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Heavy metals risk assessment of water and sediments collected from selected river tributaries of the Mara River in Tanzania
(Springer Nature, 2021-06-25)
This study investigated the levels of Pb, Hg, Cr, Cd, and As in water and sediments from the tributaries of the Mara River,
Tanzania. Pollution risk of water and sediments was investigated using seven indices and fve ...
A Review on Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Environment: A Focus on Active Chemicals in Sub-Saharan Africa
(MDPI, 2021-12-22)
: 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 routinely
monitored substances nor in ...
A survey of irrigation water and soil quality that likely impacts paddy rice yields in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2021-11-29)
In this study, the impacts of irrigation water quality and soil characteristics on paddy rice yields were investigated.
Standard spectroscopy and spectrometry methods were used to analyze irrigation water and irrigated ...
Isotopic and hydrogeochemical characterization of groundwater and surface water from a mine site in Tanzania
(IWA Publishing, 2021-12-04)
This study used the hydrochemical properties of water to reveal the causes of water quality degradation. The results showed that most samples located downstream of the mine tailings dam were slightly acidic with pH as low ...
Health Risk Assessment of Trace Elements in Soil for People Living and Working in a Mining Area
(Hindawi, 2021-07-02)
The present study used soils collected from a small-scale gold mine area to determine the health risks due to trace elements to the at-risk population in the study area. The work involved 74 soil samples from four sampling ...
Current status of textile wastewater management practices and effluent characteristics in Tanzania
(IWA Publishing, 2021-04-05)
Textile wastewater from wet processing units is a major environmental problem. Most chemicals,
including dyes, are only partly consumed, resulting in highly colored wastewater containing a variety
of chemicals released ...