In recent years, indiscriminate consumption and dumping of antibiotics have become destructive to human health causes ecotoxicological pollution. Here, the irregular particle nanosized dendrite structure lanthanum-doped cerium oxide (LCO) decorated with sheet-like reduced graphene (RGO) composite was utilized detect sulfonamide-based drug sulfadiazine (SZ). LCO@RGO nanocomposite prepared using ...

Abstract The indiscriminate use of herbicides in agriculture contributes to soil and water pollution, with important endangering consequences on the ecosystems. Among available analytical systems, algal biosensors have demonstrated be valid tools thanks their high sensitivity, cost-effectiveness, eco-design. Herein, we report development a dual electro-optical biosensor for herbicide monitoring...

Urban centres in the world are undergoing facets of changes, these changes are evident in developing countries and more divergent because urban transformation in developing countries is often accompanied challenges which include traffic congestion, overcrowding, pollution and continuous land use succession. This phenomenon is not different with the central area of Minna, Nigeria. Since 2008 the...

Landscape transformations in the rapidly urbanizing landscape are the most dynamic process altering the local ecology, hydrology and environment. This necessitates understanding of spatial patterns of the growth for an effective urban planning. Remote sensing data acquired at regular intervals through satellite borne sensors enables the synoptic monitoring and visualization of urban growth patt...

BACKGROUND Indiscriminate disposal of untreated wastes which are often heavily laden with sewage microorganisms some of which are pathogenic to humans into aquatic environments near cities could serve as potential dangers to human health. OBJECTIVE A prospective study was undertaken to investigate the scope of potential bacterial pathogens and to assess the extent of pollution of the Douala l...

Presently, aquatic pollution by ammonium compounds, due to their large scale production and the indiscriminate usage for the agriculture and aquaculture farms, has earned an important place among the environmental pollutants. Industrial effluents, bio degradation of waste products and food remains also contribute for the formation of considerable quantity of ammonia in the environment. Ammonia ...

In recent years, the increasing trend of pollution has been extended to the marine environment, although it has been one of natural places more stable for years, thanks to the great development of marine aquaculture worldwide at present is being severely affected. The indiscriminate use of antimicrobial compounds begins to promote an important change in the microflora of both marine and inland ...

Accepted : May, 2010 Use of chemicals in crop production is unavoidable. However, their excessive use is creating health problem due to pollution of air, water and soil, i.e., environment and food product, now under IPM strategies biopesticides and botanical pesticides have emerged as a eco-friendly approach to protect environment for sustainable agriculture and life on the plant (Tiwari, 1995)...

Inertness and indiscriminate uses as well as growing water and land pollution problems have lead to concern about plastics. Present paper investigates the possibility of plastic degradation by microbes isolated from forest soil and automobile washout sludge. The in-vivo degradation was studied by litter bag experiment by taking 1 g of each plastic and buried under forest soil and automobile was...