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The Content of Heavy Metals in Cigarettes and the Impact of Their Leachates on the Aquatic Ecosystem

Title
The Content of Heavy Metals in Cigarettes and the Impact of Their Leachates on the Aquatic Ecosystem
Creator
Michael M.; Meyyazhagan A.; Velayudhannair K.; Pappuswamy M.; Maria A.; Xavier V.; Balasubramanian B.; Baskaran R.; Kamyab H.; Vasseghian Y.; Chelliapan S.; Safa M.; Moradi Z.; Khadimallah M.A.
Description
Smoked cigarettes and butts are the most common kind of litter around the world. The buildup of these litters has badly polluted local water bodies and their compartments, and the cumulative effect of many cigarette butts scattered in a centralized location may pose a serious hazard to living species. To understand how heavy metals are leached out into the aquatic ecosystem, researchers must analyse the behavior of the materials that make up cigarettes. Using atomic absorption spectrometry, this study evaluated the content of several metals (such as Cd, Cu, Fe, Pb, Sn, Zn, and Hg) leached from various brands of unsmoked and smoked cigarettes and cigarette butts. The findings revealed that heavy metal is more prevalent in butte. These findings indicate that cigarette litter is a major source of metal contamination in the aquatic ecosystem and that apparent leaching may increase the risk of toxicity to aquatic organisms. 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Source
Sustainability (Switzerland), Vol-14, No. 8
Date
2022-01-01
Publisher
MDPI
Subject
aquatic pollution; ecotoxicology; monitoring; risk assessment; toxicology
Coverage
Michael M., Department of Life Sciences, Bangalore Central Campus, CHRIST University, Hosur Road, Bengaluru, 560029, India; Meyyazhagan A., Department of Life Sciences, Bangalore Central Campus, CHRIST University, Hosur Road, Bengaluru, 560029, India; Velayudhannair K., Department of Life Sciences, Bangalore Central Campus, CHRIST University, Hosur Road, Bengaluru, 560029, India; Pappuswamy M., Department of Life Sciences, Bangalore Central Campus, CHRIST University, Hosur Road, Bengaluru, 560029, India; Maria A., Department of Life Sciences, Bangalore Central Campus, CHRIST University, Hosur Road, Bengaluru, 560029, India; Xavier V., Department of Life Sciences, Bangalore Central Campus, CHRIST University, Hosur Road, Bengaluru, 560029, India; Balasubramanian B., Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea; Baskaran R., Department of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, Asia University, Taichung, 41354, Taiwan; Kamyab H., Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Sultan Yahya Pe, Kuala Lumpur, 54100, Malaysia, Department of Biomaterials, Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, 600077, India; Vasseghian Y., Department of Chemistry, Soongsil University, Seoul, 06978, South Korea; Chelliapan S., Engineering Department, Razak Faculty of Technology & Informatics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, Kuala Lumpur, 54100, Malaysia; Safa M., Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, 550000, Viet Nam; Moradi Z., Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Imam Khomeini InternatioUniversity, Qazvin, 34149-16818, Iran; Khadimallah M.A., Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj, 16273, Saudi Arabia, Laboratory of Systems and Applied Mechanics, Polytechnic School of Tunisia, University of Carthage, Tunis, 1054, Tunisia
Rights
All Open Access; Gold Open Access
Relation
ISSN: 20711050
Format
Online
Language
English
Type
Article

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Michael M.; Meyyazhagan A.; Velayudhannair K.; Pappuswamy M.; Maria A.; Xavier V.; Balasubramanian B.; Baskaran R.; Kamyab H.; Vasseghian Y.; Chelliapan S.; Safa M.; Moradi Z.; Khadimallah M.A., “The Content of Heavy Metals in Cigarettes and the Impact of Their Leachates on the Aquatic Ecosystem,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 24, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/15158.

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