The expansion of human activities has led to the accumulation of heavy metals in various ecosystem compartments. Contamination of soils with these heavy metals poses a significant public health risk because of the various pathologies they can cause. This assessment took into acco...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i85618
The study assessed heavy metal accumulation (As, Cd, Cr, Pb, Hg) in mud crabs (Scylla serrata) and soils from four municipalities in Northern Samar, Philippines. Although environmental conditions like pH, salinity, and temperature were suitable for crab farming, both crab meat an...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2025/v26i41422
Background: Soil heavy metal pollution is a significant environmental challenge that adversely affects soil fertility, food security, and human health, thereby hindering the achievement of global sustainability goals. This pollution arises from overexploitation, uncontrolled wast...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2025/v24i7753
Olatayo Michael OGUNBANWO, Dolapo Samuel OKEOWO, Israel Opeyemi. OKE, Sheu Gbolahan ODU-ONIKOSI, Babajide Elijah FALETI, Nike Funmilayo ALADETOHUN, Folalu Adekunle, AWE & Oluwole Ogunyemi·Asian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Research·2025
This study investigates the bioaccumulation of heavy metals in two commercially important fish species, Silver Catfish (C. nigrodigitatus) and Nile Tilapia (O. niloticus), as well as in the water and sediment of Sagbo Koji, a riverine community within Lagos Island, Nigeria. Sampl...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2025/v27i7970
Seafood accumulate contaminants primarily by uptake through the skin and gills, surface contacts with sediments, industrial effluent, wastewater, and food consumed. Health risk assessment is a quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the risk posed to human health by the actual...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2025/v17i71768
Green, A.F, Fihto, G. B, Moslen, M, Bob-Manuel, K. N. O & Inyang, D.U·Advances in Research·2025
Essential metals such as Cu and Cr are needed in trace amounts, and their absence may cause serious problems, while non-essential metals such as Cd and Pb have no biological function, and their presence, even in very small quantities, may be toxic. This study aims to assess the l...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2025/v26i41403
Water pollution caused by mining activity presents significant environmental and public health challenges. Open-pit mining, acid mine drainage (AMD), and heavy metals such as arsenic, mercury, lead, and cadmium threaten local ecosystems and populations. Open-pit mining, acid mine...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i72565
The freshwater that is available for use in drinking, agriculture, industry, sanitation, food, recreation and transportation is <1% of the total water on earth. Unfortunately, some 2 million tons of waste containing heavy metals, which are persistent in the environment, toxic...
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Research Article10.9734/ajacr/2025/v16i3339
Heavy metals pose a threat to the environment and living organisms because they are highly toxic, cannot be broken down by natural processes, bioaccumulates and biomagnifies in the food chain and can damage organs and disrupt vital biological functions even at extremely low conce...
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Research Article10.9734/ajriz/2025/v8i3204
Fish and meat are classified as a protein food source, important for tissue building and repair and very protein and a major part of a nutritional meal. This study assessed the concentrations of iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni), cadmium (Cd) and chromium in Clarias gariepin...
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Research Article10.9734/ajob/2025/v21i7528
The objective of the review is to highlight the various ways to remediate heavy metal contamination especially Chemical remediation technologies which are of tremendous interest because they can remove and decompose contaminants in contaminated areas. Environmental contamination...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2025/v19i61061
Background: Heavy metal exposure may manifest as neurological, dermal, immunological, cardiovascular, renal, hepatic, hematological, respiratory effects, and cancers. Automobile repairers are workers who are engaged in adjusting, repairing, and overhauling automobiles. Entry of h...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2025/v17i6468
The application of biostimulants to crude oil-contaminated soils enhances the proliferation of indigenous soil microorganisms. Brewery effluent (BE), one of the largest brewery wastes in volume, is scarcely used as a biostimulant despite its rich rate-limiting nutrient content. T...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i62480
This study investigates the water quality of selected boreholes in Enugu North Local Government Area, Enugu State, Nigeria, focusing on both the physico-chemical as well as the concentrations of heavy metals and their associated health risks. A cross-sectional analytical design w...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2025/v26i4928
Background: Radon-222 (²²²Rn) is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that poses a significant health hazard when it accumulates indoors. While traditional models emphasize uranium content, emerging evidence suggests that soil geochemistry plays a critical role in radon mobility...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2025/v31i63172