Oil Spillage and Heavy Metals Toxicity Risk in the Niger Delta, Nigeria

Background. Heavy metals are known to elicit toxic effects which negatively affect human health. Crude oil is known to contain heavy metals and oil spills contaminate the environment and can result in human exposures to heavy metals. As the seat of crude oil activities, the Niger Delta region experi...

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Main Authors: Enegide Chinedu, Chukwuma Kelechukwu Chukwuemeka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pure Earth 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Health and Pollution
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