A Critical Review of Heavy Metal Pollution and Its Effects in Bangladesh

Md. Simul Bhuyan; Md. Shafiqul Islam

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A Critical Review of Heavy Metal Pollution and Its Effects in Bangladesh

Md. Simul Bhuyan, Md. Shafiqul Islam

Published in Science Journal of Energy Engineering (Volume 5, Issue 4)

Received: 31 October 2016 Accepted: 10 February 2017 Published: 31 October 2017

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Abstract

Heavy metal, one of the most hazardous pollutant that can pose serious threat to human and environment. The concentrations of metals are increasing at an alarming rate due to boost of unplanned industrialization and urbanization. Though some metals are playing crucial role as micronutrients but the excessive amount exert negative impact at great extent. The existence of toxic heavy metals in the air, water and sediment can cause severe problems to all organisms because of their long persistence nature and bioaccumulation in the food chain. The present study reviews the various area of Bangladesh to make information on the sources of metal pollution, dissemination of metals in the environment and their possible effects on atmosphere, water, sediment, fishes and vegetables (plants).

Published in	Science Journal of Energy Engineering (Volume 5, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.sjee.20170504.13
Page(s)	95-108
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), 2024. Published by Science Publishing Group

Keywords

Industrialization, Heavy Metal, Pollution, Effect, Environment

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