Browsing by Author "Sahoo, Prafulla Kumar"
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Arsenic Contamination in Groundwater and Its Removal Strategies with Special Emphasis on Nano Zerovalent Iron
Thakur, Shivani; Singh, Harminder; Chaudhari, Umakant; Mittal, Sunil; Sahoo, Prafulla Kumar (wiley, 2022-12-02)An occurrence of arsenic (As) in an aquatic ecosystem is a major concern because of its very toxic and carcinogenic nature. Groundwater arsenic pollution has been reported globally, notably along the large Indo-Gangetic ... -
Bioavailability of copper and nickel in naturally metal-enriched soils of Caraj�s Mining Province, Eastern Amazon, Brazil
Martins, Gabriel Caixeta; da Silva Junior, Ediu Carlos; Ramos, S�lvio Junio; Maurity, Cl�vis Wagner; Sahoo, Prafulla Kumar; Dall�Agnol, Roberto; Guilherme, Luiz Roberto Guimar�es (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021-04-09)Naturally elevated contents of copper (Cu) and nickel (Ni) are found in soils worldwide, and their potential toxicity is better understood when geochemical reactive fractions are identified and monitored. Thus, this study ... -
Changes in the surface water quality of a tropical watershed in the southeastern amazon due to the environmental impacts of artisanal mining
Salom�o, Gabriel Negreiros; Dall'Agnol, Roberto; Sahoo, Prafulla Kumar; Almeida, Gabriel Soares de; Amarante, Rafael Tarantino; Zeferino, Leiliane Bozzi; Lopes, Jo�o Paulo Nobre; Souza Filho, Pedro Walfir Martins e; Costa, Normara Yane Mar da; Guimar�es, Jos� Tasso Felix; Silva, Marcio Sousa da; Martins, Gabriel Caixeta; Teixeira, Mayara Fraeda Barbosa; Marques, Eduardo Duarte; Ang�lica, R�mulo Sim�es; Ara�jo, Wilker Emmanoel Oliveira (Elsevier Ltd, 2023-04-12)The expansion of areas of human occupation and the increase in economic activity and deforestation are negatively impacting the Amazon ecosystem. Situated in the Caraj�s Mineral Province in the southeastern Amazon, the ... -
Co-occurrence of geogenic uranium and fluoride in a semiarid belt of the Punjab plains, India
Chaudhari, Umakant; Mehta, Madhu; Sahoo, Prafulla Kumar; Mittal, Sunil; Tiwari, Raghavendra P. (Elsevier B.V., 2023-10-05)The inordinate presence of uranium (U) and fluoride (F?) in shallow aquifers of arid/semi-arid regions in northern India has raised a serious health concern; the Muktsar district of Punjab is one such example. In the present ... -
Co-transport and deposition of fluoride using rice husk-derived biochar in saturated porous media: Effect of solution chemistry and surface properties
Kumar, Rakesh; Sharma, Prabhakar; Rose, Pawan Kumar; Sahoo, Prafulla Kumar; Bhattacharya, Prosun; Pandey, Ashok; Kumar, Manish (Elsevier B.V., 2023-02-10)Fluoride (F?) contamination in water is a global health concern, threatening the well-being of millions. This study investigated the role of ZnCl2/FeCl3-rice husk-modified biochar (Zn-BC and Zn/Fe-BC) in treating F?-contaminated ... -
COVID-19 pandemic: An outlook on its impact on air quality and its association with environmental variables in major cities of Punjab and Chandigarh, India
Sahoo, Prafulla Kumar; Chauhan, Amit Kumar; Mangla, Sherry; Pathak, Ashok Kumar; Garg, V.K. (Bellwether Publishing, Ltd., 2020-10-31)The present study aims to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on air quality and to explore the association of daily COVID-19 confirmed cases with meteorological parameters and criteria pollutants in the major cities ... -
A decadal analysis to unravel the global status of emerging contaminants in wastewaters and comparison with the Indian context
Kerketta, Anjali; Sahoo, Prafulla Kumar (Elsevier B.V., 2022-07-07)The prevalence of emerging contaminants (ECs) in wastewaters is troublesome because of their widespread and persistent nature, posing a threat to living organisms when exposed for prolonged durations. We conducted an ... -
Efficacy of biotic components in constructed wetlands for mitigating pesticides
Sachdeva, Saloni; Chowdari, Jabili; Patro, Ashmita; Mittal, Sunil; Sahoo, Prafulla Kumar (Elsevier, 2023-03-17)Modern agricultural practices pose a significant danger to the aquatic ecosystem. Synthetic pesticides derived from agricultural activities are the most lethal and persistent substances that endanger the planet's ecology ... -
Engineered biochar for the effective sorption and remediation of emerging pollutants in the environment
Majumder, Sutripto; Sharma, Pooja; Singh, Surendra Pratap; Nadda, Ashok Kumar; Sahoo, Prafulla Kumar; Xia, Changlei; Sharma, Swati; Ganguly, Rajiv; Lam, Su Shiung; Kim, Ki Hyeon (Elsevier Ltd, 2023-02-27)Various compounds that are emerging contaminants pose a significant risk to aquatic ecosystems and human health due to their potential to harm human health and the environment.Thus, there is an urgent requirement to use ... -
Geochemical assessment of groundwater contaminants and associated health risks in the Shivalik region of Punjab, India
Mittal, Sunil; Kumar, Ravishankar; Sahoo, Prafulla Kumar; Sahoo, Sunil Kumar (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2020-08-07)The present study investigates the groundwater suitability for drinking and irrigation purposes in the Shivalik region of Punjab, India. The results revealed that the concentration of Se, U, and F? exceeded BIS acceptable ... -
Geogenic enrichment of fluoride in groundwater of hard rock aquifer in fluorosis prevalent area of Balangir district, Odisha, India
Sahoo, Prafulla Kumar; Ray, Subhransu Bhusan; Kerketta, Anjali; Behera, Pintu; Neogi, Gautam; Sahoo, Himadri Bhusan (Elsevier B.V., 2022-08-28)Hydrogeochemical characterization of groundwater has been carried out in a hard rock aquifer from Balangir district, a fluorosis-affected area of Odisha, India with the aim of understanding the sources and processes ... -
Ground/drinking water contaminants and cancer incidence: A case study of rural areas of South West Punjab, India
Kaur, Gursharan; Kumar, Ravishankar; Mittal, Sunil; Sahoo, Prafulla Kumar; Vaid, Upma (Bellwether Publishing, Ltd., 2019-12-26)This study was carried out in the rural areas of South West Punjab, India, to evaluate the groundwater quality and cancer incidence. The epidemiological study was carried using standardized questionnaire method, and the ... -
High resolution hydrogeochemical survey and estimation of baseline concentrations of trace elements in surface water of the Itacaiúnas River Basin, southeastern Amazonia: Implication for environmental studies
Sahoo, Prafulla Kumar; Dall'Agnol, R; Salomão, G.N; da, SilvaFerreira Junior J; Silva, M.S; e Souza, Filho P.W.M; Powell, M.A; Angélica, R.S; Pontes P.R; da, Costa M.F; Siqueira, J.O. (Elsevier, 2019)A high resolution systematic geochemical mapping at regional-scale is considered to be the best available method to estimate geochemical baseline levels of trace elements in stream water, and is an essential part of ... -
Hydrochemical characteristics and human health risk assessment of groundwater in the Shivalik region of Sutlej basin, Punjab, India
Mittal, Sunil; Sahoo, Prafulla Kumar; Sahoo, Sunil Kumar; Kumar, Ravishankar; Tiwari, Raghavendra Prasad (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021-05-10)Shivalik region is one of the agri-intensive regions in Punjab, India, wherein groundwater quality is a major human health concern. In this study, a total of 57 groundwater samples were collected from the Rupnagar district ... -
Hydroclimate and vegetation changes in southeastern Amazonia over the past ?25,000 years
Reis, Luiza Santos; Bouloubassi, Ioanna; Mendez-Millan, Mercedes; Guimar�es, Jos� Tasso Felix; de Ara�jo Romeiro, Luiza; Sahoo, Prafulla Kumar; Pessenda, Luiz Carlos Ruiz (Elsevier Ltd, 2022-04-07)Stable isotope analysis of plant waxes (?13Cwax and ?Dwax) along with detailed pollen data provide a new perspective on vegetation and precipitation variability in Serra Sul de Caraj�s, southeastern (SE) Amazonia, over the ... -
Impact of environmental indicators on the COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi, India
Mangla, Sherry; Pathak, Ashok Kumar; Arshad, Mohd.; Ghosh, Doyel; Sahoo, Prafulla Kumar; Garg, Vinod Kumar; Haque, Ubydul (MDPI, 2021-08-09)Currently, there is a massive debate on whether meteorological and air quality parameters play a crucial role in the transmission of COVID-19 across the globe. With this background, this study aims to evaluate the impact ... -
Integrated geochemical assessment of soils and stream sediments to evaluate source-sink relationships and background variations in the parauapebas river basin, eastern amazon
Salom�o, Gabriel Negreiros; Farias, Danielle de Lima; Sahoo, Prafulla Kumar; Dall�agnol, Roberto; Sarkar, Dibyendu (MDPI AG, 2021-03-22)This study aims to handle an integrated evaluation of soil and stream sediment geochemical data to evaluate source apportionment and to establish geochemical threshold variations for Fe, Al, and 20 selected Potentially ... -
Landscape and Climate Changes in Southeastern Amazonia from Quaternary Records of Upland Lakes
Guimar�es, Jos� Tasso Felix; Sahoo, Prafulla Kumar; e Souza-Filho, Pedro Walfir Martins; da Silva, Marcio Sousa; Rodrigues, Tarc�sio Magevski; da Silva, Edilson Freitas; Reis, Luiza Santos; de Figueiredo, Mariana Maha Jana Costa; Lopes, Karen da Silva; Moraes, Aline Mamede; Leite, Alessandro Sab�; da Silva J�nior, Renato Oliveira; Salom�o, Gabriel Negreiros; Dall�Agnol, Roberto (MDPI, 2023-03-27)The upland lakes (ULs) in Caraj�s, southeastern Amazonia, have been extensively studied with respect to their high-resolution structural geology, geomorphology, stratigraphy, multielement and isotope geochemistry, palynology ... -
Mercury in multimedia system of Itacai�nas Basin, Brazilian Amazon: An integrated approach to understand its distribution, origin, and ecological risk
Sahoo, Prafulla Kumar; Dall'Agnol, Roberto; Sim�es Rolo de Deus, Simonny do C.; Salom�o, Gabriel Negreiros; Felix Guimar�es, Jos� Tasso; Angelica, R�mulo Sim�es; Ramos, Silvio Junio; Furtado da Costa, Marlene; Oswaldo de Siqueira, Jose (Academic Press Inc., 2023-01-23)This study presents the first integrated study on total Hg (THg) level in surface soil (SS), bottom soil (BS), stream sediments (SD), lake sediments (LS), stream water (SW), and lake water (LW) of Itacai�nas River Watershed ... -
Meta-analysis of uranium contamination in groundwater of the alluvial plains of Punjab, northwest India: Status, health risk, and hydrogeochemical processes
Sahoo, Prafulla Kumar; Virk, Hardev Singh; Powell, Mike A.; Kumar, Ravishankar; Pattanaik, Jitendra Kumar; Salom�o, Gabriel Negreiros; Mittal, Sunil; Chouhan, Lokesh; Nandabalan, Yogalakshmi Kadapakkam; Tiwari, Raghavendra Prasad (Elsevier B.V., 2021-11-23)Despite numerous studies, there are many knowledge gaps in our understanding of uranium (U) contamination in the alluvial aquifers of Punjab, India. In this study, a large hydrogeochemical dataset was compiled to better ...