Groundwater fluoride contamination in Ghana and the associated human health risks: Any sustainable mitigation measures to curtail the menace?

2021 ◽  
pp. 100715
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Daanoba Sunkari ◽  
Salaam Jansbaka Adams ◽  
Moses Boakye Okyere ◽  
Prosun Bhattacharya
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Fluoride Contamination ◽  
Human Health Risks ◽  
Sustainable Mitigation

Fluoride contamination in groundwater resources in the southern Iran and its related human health risks

2019 ◽  
Vol 153 ◽  
pp. 95-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hadi Dehghani ◽  
Ahmad Zarei ◽  
Mahmoud Yousefi ◽  
Farzaneh Baghal Asghari ◽  
Gholam Ali Haghighat
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
Fluoride Contamination ◽  
Human Health Risks ◽  
Southern Iran

scholarly journals Insects, Rodents, and Pets as Reservoirs, Vectors, and Sentinels of Antimicrobial Resistance

Antibiotics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Willis Gwenzi ◽  
Nhamo Chaukura ◽  
Norah Muisa-Zikali ◽  
Charles Teta ◽  
Tendai Musvuugwa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antimicrobial Resistance ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Human Health Risk ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Human Health Risks

This paper reviews the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in insects, rodents, and pets. Insects (e.g., houseflies, cockroaches), rodents (rats, mice), and pets (dogs, cats) act as reservoirs of AMR for first-line and last-resort antimicrobial agents. AMR proliferates in insects, rodents, and pets, and their skin and gut systems. Subsequently, insects, rodents, and pets act as vectors that disseminate AMR to humans via direct contact, human food contamination, and horizontal gene transfer. Thus, insects, rodents, and pets might act as sentinels or bioindicators of AMR. Human health risks are discussed, including those unique to low-income countries. Current evidence on human health risks is largely inferential and based on qualitative data, but comprehensive statistics based on quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) are still lacking. Hence, tracing human health risks of AMR to insects, rodents, and pets, remains a challenge. To safeguard human health, mitigation measures are proposed, based on the one-health approach. Future research should include human health risk analysis using QMRA, and the application of in-silico techniques, genomics, network analysis, and ’big data’ analytical tools to understand the role of household insects, rodents, and pets in the persistence, circulation, and health risks of AMR.

Mapping of human health risks arising from soil nickel and mercury contamination

2013 ◽  
Vol 244-245 ◽  
pp. 225-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mojgan Yeganeh ◽  
Majid Afyuni ◽  
Amir-Hosein Khoshgoftarmanesh ◽  
Loghman Khodakarami ◽  
Manouchehr Amini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Mercury Contamination ◽  
Human Health Risks

scholarly journals Groundwater Quality and Potential Human Health Risk Assessment for Drinking and Irrigation Purposes: A Case Study in the Semiarid Region of North China

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 783
Author(s):  
Feifei Chen ◽  
Leihua Yao ◽  
Gang Mei ◽  
Yinsheng Shang ◽  
Fansheng Xiong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Groundwater Quality ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
North China ◽  
Shanxi Province ◽  
Hydrochemical Characteristics ◽  
Human Health Risks ◽  
Drinking And Irrigation ◽  
Hydrochemical Types ◽  
Potential Human Health

Groundwater is a valuable water source for drinking and irrigation purposes in semiarid regions. Groundwater pollution may affect human health if it is not pretreated and provided for human use. This study investigated the hydrochemical characteristics driving groundwater quality for drinking and irrigation purposes and potential human health risks in the Xinzhou Basin, Shanxi Province, North China. More specifically, we first investigated hydrochemical characteristics using a descriptive statistical analysis method. We then classified the hydrochemical types and analyzed the evolution mechanisms of groundwater using Piper and Gibbs diagrams. Finally, we appraised the groundwater quality for drinking and irrigation purposes using the entropy water quality index (EWQI). We assessed the associated human health risks for different age and sex groups through drinking intake and dermal contact pathways. Overall, we found that (1) Ca-HCO3 and Ca·Mg-HCO3 were the dominant hydrochemical types and were mainly governed by rock weathering and water–rock interactions. (2) Based on the EWQI classifications, 67.74% of the groundwater samples were classified as medium quality and acceptable for drinking purpose. According to the values of sodium adsorption ratio (SAR), residual sodium carbonate (RSC) and soluble sodium percentage (%Na), 90.32% of the samples were suitable for irrigation, while the remaining samples were unfit for irrigation because of the high salinity in the groundwater. (3) Some contaminants in the groundwater, such as NO3−, NO2− and F−, exceeded the standard limits and may cause potential risks to human health. Our work presented in this paper could establish reasonable management strategies for sustainable groundwater quality protection to protect public health.

Detection of aflatoxin M1 in bovine milk from different agro-climatic zones of Chhattisgarh, India, using HPLC-FLD and assessment of human health risks

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajeet Kumar Pandey ◽  
Sanjay Shakya ◽  
Anil Patyal ◽  
Syed Liaquat Ali ◽  
Dhirendra Bhonsle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Bovine Milk ◽  
Aflatoxin M1 ◽  
Climatic Zones ◽  
Human Health Risks

Assessment of seasonal variations and human health risks due to heavy metals in water, soils and food crops using multi-indices approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 80 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Salwinder Singh Dhaliwal ◽  
Raj Setia ◽  
Vinod Kumar ◽  
Tapan Ghosh ◽  
Sagar Taneja ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Seasonal Variations ◽  
Food Crops ◽  
Human Health Risks

Identifying human health risks from precious metal mining in Sierra Leone

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Marcantonio ◽  
Sean P. Field ◽  
Papanie Bai Sesay ◽  
Gary A. Lamberti
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Precious Metal ◽  
Metal Mining ◽  
Human Health Risks
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