A review of heavy metals pollution in riverine sediment from various Asian and European countries: Distribution, sources, and environmental risk

Riverine sediments are important reservoirs of heavy metals, representing both historical and contemporary anthropogenic activity within the watershed. This review has been conducted to examine the distribution of heavy metals in the surface sediment of 52 riverine systems from various Asian and Eur...

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Published in:Marine pollution bulletin 2024-09, Vol.206, p.116775, Article 116775
Main Authors: Zeb, Maria, Khan, Kifayatullah, Younas, Muhammad, Farooqi, Abida, Cao, Xianghui, Kavil, Yasar N., Alelyani, Saeed Saad, Alkasbi, Mohammed M., Al-Sehemi, Abdullah G.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Asia
Asian and European countries
China
ecological risk
Environmental Monitoring
Europe
Geologic Sediments - chemistry
Heavy metal
Metals, Heavy - analysis
pollution source
Risk Assessment
riverine sediment
Rivers - chemistry
Vietnam
Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis
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Summary:Riverine sediments are important reservoirs of heavy metals, representing both historical and contemporary anthropogenic activity within the watershed. This review has been conducted to examine the distribution of heavy metals in the surface sediment of 52 riverine systems from various Asian and European countries, as well as to determine their sources and environmental risks. The results revealed significant variability in heavy metal contamination in the world's riverine systems, with certain hotspots exhibiting concentrations that exceeded the permissible limits set by environmental quality standards. Among the studied countries, India has the highest levels of chromium (Cr), cobalt (Co), manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni), zinc (Zn), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), and lead (Pb) contamination in its riverine systems, followed by Iran > Turkey > Spain > Vietnam > Pakistan > Malaysia > Taiwan > China > Nigeria > Bangladesh > Japan. Heavy metal pollution in the world's riverine systems was quantified using pollution evaluation indices. The Contamination Factor (CF) revealed moderate contamination (1 ≤ CF  Taiwan > Japan and Iron, while the potential risks of ∑non-carcinogenic Pb, Cr, Ni, Cu, Cd, Co, Zn, and Mn for exposed human children and adults through ingestion and dermal conta
ISSN:0025-326X
1879-3363
1879-3363
DOI:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116775