Browsing College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) by Subject "Heavy metals"
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Assessing the levels of heavy metals and mineral salts contamination of community water sources along the Kiteezi landfill catchment, near Kampala
(Makerere University, 2023-01)World over, especially in the developing nations, landfills are still the main alternative to containing large volumes of municipal wastes. However, the reducing urban space and increasing volumes of municipal solid waste ... -
Assessment of the impacts of e-waste production in Kampala city, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2019-12)Growth in the use of electrical and electronic equipment increases of e-waste generation. Inadequate e-waste management procedures lead to severe environmental and health issues due to the hazardous chemicals associated ... -
Food control in Uganda: a case of the rice value chain
(Makerere University, 2023-01)Food control is of national strategic interest to guarantee food safety and protect human health. Uganda has a multi-agency food control system where mandates and quality infrastructure are fragmented into different ... -
Food safety knowledge, attitudes and practices of food handlers along the rice value chain of Uganda
(Journal of Food Industry, 2022-02)Food handlers play a critical role in controlling food contamination from “farm to fork”. Therefore, inadequate knowledge, poor attitudes and improper practices by food handlers pose a serious challenge to food safety. ... -
Incidence of aflatoxins, heavy metals and pesticide residues contamination in imported and locally grown white rice in Uganda
(International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2021-11)There is increased global interest in the safety of rice because rice is a staple food for half of the world’s population and its safety influences consumers’ health. This study aimed at assessing the levels of aflatoxins ... -
Land use/cover change of Nakivubo wetland and the variation of water quality in the upper, lower wetlands and the inner Murchison Bay interface, Kampala Uganda
(Makerere University, 2017-01)The degradation of Nakivubo wetland may have affected its potential to treat wastewater, run-offs and industrial influents from the City of Kampala and there is no current information related to that. As a result, this ... -
Toxicological risk associated with consumption of rice sold in Uganda
(International Journal of Scientific Advances, 2021-11)Previous studies have reported the presence of aflatoxins (AFB1, AFB2, AFG1 and AFG2), heavy metals (As, Cd and Pb) and organochlorine pesticide residues (OCPs) in rice sold in Uganda. However, the potential health ...