Background: Considering the toxic effects of heavy metals and microbial pathogens in industrial wastewaters, it is necessary to treat metal and microbial contaminated wastewater prior to disposal in the environment. The purpose of this study is to assess the removal of heavy metals pollution and microbial contamination from a mixture of municipal and industrial wastewater using membrane bioreac...

Soil heavy metals have been a very useful indicator of environmental quality worldwide. The present study was conducted to investigate the levels, sources, distribution and spatial variability of heavy metals (Cu, Mn, Cd, Pb, and Zn) in soils in close proximity to an industrial area. Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA) was applied to test the similarities between sampled elements based on neare...

The relationship between glucose-induced insulin secretion and metabolism of inositol phospholipid was investigated by means of an islet perifusion method and direct measuring of inositol phosphates after sonicating the islets. The results showed that the time course of inositol phospholipid breakdown is coincident with the first phase of glucose-induced insulin secretion. Analysis of the efflu...

The waste water and industrial effluent-treatment requires both inorganic and organic flocculants. Among the organic type, polymeric flocculants (synthetic as well as natural) are preferred because of their low dosage, easy handling, inertness to pH changes, production of large cohesive flocs and versatile tailorability. The concern for environmental and ecological issues warrants the use of th...

The genotoxic effects of the industrial effluent from a paint (100%, 50%, 25%, 10%, 5%, 1%, 0.50% and 0.25%) manufacturing company in Ikotun, Lagos was evaluated using the root meristem cells of Allium cepa. chromosomal aberration assays were used to determine the mitotic index and chromosome aberration rate. There was a significant difference (p<0.05) in the average root length of Allium cepa ...

background: considering the toxic effects of heavy metals and microbial pathogens in industrial wastewaters, it is necessary to treat metal and microbial contaminated wastewater prior to disposal in the environment. the purpose of this study is to assess the removal of heavy metals pollution and microbial contamination from a mixture of municipal and industrial wastewater using membrane bioreac...

Background: Considering the toxic effects of heavy metals and microbial pathogens in industrial wastewaters, it is necessary to treat metal and microbial contaminated wastewater prior to disposal in the environment. The purpose of this study is to assess the removal of heavy metals pollution and microbial contamination from a mixture of municipal and industrial wastewater using membrane biorea...