Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Content of Heavy Metals in Cigarettes and the Impact of Their Leachates on the Aquatic Ecosystem Subject The topic of the resource aquatic pollution; ecotoxicology; monitoring; risk assessment; toxicology Description An account of the resource 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource 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. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Sustainability (Switzerland), Vol-14, No. 8 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available MDPI Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/su14084752" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.3390/su14084752</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85129158471&amp;doi=10.3390%2Fsu14084752&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=e517a4ae7a3147fce933b889831effb8" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85129158471&amp;doi=10.3390%2fsu14084752&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=e517a4ae7a3147fce933b889831effb8</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Gold Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 20711050 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 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 &amp; 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