Tag: lead

Early in the nineteenth century, steel bridges were popular. To protect the buildings from consistent air degradation, lead-based coatings were used. These have proven excellent resistance to degradation over time. In general, the rivets that connected the structural components exhibited less corrosion than the steel pieces. The damage was...

Using standard spectroscopic and analytical techniques, a chalcone receptor 1 derived from pyrene has been developed, synthesised, and characterised. In semi-aqueous conditions, the probe 1 is used as a lead ion sensor. Over other competing heavy and transition metal ions, Receptor 1 showed a highly selective and sensitive detection...

The goal was to find out how much heavy metal was in the water, sediments, and crops in the La Villa river basin in the provinces of Herrera and Los Santos in Panama. In the wet season of 2016 (May to November) and the dry season of 2017, the...

The amount of serum lead and cadmium in pregnant and non-pregnant women living in selected gas flaring localities in Bayelsa State, Nigeria is determined and compared in this study. This study included 200 pregnant women who appeared to be in good health and 100 non-pregnant women who served as...

Water contamination caused by poisonous heavy metals such as Hg(II), Cr(VI), Cd(II), and Pb(II) ions, among others, has gotten a lot of attention recently. Because of their toxicity, accumulation, and biomagnification, increasing quantities of heavy metals in the ecosystem poses a serious health risk. Lead pollution of drinking water...

Water is an essential component of the body’s metabolic activities. The World Health Organization has established criteria for drinking water. Water is a life-sustaining beverage that is required for all species to survive. A major public health priority is the provision of safe drinking water. The intake of polluted...

The degree of the concentration of lead (Pb) that induces toxicity in the pteridophytes of lower vascular plants remains unknown. The present study was therefore intended to investigate the degree of Pb accumulation in Marsilea minuta Linn, with its effect on the physiological and biochemical basis of heavy metal...

Public pipe-borne water system had collapsed in Anambra state of Nigeria, for over fifteen years, challenging the residents of the state to resort to alternative sources of potable water, notably, boreholes. In this work, two boreholes each in nineteen communities, one from Aguluzigbo, in three local government areas (Anaocha,...

This study was designed to determine the hepatoprotective effect of the combined administration of calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg) on cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) co-intoxicated rats. Wistar rats were obtained from the animal House of Pharmacology Department, University of Jos, allowed to acclimatized for seven days and then...

Aims: This study was conducted to determine the toxicity and tolerance to lead by the seedling growth of an important country legume crop cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L). Study Design: The seedlings of cowpea were grown in sand culture at 0, 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100 ppm of metal...