Plasticizers such as phthalate esters (PAEs) and bisphenol A (BPA) are highly persistent
organic pollutants that tend to bio-accumulate in humans through the soil-plant-animal food …

Abattoirs are positioned close to freshwaters in most developing countries where untreated
wastewaters are discharged into with potential risk to aquatic life such as fish and ultimately …

Pharmaceutical effluents contain toxic xenobiotics capable of contaminating aquatic
environments. Untreated effluents are illegally discharged into aquatic environment in most …

Unanticipated increase in the use of silver (Ag) and copper oxide (CuO) nanoparticles (NPs)
due to their antimicrobial properties is eliciting environmental health concern because of …

The discharge of untreated effluents into aquatic ecosystems poses potential adverse effects
to aquatic organisms. In this study, the physico-chemical characteristics of abattoir effluent …

The present study was conducted to assess the cytotoxicity of water and sediments of an
industrial effluent receiving water body in the western province of Sri Lanka using Allium …

Hospital effluents contain myriad of mutagens and genotoxins capable of increasing DNA
damage in aquatic biota. African mudfish, Clarias gariepinus, are exposed to genotoxins …

Heavy metals are ubiquitous environmental and occupational genotoxicants with different
absorbability and toxicokinetics towards increasing genetic damage, neoplasm and cell …

Abstract The Ogun River is a sink for untreated effluents discharged from the Kara Cow
Market, Ogun State. In this study, microbiological, physicochemical and heavy metals …

Wastewater treatment plants are mainly monitored for quality in terms of their biological
oxygen demand and microbiological constituents as stipulated in the specific discharge …