Kifayatullah Khan

Kifayatullah Khan

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Kifayatullah Khan


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Academic Career Length

14Years (2013-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 August 2013 in Food and Chemical Toxicology
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KKKifayatullah Khan
Kifayatullah Khan
YLYonglong Lu
Yonglong Lu
HKHizbullah Khan
Hizbullah Khan
Muhammad IshtiaqMuhammad Ishtiaq
Muhammad Ishtiaq
SKSardar Khan
Sardar Khan
TWTieyu Wang
Tieyu Wang

1 September 2017 in Environment International
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ZLZhaoyang Liu
Zhaoyang Liu
YLYonglong Lu
Yonglong Lu
YSYajuan Shi
Yajuan Shi
Pei WangPei Wang
Pei Wang
KJKevin Jones
Kevin Jones
KKKifayatullah Khan
Kifayatullah Khan
Significant quantities of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) are released to the environment from fluorochemical manufacturing processes through wastewater discharge and air emission in China, which may lead to human exposure and health risks through crop bioaccumulation from PFAAs-contaminated soil and irrigation water. This paper systematically studied the distribution and transport of PFAAs in agricultural soil, irrigation water and precipitation, followed by crop bioaccumulation and finally human exposure of PFAAs within a 10km radius around a mega-fluorochemical industrial park (FIP). Hotspots of contamination by PFAAs were found near the FIP and downstream of the effluent discharge point with the maximum concentrations of 641ng/g in agricultural soil, 480ng/g in wheat grain, 58.8ng/g in maize grain and 4,862ng/L in precipitation. As the distance increased from the FIP, PFAAs concentrations in all media showed a sharp initial decrease followed by a moderate decline. Elevated PFAA concentrations in soil and grains were still present within a radius of 10 km of the FIP. The soil contamination was associated with the presence of PFAAs in irrigation water and precipitation, and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) was the dominant PFAA component in soil. However, due to bioaccumulation preference, short-chain perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids (PFCAs), especially perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA), became the major PFAA contaminants in grains of wheat and maize. The bioaccumulation factors (BAFs) for both grains showed a decrease with increasing chain length of PFAAs (approximately 0.5 log decrease per CF2 group). Compared to maize grain, wheat grain showed higher BAFs, possibly related to its higher protein content. The PFCA (C4-C8) concentrations (on a log10 basis) in agricultural soil and grain were found to show a linear positive correlation. Local human exposure of PFOA via the consumption of contaminated grains represents a health risk for local residents, especially for toddlers and children.

1 October 2013 in Journal of Environmental Sciences
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KKKifayatullah Khan
Kifayatullah Khan
YLYonglong Lu
Yonglong Lu
HKHizbullah Khan
Hizbullah Khan
SZShahida Zakir
Shahida Zakir
IHIhsanullah
Ihsanullah
TWTieyu Wang
Tieyu Wang

1 October 2017 in Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology
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HUHerman Uwizeyimana
Herman Uwizeyimana
MWMeie Wang
Meie Wang
WCWeiping Chen
Weiping Chen
KKKifayatullah Khan
Kifayatullah Khan

1 June 2019 in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
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XCXianghui Cao
Xianghui Cao
CWChenchen Wang
Chenchen Wang
YLYonglong Lu
Yonglong Lu
MZMeng Zhang
Meng Zhang
KKKifayatullah Khan
Kifayatullah Khan
CWCong Wang
Cong Wang

1 May 2018 in Environmental Pollution
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XCXianghui Cao
Xianghui Cao
YLYonglong Lu
Yonglong Lu
YZYueqing Zhang
Yueqing Zhang
KKKifayatullah Khan
Kifayatullah Khan
CWChenchen Wang
Chenchen Wang
YBYvette Baninla
Yvette Baninla