EFFECTS OF HEAVY METALS PRESENT IN WASTE WATER EFFLUENTS OF PHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRIES
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the study Various devastating ecological effects and human disasters in the last 40 years have arisen majorly from industrial wastes causing environmental degradation (Abdel-Shafy and Abdel-Basir, 1991; Sridhar et al., 2000). The discharges from these industries constitute biohazard to man and other living organisms in the environment because they contain toxic substances detrimental to health (Adebisi et al., 2007; Adriano, 2001; Bakare et al., 2003). ...
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