Heavy Metal Contamination and Human Health Risk Assessment of Farmland Soils in Ndele, an Oil-Producing Community in the Niger Delta, Nigeria
Agricultural soils in oil-producing regions of the Niger Delta may receive persistent trace-metal inputs from petroleum-related activities and other anthropogenic sources, creating potential implications for soil quality, crop production and human exposure. This study assessed cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) and arsenic (As...