The seasonal interactions among rivers, floodplains, vegetation and anthropogenic activities result in highly dynamic systems, which tend to exhibit distinctly different biogeochemical patterns throughout the wet and dry seasons. An assessment and characterization of the spatial-temporal...
Download PDF ↓Mine tailings are a significant source of heavy metal contamination for soils in their proximity. In Zambia’s Copperbelt Province, historical and current mining operations have resulted in large outputs of tailings. Food crops grown on contaminated soils may be a conduit for transfer of heavy...
Download PDF ↓In Kabwe, contamination resulting from lead (Pb), Zinc (Zn) and Cadmium (Cd) has led to high concentration of the heavy metals in the soils. These contaminations cause a serious threat to the food chain, mostly through the uptake of these metals by crops such as maize. This study was conducted to...
Water is an essential product for human survival, which all age groups consume and access to safe drinking water is essential to health. Safe drinking water implies that the water does not represent any significant risk to health over a lifetime of consumption, including different sensitivities...
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