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Health Risk Assessment and Levels of Heavy Metals in Farmed Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) from the Volta Basin of Ghana

Journal of Chemistry, 2021
Heavy metals (Pb, Cd, As, Mn, Fe, Zn, Cu, Ni, and Cr) are some of the most toxic elements that can bioaccumulate from sources linked to human activities, such as industry and agriculture.
Emmanuel Kaboja Magna, Samuel Senyo Koranteng, Augustine Donkor, Christopher Gordon   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Accumulation of heavy metals and human health risk assessment of vegetable consumption from a farm within the Korle lagoon catchment

Heliyon, 2023
The Korle lagoon is known to have high concentration of heavy metals. The use of land for agriculture and water for irrigation within the Korle Lagoon's catchment constitutes a potential health risk.
Richard Osae, Daniel Nukpezah, Daniel Amoako Darko, Samuel Senyo Koranteng, Adelina Mensah   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing institutional sanitation and its impact at a citywide level: an exploration of school sanitation in the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana

Frontiers in Environmental Science
IntroductionExploring sanitation at a city scale is crucial due to approaches such as Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS). Sanitation impacts individuals, households and the whole city, as recognised by CWIS.
William Nkonde, William Nkonde, Claire Furlong, Brian Reed, Damir Brdanovic   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

How community participation in water and sanitation interventions impacts human health, WASH infrastructure and service longevity in low-income and middle-income countries: a realist review

BMJ Open, 2021
Objective To understand how, and under what circumstances community participation in water and sanitation interventions impacts the availability of safe water and sanitation, a change in health status or behaviour and the longevity of water, sanitation ...
Sarah Nelson, Dorothy Drabarek, A. Jenkins, J. Negin, S. Abimbola   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Occupational health outcomes among sanitation workers: A systematic review and meta-analysis

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 2021
Background Sanitation workers are essential to global public health and societal wellbeing. However, the health risks and outcomes associated with exposure to occupational risk factors among sanitation workers are neither well understood nor well ...
H. Oza, M. Lee, S. Boisson, F. Pega, K. Medlicott, T. Clasen   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Transparent UV‐Curable Self‐Sanitizing Coatings Applicable to Diverse Surfaces and High‐Touch Screens to Mitigate Deadly Pathogen Transmission

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Development of a transparent, self‐sanitizing antimicrobial coating technology applicable to a wide range of materials and surfaces‐including touchscreens, transparent substrates, and metal, plastic, and glass‐regardless of pathogen type. The spray‐coated, UV‐cross‐linked imidazole‐based quaternary ammonium chloride materials provide broad‐spectrum ...
Surjith Kumaran, Sumin Han, Euna Oh, Chunghee Jo, Hyerin Shin, Dae‐Hong Ko, Hyo‐Jick Choi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Infilling missing data and outliers for a conventional sewage treatment plant using a self-organizing map: a case study of Kauma Sewage Treatment Plant in Lilongwe, Malawi

H2Open Journal, 2023
Data availability is key for modeling of wastewater treatment processes. However, process data are characterized by missing values and outliers. This study applied a self-organizing map (SOM) to fill in missing values and replace outliers in wastewater ...
Madalitso H. Mng'ombe, Brighton Austin Chunga, Eddie W. Mtonga, Russel C. G. Chidya, Mphatso Malota   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Challenges in Latin America for the Next Decade [PDF]

, 2011
A decade after a 1999 World Bank-sponsored meeting of Latin American water and sanitation experts, there has been progress in rural sanitation in that region.
Glenn Pearce-Oroz
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Sanitation and Child Health in India [PDF]

, 2015
This study contributes to the understanding of key drivers of stunted growth, a factor widely recognized as major impediment to human capital development. Specifically, it examines the effects of sanitation coverage and usage on child height for age in a
Britta Augsburg, Paul Rodriguez-Lesmes
core   +2 more sources

Impact of drinking water, sanitation and handwashing with soap on childhood diarrhoeal disease: updated meta‐analysis and meta‐regression

Tropical medicine & international health, 2018
Safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene are protective against diarrhoeal disease; a leading cause of child mortality. The main objective was an updated assessment of the impact of unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) on childhood diarrhoeal ...
J. Wolf, P. Hunter, M. Freeman, O. Cumming, T. Clasen, J. Bartram, J. Higgins, R. Johnston, K. Medlicott, S. Boisson, A. Prüss-Ustün   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source