To explore the joint toxicity and bio-accumulation of multi-heavy metals and potential
chemoprevention strategies, Male Sprague Dawley (SD) rats (n= 30) were treated orally …

Heavy metals pollution to the natural environment is an immersing issue of prime
importance. Their bioaccumulation potential and toxicity are being transferred to human …

Top soil samples were obtained from five (5) waste dumpsites soils in Borokiri town namely:
Church Hill Garri Market, NOWA market, New Layout Market, Nembe Street and Approved …

The study assessed the levels, ecological and human health risks of mixed contaminants
(toxic metals and petroleum hydrocarbons) in soils under different land uses in Makurdi …

Standard analytical protocols and pollution indices were used to evaluate eco-toxicological
status and health risks of heavy metals contamination in municipal solid waste (MSW) …

The use of free range animals for monitoring environmental health offers opportunities to
detect exposure and assess the toxicological effects of pollutants in terrestrial ecosystems …

The concentrations of eight metals (Cd, Pb, Cr, Ni, Cu, Mn, Zn and Fe) were measured in
soils under different land use in an urban environment of the Niger Delta in Nigeria. The aim …

Purpose This work investigated the levels, ecological and potential human health risk of
heavy metals in soils and crop plants of an abandoned open municipal solid waste dumpsite …

The growing dominance of urban environment with heavy metals through natural and
anthropogenic depositions and the potentially adverse health implications following …

Awka has been the site of increased human activities since it became a state capital in 1991.
Because refuse dumps have hitherto been a disregarded environmental menace in Nigeria …