This work is part of the DACCIWA FP7 project (Dynamics-Aerosol-Chemistry-Cloud
Interactions in West Africa) in the framework of the Work Package 2 Air Pollution and Health …

Study related to heavy metal pollution and subsequence health risk assessment adjacent to
landfills region is indispensable since landfills are a convergence point for hazardous …

A near-surface resistivity investigation was undertaken to investigate soil contamination and
aquifer vulnerability due to leachate percolation in a major dumpsite in Calabar. The study …

The accumulation of the heavy metals in the soil received a particular interest because of
their toxicity and retention time in the soil which is slower than in other compartments of the …

The adsorption by clay, a low-cost material, is, among different physicochemical processes,
an efficient way for treating water that contains a low or a moderate concentration of heavy …

The aim of this study was to investigate the heavy metals concentrations in soils and
groundwater within the Ntem watershed in Yaoundé, to prevent the risk on the public health …

Landfills are sources of groundwater and soil pollution due to the production of leachate and
its migration through refuse. This study was conducted in order to determine the extent of …

The aim of this work was to assess the pollution status of metals in soils of Bizerte landfill
(northeastern of Tunisia) using pollution indicators. For this purpose, soils samples from five …

This study was conducted in order to fight against pollution of the environment. The study
concerns river sediment of the Seybouse River in northeastern Algeria. Northeastern Algeria …

An overview of freshwater quality in West and Central Africa is proposed by reviewing recent
selected literature. Water quality degradation in the region is mainly attributable to …