The content of heavy metals in cigarettes and the impact of their leachates on the aquatic ecosystem

• Main Authors: Michael, Maria, Meyyazhagan, Arun, Velayudhannair, Krishnakumar, Pappuswamy, Manikantan, Anu Maria, Anu Maria, Xavier, Vincent, Balasubramanian, Balamuralikrishnan, Baskaran, Rathinasamy, Kamyab, Hesam, Vasseghia, Yasser, Chelliapan, Shreeshivadasan, Safa, Maryam, Moradi, Zohre, Khadimallah, Mohamed Amine
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2022
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General); T Technology (General); TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/104327/1/ShreeshivadasanChelliapan2022_TheContentofHeavyMetalsinCigarettes.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/104327/; http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14084752

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 specie...