Cane growing is one of the major economic activities in Ramisi, Kwale County besides tourisms and fishing. Although Ramisi Sugar Factory has been defunct for long previously, it has been reinstated and now christened Kwale International Sugar Company Limited (KISCOL). Coast regio...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/16642
This research was carried out to investigate the levels of heavy metals in soils at the municipal dumpsite in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. Composite soil samples were collected from five different landscape positions along a toposequence (crest, upper slope, middle slope,...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2017/34236
This study determined heavy metal:- (lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe) concentrations in selected fish species including: (Brycinus intermidus, Clarias gariepinus, Parachanna obscura, Ctenopoma kingsleyae, Hemichromis bimaculatus and Phractolaemus anso...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2017/33608
The physicochemical parameters and levels of selected heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Mn, Zn and Pb) in soil around Dana Steel Rolling Limted Katsina were investigated in this research. The sample area was divided into four units; East, West, North and South and label as A, B, C and D resp...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2017/34029
Aim: This is one of our mineralogical study series aimed at the preliminary characterization of iron ore and its neighboring farmland soils, with focus on ore impact on soil quality, toxic metals concentration and the geo-accumulation status of pollutants. Methodology: Mineral (I...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2017/32900
The concentrations of some heavy metals (Cd, Cr and Pb) were determined in top soil and (Amaranthus caudatus) samples from irrigated farmlands in Yamaltu, Gombe State, Nigeria, using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS). The results show that the heavy metals contents were h...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32859
Several plants in Tanzania are known to be of potential therapeutic value and are used in traditional medicine system of the country. In this paper, two medicinal plants Moringa oleifera (leaves and roots), and Hibiscus sabsdariffa (rosella calyces) were analysed for elemental co...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/31963
This study examined the impact of abattoir activities on the heavy metal levels and microbial composition in surrounding soils receiving abattoir effluents within Calabar Metropolis. A total of nine composite soil samples were gotten from three locations: Atimbo, Ikot Eneobong an...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2017/33341
Flooding is one significant process that contributes to the movement of sediment and metals. With higher velocities of water, flooding can take contamination downstream. The soil samples were collected from three floodplains of Owena river, Ogbese river and Ala river in Ondo Stat...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/32278
Cytotoxicity of different concentrations of crude oil on Zea mays a widely cultivated crop in Nigeria was investigated for 21 days, using physicochemical and cytotoxicity assay. The experiment was conducted in green-house under controlled environmental conditions. The cytotoxic e...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2017/31376
Introduction: Pollution caused by crude oil and its products is the most prevalent and widespread problem in soil and water environments and is increasingly being implicated as being responsible for the global warming menace being battled worldwide Aims: This study was carried ou...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/28024
Some physicochemical, heavy metals and bacteriological parameters of effluent samples from a chemical industry in Niger Delta, Nigeria, in two sampling seasons (Wet and Dry seasons) were assessed in this work using standard methods of analysis. Results of the physico-chemical par...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/32100
This study was conducted to assess the impact of different chemical, organic and bio fertilizers on growth, phosphorus and heavy metal (Zn, Cd, Co, Cu and Ni) contents of Jew's mallow (Corchorus olitorius L.) plants. Pot and field experiments were carried out in the screen house...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32149
The potential of a low-cost periwinkle shell powder (PSP) for the adsorption of Cr(II) and Zn(II) ions from aqueous media was investigated by batch mode. The PSP produced was chemically activated with 0.1M H2SO4. Scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectrosco...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2016/31440
Heavy metal contamination has become a serious environmental problem due to their negative effects on humans, organisms, soil quality, underground water and ecosystem. This research was targeted at the use of multiple ecological risk indices approach in assessing the ecological r...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/30779