This study was conducted to determine the heavy metals concentration in soil and
Amaranthus retroflexus grown on irrigated farmlands along the Makera Drain, Kaduna …

Petroleum refining industries extract large volumes of freshwater for the process of refining
crude oil. Thus, large volumes of wastewater are generated. These wastewaters contain …

The levels of Cu, Fe and Zn in water, sediment and Cynothrissa mento, a commercially
important fish species, were investigated from April 2007 to March 2008 at three sites in …

Samples of palm oil, groundnut oil and soybean oil were collected from Wurukum and
modern (Wadata) markets of Makurdi town. These were analyzed for copper, iron …

Pollution of waterbodies and the environment by petroleum industry is of particular concern
in Nigeria. This problem can be addressed by the application of constructed wetlands (CWs) …

Heavy metal accumulation in the liver, gills, muscles, bone and whole fish of Clarias
gariepinus collected from some industrially polluted zones (stations) of river Kaduna was …

This investigation was conducted on nine sites at Helwan–El Saff area, Cairo, and Giza
governorates (polluted area), and on three sites, in Metrabeaa village, Monofia governorate …

Assessing the concentration of heavy metal is paramount in determine the overall quality of
water. In the study, 10 samples of groundwater from boreholes and hand dug wells were …

Heavy metals are metallic elements with a relatively high density that are dangerous or
hazardous at low concentrations and pose a serious threat to people and the environment …

This study was conducted on municipal solid waste dumping sites at Selate and Kile in
Harar City, Harari Regional State, Ethiopia, to investigate concentration of heavy metals in …