Overview of African water resources contamination by contaminants of emerging concern

Z Shehu, GWA Nyakairu, E Tebandeke… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
This review look at several classes of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in
conventional and non-conventional water resources across the African continent's five …

A review on contaminants of emerging concern in the environment: a focus on active chemicals in Sub-Saharan Africa

AS Ripanda, MJ Rwiza, EC Nyanza, KN Njau… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Active chemicals are among the contaminants of emerging concern that are rarely covered
in regulatory documents in sub-Saharan Africa. These substances are neither in the list of …

Occurrence of antibiotics and antibiotic resistant bacteria in subtropical urban rivers in Brazil

B Böger, M Surek, R de O Vilhena, MM Fachi… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The occurrence of antibiotics in the natural environment has been a growing issue and
correlations between this presence and developing resistance bacteria are explored. The …

Research trends in emerging contaminants on the aquatic environments of Tanzania

H Miraji, OC Othman, FN Ngassapa, EW Mureithi - Scientifica, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The continuity for discovery and production of new chemicals, allied products, and uses has
currently resulted into generation of recent form of contaminants known as Emerging …

Evaluation of occurrence, concentration, and removal of pathogenic parasites and fecal coliforms in three waste stabilization pond systems in Tanzania

A Zacharia, W Ahmada, AH Outwater… - The Scientific World …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In Tanzania, waste stabilization ponds (WSPs) are employed to treat wastewater, and
effluents are used for urban agricultural activities. The use of untreated or partially treated …

Efficacy of waste stabilization ponds and constructed wetlands adopted for treating faecal sludge in Africa: a review

P Mwamlima, KN Njau, MJ Rwiza - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The generation of faecal sludge (FS) in capitals and urban settings of African countries
outpaces the available storage, emptying, transportation and treatment technologies. The …

Developmental effects of amoxicillin at environmentally relevant concentration using zebrafish embryotoxicity test (ZET)

ED González-González, LM Gómez-Oliván… - Water, Air, & Soil …, 2021 - Springer
Amoxicillin (AMX) is an antibiotic that has been added to the watch list of substances by the
European Union, through the Water Framework Directive (WFD; 2000/60/EC) and its …

Antimicrobial silver nanoparticles derived from Synadenium glaucescens exhibit significant ecotoxicological impact in waste stabilization ponds

AJ Mwakalesi, D Mushi - Applied Nanoscience, 2024 - Springer
In recent years, there has been an exponential increase in the production of silver
bionanoparticles due to their widespread commercialization and technological applications …

Using constructed wetlands to remove pathogenic parasites and fecal coliforms from wastewater in Dar es Salaam and Iringa, Tanzania

A Zacharia, W Ahmada, AH Outwater, B Ngasala… - Tanzania Journal of …, 2022 - ajol.info
Wastewater treatment is a widely used health protection measure that can be applied to
control the transmission of wastewater-related infectious diseases to communities exposed …

Toxicological aspects of emerging contaminants

M Hossein - Emerging and Eco-Friendly Approaches for Waste …, 2019 - Springer
The emerging contaminants field suffers from insufficient global information, especially in
Africa, and even less from Asia. Emerging contaminants constitute a group of natural …