Living near landfills is a known health hazard prompting recognition of environmental injustice. The study aim was to compare self-reported symptoms of ill health among residents of four neighborhoods, living in haphazardly constructed settlements surrounded by illegal dumpsites in Tijuana, Mexico. One adult from each of 388 households located in Los Laureles Canyon were interviewed about demog...

dumpsites can produce serious pollution problems in soil, water and air, and are the most frequent method of solid waste disposal in many developing countries. one of the pollution concerns at dumpsites is the emission of methane, which has been identified as a green house gas. in order to determine the surface emission of methane at an informal settlement built on a former dumpsite, six sampli...

Information on airborne microplastics (AMPs) in Thailand is still not available. This study monitored and identified AMPs Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR), Thailand. A high-volume air sampler was used to collect at five different locations BMR. These are university, roadside, urban park, dumpsite, industrial estate. The results showed that concentration averaged 333.42 ± 142.99 per cubic meter...

Curcuma longa L.(turmeric) is one of the most essential available spices in Nigeria. The field study was conducted at Teaching and Research Farm Faculty Agriculture Veterinary Medicine, Imo State University, Owerri, During planting season 2019 to assess effect different levels Dumpsite Organic Manure Soil on Growth parameters, nutrient content yield turmeric. experiment laid Randomized Block Co...

The rapid increase in population, urbanization, industrialization, and changes consumption patterns have given rise to many environmental problems, which mainly include air, land, water pollution. In Khartoum North, State, Sudan, there was a lack of compatible solid waste management system. These resulted decline health, the majority yards were turned into dumps (kusha). current study focused o...

Environmental problem tends to be growing globally especially in developing countries due the advancement technology via indiscriminate disposal of electronic wastes, this has continued pose serious threat human health. The present study aimed at determining level heavy metals e-waste dumpsite and evaluates ecological health risk soil contaminated with Atan dumpsite. results analysis revealed t...

The environmental risks associated with heavy metal pollutions are becoming worrisome. Hence, this study evaluated the and human health of lead (Pb) accumulation in soil samples from solid waste dumpsites within Abuja, Nigeria. Soil (n=72) were collected (0-45 cm depth) Abaji, Bwari, Gosa, Gwagwalada, Kuje, Kwali 2 km away (control), then analyzed for Pb using atomic absorption spectrophotomete...

In this study, seventy five (75) soil samples were collected from farmlands, riverbanks and dumpsites screened for the presence of Escherichia coli via inoculation on EMB, Gram’s staining some biochemical tests. Overall, 15 E. isolates identified. Dumpsite has highest number with 9(60%), followed by farmland four 4(26.7%) isolates, lastly riverbank two 2(13.3%) isolates. Subculture Sorbitol-Mac...

Different studies have shown that Vernonia amygdalina is enriched with proteins, fats, fibres, amino acids, minerals vitamins, and carbohydrates but no record yet on the level of heavy metals in collected from Ojota (dumpsite) Badagry (control) Lagos state. Samples V. were analyzed for using standard method, while differences concentrations t-test analysis at significance set p=0.05. The result...