Rising world population is expected to increase the demand for nitrogen fertilizers to
improve crop yield and ensure food security. With existing challenges on low nutrient use …

Agriculture will face the issue of ensuring food security for a growing global population
without compromising environmental security as demand for the world's food systems …

Objective Benzene, as a volatile organic compound, is known as one of the main air
pollutants in the environment. The aim of this review is to summarize all available evidences …

Background: Gasoline station workers are exposed to volatile organic compounds such as
benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene (BTEX). Objectives: To determine the level of …

Occupational exposure is an important, global cause of respiratory disease. Unlike many
other non-communicable lung diseases, the proximal causes of many occupational lung …

Solvents, and dissolution in general, have been an integral part of numerous industries for
hundreds of years. From the production of life-saving drugs to the manufacture of coffee …

The growing population is driving up the demand for food, but the inadequate efficiency of
traditional fertilizers is constraining crop production. Nanotechnology-based fertilizers …

Background Chronic exposure to benzene can lead to deleterious effects on many
biological systems including blood and blood‐forming organs. We investigated the adverse …

TiO 2 exist in three polymorphs known as anatase, rutile and brookite. Amongst these
polymorphs, brookite are less reported and mostly produced as a by-product. In this work …

Abstract Background The oil-rich Niger Delta suffers from extensive petroleum
contamination. A pilot study was conducted in the region of Ogoniland where one …