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- Title
Toxicity assessment of heavy metals and organochlorine pesticides in freshwater and marine environments, Rosetta area, Egypt using multiple approaches.
- Authors
El-Alfy, Muhammad A.; Hasballah, Amany F.; Abd El-Hamid, Hazem T.; El-Zeiny, Ahmed M.
- Abstract
The article focuses on a study assessing toxic heavy metal and organochlorine pesticide levels in the sediments, water, and Phragmites australis of both marine and freshwater environments in the Rosetta area in Egypt. It states that geographic information system methods and remote sensing were used to spatially assess possible pollution sources. It mentions that major contamination sources included cultivations, drainage canals, and urbanized zones.
- Subjects
ROSETTA (Egypt); HEAVY metal toxicology; ORGANOCHLORINE pesticides; MARINE sediment analysis; ANALYSIS of river sediments; PHRAGMITES australis; PLANT chemical analysis; REMOTE sensing
- Publication
Sustainable Environment Research (2468-2039), 2019, Vol 29, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2468-2039
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s42834-019-0020-9