Background Climate change is expected to bring increases in average global temperatures (1.4C–5.8C
[34.52F–42.44F] by 2100) and precipitation levels to varying degrees around the …

Overweight and obesity are now a global epidemic, with more than one in five people
qualifying as obese worldwide. These conditions are accompanied by excessive rates of non-…

The rapid transmission tendency, severity, and wide geographical spread of newly emerged
novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in different environmental matrices, including water, air, …

Injury was the largest single cause of disability-adjusted life years and death in the Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia in 2013. The vast majority of injury-related fatalities are deaths caused by …

Heavy metals are stable and persistent environmental contaminants since they cannot be
degraded or destroyed. Therefore, they tend to accumulate in the soils and sediments. …

Air pollution remains a major global public health and environmental issue. We assessed
the levels of PM 2.5 and delineated the major sources in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Fine …

Life-time human health risk of cancer attributed to trihalomethanes in drinking water in an
urban-industrialized area of Karachi (Pakistan) was conducted through multiple pathways of …

Levels of daily particulates (PM 2.5 ) were monitored at two sites in Karachi, Pakistan. One
site (Korangi) is an industrial and residential neighborhood, while the other (Tibet Center) is a …

The Arabian Peninsula experiences severe air pollution, the extent and sources of which are
poorly documented. Each year in Saudi Arabia this situation is intensified during Hajj, the …

The study determined the risk zone and estimated the population at risk of adverse health
effects for arsenic exposure along the bank of River Indus in Pakistan. A cross-sectional …