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water on zinc levels of biological samples of malnutrition pregnant women: A prospective
cohort study. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol 63:48–54
27. World Health Organization (WHO) (1998) Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality, Health
Criteria and Other Supporting Information, vol. 2, 2nd ed., World Health Organization, Geneva
28. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. Edition of the drinking water standards and health
advisories, EPA 822-R-02–38, Washington, DC, 2002. http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/dri
nking/standards.html
29. Redmon JH, Levine KE, Aceituno AM, Litzenberger K, Gibson JM (2020) Lead in drinking
water at North Carolina childcare centers: Piloting a citizen science-based testing strategy.
Environ Res 183
30. Ravenscroft J, Roy A, Queirolo EI, Maˇ nay N, Martínez G, Peregalli F, Kordas K (2018)
Drinking water lead, iron and zinc concentrations as predictors of blood lead levels and urinary
lead excretion in school children from Montevideo Uruguay. Chemosphere 212:694–704
31. Meng L, Li Z, Liu L, Chen X, Wu J, Li W, Zhang X, Dong M (2020) Lead removal from water
by a newly isolated Geotrichum candidum LG-8 from Tibet kefir milk and its mechanism.
Chemosphere 259
32. Gyamfi O, Sorenson PB, Darko G, Ansah E, Bak JL (2020) Human health risk assessment of exposure to indoor mercury vapour in a Ghanaian artisanal small-scale gold mining
community. Chemosphere 241
33. Mantey J, Nyarko KB, Owusu-Nimo F, Awua KA, Bempah CK, Amankwah RK, Akatu WE,
Appiah-Effah E (2020) Mercury contamination of soil and water media from different illegal
artisanal small-scale gold mining operations (galamsey). Heliyon 6
34. Baimenov A, Berillo DA, Moustakas K, Inglezakis VJ (2020) Efficient removal of mercury
(II) from water by use of cryogels and comparison to commercial adsorbents under
environmentally relevant conditions. J Hazard Mater 399
35. Ottenbros IB, Boerleider RZ, Jubitana B, Roeleveld N, Scheepers PTJ (2019) Knowledge
and awareness of health effects related to the use of mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold
mining in Suriname. Environ Int 122:142–150
36. Wang L, Hou D, Cao Y, Ok YS, Tack FMG, Rinklebe J, O’Connor D (2020) Remediation
of mercury contaminated soil, water, and air: a review of emerging materials and innovative
technologies. Environ Int 134
37. Dada AO, Adekola FA, Odebunmi EO (2017) Liquid phase scavenging of Cd (II) and Cu
(II) ions onto novel nanoscale zerovalent manganese (nZVMn): Equilibrium, kinetic and
thermodynamic studies. Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management. 8:63–
72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enmm.2017.05.001
38. Prasad R (2019) Advanced Research in Nanosciences for Water Technology 341–362. https://
doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02381-2
39. Dada AO, Adekola FA, Odebunmi EO (2015) Kinetics and equilibrium models for sorption
of Cu(II) onto a novel manganese nano-adsorbent. J Dispersion Sci Technol 37(1):119–133
40. Wang Y, Xia Y (2004) Bottom-Up and top-down approaches to the synthesis of mono dispersed
spherical colloids of low melting-point metals. Nano Lett 4(10):2047–2050
41. Karn B, Masciangioli T, Zhang W, Colvin V, Alivisatos P (eds) (2005) Nanotechnology and
the Environment; Applications and Implications. American Chemical Society, Washington,
DC
42. Buzea C, Pacheco II, Robbie K (2007) Nanomaterials and nanoparticles: Sources and toxicity;
Biointerphases2, MR17. https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2815690
43. Madl AK, Pinkerton K (2009) Health effects of inhaled engineered and incidental nanoparticles Health effects of inhaled nanoparticles. Crit Rev Toxicol 39(8):629–658
44. Saeed K, Khan I (2013) Carbon nanotubes–properties and applications: a review. Carbon Lett
14(3):131–144
45. Subagia IDGA, Jiang Z, Tijing LD, Kim Y, Kim CS, Lim JK, Shon HK (2014) Hybrid
multi-scale basalt fiber-epoxy composite laminate reinforced with Electrospun polyurethane
nanofibers containing carbon nanotubes. Fibers Polymers 15:1295–1302. https://doi.org/10.
1007/s12221-014-1295-4