The need for clean and safe consumable water is of vital importance to any society since water is an essential substance for the sustenance of life. Mogadishu is one of the rapidly growing cities in the world with a high population, resulting in poor levels of sanitation and an i...
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Research Article10.9734/ajacr/2022/v11i230249
The cultivation of food crops in open spaces of cities in the developing world is very common but has not attracted the research attention it deserves. In most areas, the practice relies on the use of wastewater derived from urban sources (houses, industries, markets, public inst...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2022/v15i130146
In this study, the minimization of heavy metal pollution was investigated. Accordingly, potential of corn silk as biosorbent of Pb, Zn and Cu from multimetal solution was considered in batch and fixed-bed column experiments. Structural changes of corn silk before and after heavy...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2021/v22i1230447
Contamination of water bodies due to the presence of persistent organic pollutant (POPs) has been a major concern in the environment. In this study, the concentration of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Heavy metals in sediments and water samples in Bodo River were studied. S...
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Research Article10.9734/ajacr/2021/v10i3-430237
Crude oil exploration has been beneficial to our economy but detrimental to our environment with the artisanal refineries further compounding the challenge. This research was aimed at investigating the microbiology and heavy metal pollution of three crude oil polluted rivers in R...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2021/v11i330250
Aims: Man-made activities such as excessive oil exploration, automobile emissions, gas flaring and agricultural activities tend to elevate the concentrations of heavy metals in the surrounding. Heavy metals have the tendency to accumulate in plant roots, which may result to heavy...
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2021/v24i930261
The growing concern over the safety of vegetables consumed in some areas of Lagos due to increased discharge of pollutants that cannot be overlooked was the basis for this research. Thus, this study aimed at assessing the proximate compositions and heavy metals’ profiles of Talin...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2021/v13i930445
This study assessed health risk assessment of heavy metals in cocoyam from three quarry sites in Akamkpa LGA, Cross River State, Nigeria. Cocoyam tubers were obtained from three quarry sites in Oban Okoroba, each 4.5 kilometers apart and 20 kilometers from the control site. Cocoy...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2021/v13i830443
Recent fiscal growth has necessitated diverse industrial processes to meet the growing demands around the world. Toxic chemicals such as micro-pollutants, personal care products, pesticides contaminate the effluents of these industries and find their way into the environment leav...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i1230557
Aims: Anthropogenic activities such as crude oil exploration and exploitation has led to the suspicion of heavy metals contamination in the study area. This study investigated the concentration of zinc, nickel, lead and cadmium in the soil extracted from the area where Scent Leaf...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2021/v24i1030244
Aims: This study investigated the level of zinc, nickel, lead and cadmium in selected medicinal plants - Scent Leaf (Ocimum gratissimum) and Pawpaw (Carica papaya) that are traditionally used in alternative medicine in Amassoma community, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Study Design: Sce...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2021/v24i930241
The current study was conducted in two different localities have been selected in Western Kordofan State (Elsonout and Abu-zabad Localities) to evaluate some heavy metals concentrations (Copper, Cadmium, Zinc, and Lead) in three parts (liver, gills and muscles) of Nile Tilapia (O...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2021/v15i530342
The content of Mn, Zn, Ni, Cu, Fe, and Pb in 10 samples of Kappaphycus alvarezii (cottonii) and 10 samples of Eucheuma denticulatum (spinosum) from 15 different sites in the intertidal coastal area of Zanzibar were determined by using EDXRF. The heavy metals assessed in both spec...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2021/v30i1030255
The problem of pollution in our natural resource base has become a major issue in the present world. All organisms are affected by this problem, but the stationary life of plants makes them more prone to damage by a variety of pollutants. Among various pollutants of air, water an...
Background: Despite indications that environmental heavy metals; Lead (Pb), Arsenic (As), Cadmium (Cd) and Mercury (Hg) exposure may play important role in the pathogenesis of Cardiovascular diseases and thus heart failure, it has not been investigated in Black-African human popu...