The leaching of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from industrial or agricultural areas into drinking water poses a risk to human health. Understanding how the level of contamination changes over time...
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South Africa is known to have the highest number of people living with HIV of any country globally, with an estimated at 7.9 million infected and more...
Phosphorus is an essential nutrient for human, plant and animal life. However, it is also growth limiting, which makes it an important parameter to...
Simple tests to be carried out by people with minimum training outside laboratories are very much in vogue at the moment with the lateral flow tests...
Biodegradation of chemicals in the environment is an important process governing the fate of waste chemicals and pollutants. Data on these processes...
Toxaphene – a chlorine-based pesticide made up of over 670 different chemicals – is known for its high toxicity, slow degradation and bioaccumulation...
Contamination of food remains an ongoing problem. It can come from the raw material, as in two of these examples, or from the vessels used in the food...
The use of pesticides has increased worldwide over the last century, in an effort to boost the quality and quantity of crops. Although their use is...
Chromium (Cr) (VI) is a well-known toxic, mutagenic, and carcinogenic water pollutant (1). The World Health Organization (WHO) set a maximum allowable...