Assessment of respirable silica in ambient air of Dhaka and evaluation of human health risks

Md. Nazmul Islam Nahin, Md. Safiqul Islam, Shahid Uz Zaman, Shatabdi Roy, Abdus Salam

Published	24 October 2025
Journal	Scientific Reports
Volume	15
Issue	1
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI	10.1038/s41598-025-21348-0

Open access (gold)

Trace and heavy metals in airborne particulate matter Urban and indoor air quality in Dhaka

Cite this

Related work from the laboratory

1. 26 July 2026

   Synthesis, Characterization, and Environmental Applications of Magnesium Aluminum (MgAl) Layered Double Hydroxides for the Removal of Nitrogen Dioxide and Chromium(VI)
   

   Anindyashree Das Mouli, Md. Al-Amin Hossen, Md. Safiqul Islam, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Abdus Salam

   ACS Omega, 11(31), 46226-46236

   Mitigation and filtration materials Trace and heavy metals in airborne particulate matter

   
   10.1021/acsomega.6c02827

2. 24 July 2026

   A Blood‐Based Risk Assessment of Heavy Metal Exposure to Tannery Workers in Bangladesh
   

   Most. Sumaiya Faruki, Samiha Nahian, Shatabdi Roy, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Merajul Azam, Abdus Salam

   Journal of Applied Toxicology

   Trace and heavy metals in airborne particulate matter Urban and indoor air quality in Dhaka

   
   10.1002/jat.70348

3. 22 June 2026

   Gravimetrically Measured Water Content of Filter Sampled Fine Particulate Matter at Low Relative Humidity: Insight from the Surface Particulate Matter Network (SPARTAN)
   

   Christopher R. Oxford, Haihui Zhu, Maya Mehrotra, Xuan Liu, Yuxuan Ren, Maya Arnott, Isaac Abionum Adimula, Taiye Benjamin Ajibolataiye, Clement Akoshile, Omar Amador-Munoz, Araya Asfaw, Rachel Ying-Wen Chang, Sagnik Dey, Ann M. Dillner, David J. Diner, Connor J. Flynn, Diana Francis, Paterne Gahungu, Rebecca M. Garland, Michel Grutter, Sina Hasheminassab, Fahad Imam, Jhoon Kim, Kristy Langerman, Pei-Chen Lee, Puji Lestari, Po-Hsiung Lin, S. Marcela Loria-Salazar, Tesfaye Mamo, Olga L. Mayol-Bracero, Mogesh Naidoo, Narendra Nelli, Sang Seo Park, Abdus Salam, Bighnaraj Sarangi, Trailokya Saud, Robyn Schofield, Yoav Schechner, Sachchida N. Tripathi, Emily K. West, Eli Windwer, Ming-Tsang Wu, Qiang Zhang, Michael Brauer, Yinon Rudich, Jay R. Turner, Randall V. Martin

   EGUsphere

   Aerosol optical properties and remote sensing Urban and indoor air quality in Dhaka

   
   10.5194/egusphere-2026-3224
   Open access (gold)

4. June 2026

   Health risks from airborne heavy metals in particulate matter: Evidence from a Southeast Asian megacity, Dhaka, Bangladesh
   

   Md. Nazmul Islam Nahin, Md. Safiqul Islam, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Md. Aminur Rahman, Md. Shohel Rana, Hayatullah, Md. Nakib Hossen, Md. Golam Mostafa, Abdus Salam

   Next Sustainability, 7, 100334

   Trace and heavy metals in airborne particulate matter Urban and indoor air quality in Dhaka

   
   10.1016/j.nxsust.2026.100334
   Open access (gold)

5. May 2026

   Sustaining low-cost PM2.5 monitoring networks in South-Asian Countries: technical challenges and solutions
   

   Talha Saeed, Muhammad Mahad Khaliq, Michael Howard Bergin, Prakash V. Bhave, Noora Khaleel, Enna Mool, Mahesh Senarathna, Shahid Uz Zaman, Shatabdi Roy, Abdus Salam, Jas Raj Subba, Suhaib Malik, Darren Y. Wu, Muhammad Fahim Khokhar

   Environment International, 211, 110275

   Urban and indoor air quality in Dhaka

   
   10.1016/j.envint.2026.110275
   Open access (gold)

Bibliographic details come from Crossref; open-access status from OpenAlex. Names in bold are laboratory members. This page links to the published version and does not host it.