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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Potential ecological risk"”.
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Water quality assessment and potential ecological risk of trace metals in sediments of some selected wetland across Limpopo Province; South Africa
… was conducted to evaluate water quality and the potential ecological risk due to trace metals in sediments across wetlands in Limpopo Province. The samples' physicochemical parameters were tested in the field and the laboratory. All the instruments used to test the physicochemical parameters of …
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Environmental risk assessment for an informal e-waste recycling site in Lagos State, Nigeria
… that the informal E-waste recycling may pose a risk to human health and the environment, this study aims to evaluate the e-waste contamination and the environmental and human health impact of informal e-waste recycling on the exposed population using the risk assessment framework. The …
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Assessment of Potential Temporal Impacts of “Land use Activities on Water Quality of the Luvuvhu River “Catchment, South Africa
… is crucial to benefit from the full resource potential of surface water bodies. This benefit becomes compromised when there’s high water quality degradation in the system. Considering the South African context, the use of untreated river water for domestic uses such as laundry, recreation, and …
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Development of an integrated approach for prioritization of mine features of selected abandoned mines for rehabilitation in the Giyani Greenstone Belt
Mining has a potential to provide sustainable economic and social benefits to communities and the regions in which mining companies operate. However, many mines have been abandoned and/or improperly closed which has lasting impacts on public health and safety and the environment. South Africa has …
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Evaluation of pollution potential and bioremediation of tannery-based chromium wastes in Sub-Saharan Africa: the case of dump sites in Beit Ore Tannery in South Africa and Dogbone Tannery in Kenya
… chromium status, trace metals contamination and ecological risk assessment of tannery waste disposal of selected tannery waste dumpsites in Kenya and South Africa. Then, it assessed the potential health risk associated with the consumption of edible vegetables grown on Cr (VI) polluted soils. It …