Environmental pollution has reached alarming proportions in Zambia. Mining and industrial activities have been responsible for water, soil, plant and air pollution. The principal objectives of this study were to determine the extent of pollution of soil and vegetation by cadmium, copper, lead and...
Download PDF ↓In Zambia, mining of minerals is concentrated in the Copperbelt province. This and other industries of the area has brought about environmental degradation through release of possible unwanted toxic substances. The purpose of this study was to obtain the concentration of heavy metal pollutants,...
Download PDF ↓Monitoring and evaluation assessments of the IRS programmes reveal an inability to meet set IRS coverage targets. The purpose of this was to determine the factors that influence the low IRS coverage. A cross sectional household study was carried out in Lusaka District’s Mtendere, Kanyama and...
Download PDF ↓Tomatoes and cabbage samples were analysed for chlorpyrifos and monocrotophos residues by Gas Chromatography (^GC) vntYv electron capture detector. One field o? tomatoes and cabbage was treated for four weeks at the recommended dose of 0.61/Ha monocrotophos and 21/Ha chlorpyrifos. A second field...
Download PDF ↓The content of cadmium and lead in raw food crops consisting of cabbage, rape, tomato and maize collected from selected retail markets, and in daily diets collected from selected school dining halls in Kabwe and Lusaka was determined. Separate analyte solutions were obtained after wet digestion...
Download PDF ↓This study investigated bacteriological, hydrocarbons and heavy metal pollution status on Lake Tanganyika in Mpulungu area in the period of October 1999 to March 2000. The purpose of this study was to identify the origin and sources of bacteriological, hydrocarbon and heavy metal pollution on the...