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ArticlePeerJ2023

Stress mitigation by riparian flora in industrial contaminated area of River Chenab Punjab, Pakistan.

Toqeer Abbas, Iftikhar Ahmad, Zafar Iqbal Khan, Anis Ali Shah, Ryan Casini, Hosam O Elansary

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Article in PeerJ, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Toqeer AbbasDepartment of Botany, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.
Iftikhar AhmadDepartment of Botany, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.
Zafar Iqbal KhanDepartment of Botany, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.
Anis Ali ShahDepartment of Botany, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Ryan CasiniSchool of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Hosam O ElansaryDepartment of Plant Production, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Faisalabad is a major industrial area in Pakistan's Punjab province that discharges wastewater into the Chenab River. Industrial effluents in Faisalabad are predicted to pose a significant threat to the riparian vegetation of the Chenab River and nearby vegetation. Heavy metal pollution of plants, water, and soils is one of the biggest problems worldwide that needs to be addressed because heavy metals above normal levels are extremely dangerous to both riparian vegetation and wildlife. The results indicated high levels of pollution in the industrial effluents as well as in the river in terms of salinity, metal toxicity, TSS, TDS, SAR, the acidic and alkaline nature of the industrial effluents, and the spread of industrial effluents up to 15 square kilometres in the Chenab River. Despite the higher pollution, four plants were found at all sites:

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Environmental MonitoringMetals, HeavyEnvironmental PollutionPakistanWastewaterMetals, HeavyWastewaterEffluentsHeavy metalsIndustrial pollutionPhytoremediationRiparian floraRiver ChenabSoilWater

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PMID37397008
PMCPMC10314743

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