The drive for development and modernization has come at great cost. Various human
activities in developed and developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) …

In this review, we highlight the effects of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) against toxicities
induced by heavy metals (HMs). This most active green tea polyphenol was demonstrated to …

Soil heavy metals harm ecological biodiversity and human health, and quantifying the risks
more accurately is still obscure. In this study, a network environ analysis was applied to …

Staphylococcus aureus is an opportunistic pathogen of human and other mammals that is of
increasing clinical and veterinary importance due to its ability to rapidly develop …

The importance of crude oil has come at a great cost. In many developing economies of the
world, it can be described as the bitter-sweet crude for its double-edged impacts on the …

Background. Environmental impacts from informal e-waste recycling are increasing in Africa.
E-waste handling and disposal exposes people to highly toxic cocktails of heavy metals …

The study was conducted to demystify the geochemical distributions of heavy metals in
water and sediments from dredged and non-dredged riverine systems, with a view to …

This study was aimed at determining mainly the concentrations of As and other metals (Cd,
Cu, Hg, Pb, V and Zn) in samples of feed, soil, plants and foods (fish, chicken, goat and cow …

Background The carcinogenic properties of arsenic make it one of the most hazardous
chemicals globally. Nevertheless, the exact level of human exposure to arsenic and the …

Cancer, a serious public health problem in worldwide, results from an excessive and
uncontrolled proliferation of the body cells without obvious physiological demands of …