Background. Metal recycling factories (MRFs) have developed rapidly in Nigeria as
recycling policies have been increasingly embraced. These MRFs are point sources for …

Background. Unsound recycling of e-waste releases toxic metals into environmental media
and has deleterious health consequences to humans as the metals transfer to humans …

Some physicochemical characteristics and heavy metal levels in soil samples around metal
scrap dumps at Abraka and Agbor vicinities of Delta State, Nigeria, were analysed in order …

Urbanization has become a major problem because of their adverse consequences on the
environment. This study was conducted to determine the extent of pollution, sources, and …

Heavy metals were determined in topsoils around a major industrial estate co-located with a
housing estate in the southwestern region of Nigerian. Samples were collected on three …

The levels of accumulation of heavy metals (Cr, Cu, Pb, Ni and Zn) in Olusosun dump soil (in
Lagos State, Nigeria) due to municipal solid waste were investigated. Soil samples from the …

Levels of some heavy metals in soils around designated municipal solid waste dumpsite
and a control site within Port Harcourt and its environs were determined. The soil samples …

Industrialization has propagated the incidence of heavy metal contamination in the
environment, and several life-threatening diseases which people suffer from today culminate …

The study assessed the levels of some heavy metals in soils in the vicinity of a municipal
solid waste dumpsite with a view to providing information on the extent of contamination …

The pollution indices and the potential ecological risks of heavy metals contents of the soil
affected by municipal waste were investigated in Ondo, southwestern, Nigeria. The heavy …