Assessment of Heavy Metal Co-Contamination and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Hospital Wastewater Discharges in Southern Nigeria

1.0 Introduction Hospital wastewater is increasingly recognised as one of the most important environmental reservoirs of chemical and biological contaminants because it receives effluents from diverse healthcare activities, including patient…

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Hydrogeochemical Characterisation, Heavy Metal Bioaccumulation in Fish and Aquatic Species, and Public Health Risk Assessment of River Benue, Nigeria

Introduction Freshwater ecosystems play vital roles in sustaining domestic water supply, fisheries, irrigation, transportation, agriculture and biodiversity in many developing countries, including Nigeria. Rivers serve as important ecological and socioeconomic…

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Risk Assessment and Heavy Metals Accumulation in Organs of Clarias Gariepinus and Heterobranchus Longifilis from Omambala River, Anambra State Nigeria

INTRODUCTION In the recent times, there has been reports on the risks associated with the consumption of heavy metal-contaminated foods across the globe. This has triggered interest in determining heavy…

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