Environmental Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution and Human Health Risk

Mohamed A. Hassaan; Ahmed El Nemr; Fedekar F. Madkour

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Environmental Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution and Human Health Risk

Mohamed A. Hassaan, Ahmed El Nemr, Fedekar F. Madkour

Published in American Journal of Water Science and Engineering (Volume 2, Issue 3)

Received: 4 September 2016 Accepted: 20 October 2016 Published: 3 November 2016

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Abstract

Heavy metals are normally occurring elements that have a density at least 5 times higher than of water. Their plentiful domestic, industrial, agricultural and technological usages have led to their widespread distribution in the environment; raising worries over their possible impacts on human health and the environment. The toxicity of heavy metals relies on numerous factors including the dose, method of exposure, and chemical types. This review provides an analysis of heavy metals occurrence, toxicity, and some pollution assessment methods such as the geoaccumulation index, contamination factor, Contamination Degree, Enirchment factor, pollution load index, Ecotoxilogical sense of heavy metals contamination and Risk Assessment of heavy metals consumption.

Published in	American Journal of Water Science and Engineering (Volume 2, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajwse.20160203.11
Page(s)	14-19
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2016. Published by Science Publishing Group

Keywords

Heavy Metals, Health Effects, Environmental Effect, Geoaccumulation Index, Contamination Factor, Contamination Degree, Pollution Load Index, Ecotoxilogical Sense and Risk Assessment

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Mohamed A. Hassaan

Environmental Division, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Kayet Bey, El-Anfoushy, Alexandria, Egypt
Ahmed El Nemr

Environmental Division, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Kayet Bey, El-Anfoushy, Alexandria, Egypt
Fedekar F. Madkour

Marine Science Department, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt

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Mohamed A. Hassaan; Ahmed El Nemr; Fedekar F. Madkour. Environmental Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution and Human Health Risk. Am. J. Water Sci. Eng. 2016, 2(3), 14-19. doi: 10.11648/j.ajwse.20160203.11

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Mohamed A. Hassaan, Ahmed El Nemr, Fedekar F. Madkour. Environmental Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution and Human Health Risk. Am J Water Sci Eng. 2016;2(3):14-19. doi: 10.11648/j.ajwse.20160203.11

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