2023
   

5. Aquatic Ecotoxicology and Human Health

   An aquatic ecosystem can act as a hotspot for contaminants in various ways. Contaminants can dissolve in water, deposit into the sediments, and, when...

   Samreen Siddiqui, Susanne M. Brander in Aquatic Ecotoxicology

   Chapter 2024
   

6. Harnessing soil biodiversity to promote human health in cities

   Biodiversity is widely linked to human health, however, connections between human health and soil biodiversity in urban environments remain poorly...

   **n Sun, Craig Liddicoat, ... Yong-Guan Zhu in npj Urban Sustainability

   Article Open access 14 February 2023
   

7. Human Health Effects of Chronic Cadmium Exposure

   Cadmium (Cd) is a hazardous unnecessary transition metal that is harmful to people and animals. Cadmium is naturally prevalent in the environment and...

   Naqshe Zuhra, Tayyaba Akhtar, ... Sadia Javed in Cadmium Toxicity Mitigation

   Chapter 2024
   

8. The effects of extreme heat on human health in tropical Africa

   This review examines high-quality research evidence that synthesises the effects of extreme heat on human health in tropical Africa. Web of Science...

   Joshua Jonah Kunda, Simon N. Gosling, Giles M. Foody in International Journal of Biometeorology

   Article Open access 25 March 2024
   

9. Toxicological impacts of microplastics on human health: a bibliometric analysis

   Plastic has been known as an artificial polymer whereas environmental microplastics become a global concern. Microplastics are reported to cause...

   Nishu Mittal, Neeraj Tiwari, ... Sapna Sharma in Environmental Science and Pollution Research

   Article 08 November 2023
   

10. Health risk of human exposure to microplastics: a review

    Microplastics are emerging contaminants that have been detected recently in most environmental and biological systems, yet their health risk for...

    Kuok Ho Daniel Tang, Ronghua Li, ... Dun Wang in Environmental Chemistry Letters

    Article 25 March 2024
    

11. Human health and ecology at risk: a case study of metal pollution in Lahore, Pakistan

    Background

    With rapid industrial development, heavy metal contamination has become a major public health and ecological concern worldwide. Although...

    Hafiza Hira Iqbal, Ayesha Siddique, ... Naeem Shahid in Environmental Sciences Europe

    Article Open access 08 January 2024
    

12. Human Exposure to Dietary Microplastics and Health Risk: A Comprehensive Review

    The ubiquity of microplastics (MPs) in natural surroundings leads to inevitable human exposure. MPs are reported to be present in daily food...

    Mayukh Hore, Shubham Bhattacharyya, ... Jayanta Kumar Biswas in Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

    Article 05 June 2024
    

13. Environmental factors and its influence on human health in BRICS: implications for human development

    BRICS economies are facing severe environmental issues that exert a detrimental impact on human health. The analysis intends to examine the impact of...

    Wenxin Wang, Muhammad Hafeez, ... Raufhon Salahodjaev in Environmental Science and Pollution Research

    Article 27 October 2022

14. Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainable Community Human Health in Chivi, Zimbabwe

    This chapter examined use of Indigenous knowledge on herbs to ensure sustainable health lives during COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on Indigenous...

    Dominic Mashoko in SDGs in Africa and the Middle East Region

    Living reference work entry 2024
    

15. Human health risk assessment of metal-contaminated soils in Sydney estuary catchment (Australia)

    Sydney estuary catchment supports the largest city in Australia and provides essential eco-social and environmental services; however, the region has...

    Gavin Birch, **aoyu Wang, Enfeng Liu in Environmental Geochemistry and Health

    Article Open access 14 March 2024
    

16. Urbanization-driven soil degradation; ecological risks and human health implications

    Urban soils contaminated with heavy metals and pesticide residues are of great concern because of their adverse impact on human health. A total of 66...

    Behiye Durdu, Fatma Gurbuz, ... Mustafa Gurbuz in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

    Article 27 July 2023
    

17. Review: Artisanal Gold Mining in Africa—Environmental Pollution and Human Health Implications

    About nine million Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) workers in Africa and people living near ASGM activities are highly exposed to...

    Maureene Auma Ondayo, Michael J. Watts, ... Odipo Osano in Exposure and Health

    Article Open access 11 November 2023
    

18. Human Health Effects of Chronic Arsenic Exposure

    Arsenic is commonly found in Earth’s crust and ranks 20th in terms of abundance. It can enter the human body through drinking water, inhalation, and...

    A. Hashim in Arsenic Toxicity Remediation: Biotechnological Approaches

    Chapter 2023
    

19. Sustainable E-Waste Management and Its Effect on Environment and Human Health

    This chapter addresses how electronic devices are becoming more and more integrated into daily life and how this has led to an increase in the...

    Ashwani Kumar, P. P. Singh, Manoj Kumar Khanna in Integrated Waste Management

    Chapter 2024
    

20. Global navigation of Lithium in water bodies and emerging human health crisis

    The production of lithium (Li) increased by 256% in recent years due to unprecedented demands from technological industries. Intensive harvesting...

    Muhammad Adeel, Muhammad Zain, ... Rui Yukui in npj Clean Water

    Article Open access 14 April 2023