This study carried out the mathematical evaluation of heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in selected commonly consumed seafood and health risk implications in akipelai town, Ogbia, Bayelsa State. Seafood were collected from Akepelai River. Heavy metals, PAHs, estim...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2025/v34i2970
Introduction: Potentially harmful substances contaminating agricultural soil and crops pose a risk to human health and food safety. One of the main elements causing pollution in agriculture is heavy metals. Heavy metals can be found in cereal grains including rice, which absorb a...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2025/v34i2967
This article explores the potential risks associated with lotus cultivation in polluted water sources and presents viable solutions to mitigate these challenges. Lotus cultivation plays a significant role in agriculture, providing economic, cultural, and medicinal benefits. Howev...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2025/v15i24743
Water pollution by heavy metals poses significant environmental and health risks, particularly in regions with high anthropogenic activities. This study evaluated the bioremediation potential of Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus fumigatus for heavy metal removal from water sample...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2025/v19i3422
Fresh vegetables eaten raw can be agents of transmission of microbes and heavy metals. The frequency and variability of microbes and heavy metals on 96 vegetables from some large production sites in Mali were evaluated. These sites were Bamako, Kati, Baguineda, Samanko, Sikasso a...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2025/v17i31648
Aim: The present study assesses the levels of some heavy metals in artisans in Rivers State, Nigeria Study Design: This is a Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Automobile workshops, welding workshops, and painting workshops, located in Mile 3 mechanic garage, Ele...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2025/v17i3449
Aim: To assess the effects of occupational exposure to heavy metals on oxidative DNA damage in some artisans in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Automobile workshops, welding workshops, and painting workshops,...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbge/2025/v8i1158
Zébré Arthur Constant, Attien Yao Paul, Sina Haziz, Yao Amenan Bethsabé, Koffi-Nevry Rose, Connil Nathalie, Konate Ibrahim & Baba-Moussa Lamine·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2025
Background: Water is an essential resource for life and health. Its sanitary quality is an ongoing public health issue. Indeed, water-borne diseases are constantly evolving. In underdeveloped countries, access to drinking water remains a major concern for populations. Due to wate...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2025/v25i3903
Aim: This study is to make a typology and characterize this urban solid waste in the industrial area of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso). Methodology: Systematic sampling of thirteen landfills identified by on-site observation carried out taking into account the density and heteroge...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2025/v15i24726
Environment which man lives requires sustainability for life continuity. This is because human activities release enormous amounts of diverse contaminants into aquatic ecosystem are continually increasing. It is worthy of note of some relationship between concentrations of contam...
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Research Article10.9734/jmsrr/2025/v8i1384
Aim: The levels of heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in tilapia fish, prawn, oyster and periwinkle samples from southern Nigeria’s coastal regions were evaluated to determine possible human health risk associated with consumption. Study Design: Ten (10) sam...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrb/2025/v15i1355
Anthropogenic activities have significantly contributed to soil and sediment pollution. Heavy metals are among the most common soil/sediment pollutants, owing to the fact that they easily get adsorbed on sediment surfaces and get carried from one ecosystem to another. This study...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2025/v34i1947
The study aims to assess the presence and concentration of heavy metals in lemon grasses. These could have implications for the safety and quality of the lemon for various uses, including culinary and medicinal purposes. The research employs analytical techniques such as atomic a...
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Research Article10.9734/jmsrr/2025/v8i1379
Water quality deteriorating due to the growing global population. In the present study, a total of 104 water samples were collected from Central Narmada Valley zone Madhya Pradesh and analyzed using ICP- MS/MS in the laboratory the results showed that the mean concentrations...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2025/v15i14703
Akuru, Udiomine Brantley, Ndidi Nwachoko, Tetam, Jack, Miebaka Jamabo, Chigozirim Steve Amadi & Ebenezer Peter-Osah·Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology·2025
Background: Heavy metal-polluted soils are becoming more widespread around the world, as geologic and anthropogenic activity grow. The risk of soil contamination by metals increases drastically with increasing industrialization, urbanization, and oil spillage. Thus, it is necessa...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2025/v24i2657