Heavy metal contamination poses health risks in Niger, Kogi, Nasarawa – University Don warns

‘Unsafe’ heavy metal levels in northern Thai rivers

The Pollution Control Department has confirmed unsafe levels of arsenic and other heavy metals in the Kok, Sai and Mekong rivers in northern Thailand, with the contamination traced to upstream mining operations across the border in Shan State of Myanmar.

Heavy metal contamination poses health risks in Niger, Kogi, Nasarawa – University Don warns

Professor John Jiya Musa, a renowned agricultural engineer at the Federal University of Technology, FUT, Minna, Niger State, has disclosed the presence of heavy metal contamination in farming soils near dumpsites in Niger, Kogi, and Nasarawa states, capable of posing health risks to the population. Professor Musa made this disclosure during his 115th Inaugural Lecture at FUT Minna, titled “Soil and Water Conservation Practices: A Tool for Sustai…