Swampy agricultural soils could be contaminated as a result of accumulation of heavy metals through emission from industrial areas, mines tailings, metal wastes, gasoline, paints, fertilizers, manure, sewage sludge, pesticide, waste water irrigation, coal combustion residue, spil...
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Research Article10.9734/ajacr/2020/v5i230128
Background: Contamination of vegetables with heavy metals is a health concern. Therefore, monitoring levels of heavy metals in vegetables can provide useful information for promoting food safety. The level of heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn in mg/kg) in vegetable samples from dif...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i530165
The presence of heavy metals in industrial wastewater needed to be removed in other to control pollution which has been caused as a result of human and industrial activities. Several adsorbents have been used for the remediation process but with this particular research work, Zeo...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i530166
This study evaluates the physico-chemical parameters and heavy metals in water, sediments and Tympanotonus fuscatus obtained from three sample sites along Iko River in Eastern Obolo LGA, AkwaIbom State. The heavy metal analysis results on Pb, Cd and Ni in sediments and Tympanoton...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i330186
Vegetable fields in Katsina State are increasingly being loaded with heavy metals through various pollution sources such as agricultural activities mining and traffic. Onion bulb samples from the three senatorial zones that constitute to make up Katsina state in the North West of...
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Research Article10.9734/acri/2020/v20i230175
Aims: This study aimed at demonstrating the adsorption capacity as well as the removal of glyphosate and cadmium unto Alfisols. Place and Duration of Study: Research was carried out in Analytical Laboratory of Department of Chemistry, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. The soil sampl...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i430527
The growing problem of water scarcity and absolute constraint in availability of fresh water for irrigation has made the use of waste water necessary for irrigation of agricultural fields. This practice represents an important route for transmission of heavy metals toxicity and p...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i330156
Aim: This research work investigated the bioaccumulation of metals in selected edible vegetables from the soils on which they were grown. Place of Study: Two (2) different study locations were chosen from Etsako-West Local Government Areas of Edo State of the Federal Republic of...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2020/v26i230221
Soil quality is an essential factor in Agricultural sustainability and its combination with water and human factors substantially determine the quality of the output (crop) within a particular ecosystem. The goal was attained through: identification of the extant management syste...
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Research Article10.9734/ajopacs/2020/v8i130105
Aim: The present study was aimed to determine the concentration of heavy metals (Pb, Cr, Mn, Cu and Cd) in waterleaf (Talinum triangulare), lettuce (Lectuca sativa) and spinach (Amaranthus hybridus) from three farmlands. Study Design and Place of Study: The research was carried o...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2020/v7i219016
Background: Due to metal pollution and its toxicity in the coastal areas, the enzymatic activities of bacteria involved in the breakdown of organic compounds are repressed leading to decline in biodegradation rate. Aim: The influence of heavy metals (copper, lead, zinc, manganese...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2020/v20i130207
The levels of heavy metals (Mn, Ni, Pb, Cr, Zn and Fe in mg/kg) in roadside soils from two main motor parks (Gombe Terminus and Tashan Dukku) in Gombe, Nigeria were assessed with respect to distance from the motor parks. The metals concentrations were determined by atomic absorpt...
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Research Article10.9734/ajacr/2019/v4i430118
Aims: To employ valorized waste materials from Tilapia ruweti scales for removal of heavy metals from areas with major boating activities and high numbers of jetties at the Okavango delta, Botswana. Study Design: Biowaste materials were Identified, valorized and then optimized fo...
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Research Article10.9734/ajacr/2019/v4i330115
Aim: This study was aimed at determining the physicochemical characteristics (such as pH, dissolved oxygen, biological oxygen demand, nitrogen, phosphorus, chloride, iron, lead, magnesium etc.) of the effluent sludge from a sewage oxidation pond and the receiving stream before an...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2019/v9i1230169
Spices and herbs are being added to diet as ingredients often to improve color, aroma and acceptability of food. The presence of heavy metals in spices could result in the accumulation of these metals in the body organs. The amount of essential and non-essential heavy metals (Cd,...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2019/v11i330158