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A comparison of the solubilizing potential of some aminopolycarboxylic acids, hortrilon® and fetrilon® for use in phytoextraction

Amoakwah, Emmanuel; Ampofo-Asiama, Jerry; Slycken, Stijn Van; Essumang, David K. (University of Cape Coast, 2013-06)

Phytoextraction has been introduced as a new technology to clean up soils contaminated with heavy metals as the use of conventional methods to clean up the soil is very expensive and destructive to the ecosystem. However, ...
Evaluation of the levels of selected heavy metals in mangrove ecosystem and roadside topsoil in Ghana

Essumang, David K.; Boamponsem, Louis K.; Adokoh, Christian K.; Bentum, John K.; Owusu, Christiana; Adu-Boakye, Millicent E.; Afrifa, Joseph (University of Cape Coast, 2012)

Trace metals were determined in the soil and water of four lagoons, two estuaries, and four heavy-traffic roads in Greater Accra along the Atlantic coast of Ghana. The results showed that water samples from all of the water ...
Groundwater quality assessment: A physicochemical properties of drinking water in a rural setting of developing countries

Essumang, David K.; Senu, J.; Fianko, J. R.; Nyarko, B. K.; Adokoh, C. K; Boamponsem, .L (University of Cape Coast, 2011)

This study determined and characterized the quality of underground water in Twifo Hemang Lower Denkyira District (THLDD) of the central region of Ghana. The research involved the determinations of levels of copper (Cu), ...
Levels of mercury, cadmium, and zinc in the topsoil of some selected towns in the Wassa West District of the Western Region of Ghana

Tetteh, Samuel; Golow, Adem A.; Essumang, David K.; Zugle, Ruphino (University of Cape Coast, 2010)

The Wassa West istrict of the western region of Ghana is noted or a large deposit of gold ores. s a result, there is a lot of mining activity in the district, which include both legal and illegal miners. large number of ...
Perfuoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in the Pra and Kakum River basins and associated tap water in Ghana

Essumang, David K.; Eshun, Albert; Hogarh, Jonathan N.; Bentum, John K.; Adjei, Joseph K.; Negishi, Junya; Nakamichi, Shihori; Habibullah-Al-Mamun, Md; Masunaga, Shigeki (University of Cape Coast, 2016)

Perfuoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) are persistent environmental pollutants that have been detected in various media including human serum. Due to concerns regarding their bioaccumulation and possible negative health effects, an ...
Spatial and temporal distribution of polychlorinated biphenyl residues in tropical soils

.Bentum, John K; Dodoo, David K.; Kwakye, Patrick K.; Essumang, David K.; Adjei, George A. (University of Cape Coast, 2016)

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in tropical soil samples from the Central Region of Ghana, and their variation with the soil characteristics were assessed. The soil characteristics of seventy eight samples were first ...

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