What is it about?
Ologe Lagoon has been receiving a variety of wastes from its surroundings and more notably from Agbara Industrial Estate. The ecological and economic services of the lagoon include mining, transportation, waste disposal, and fishery. It is vital to note that effluents from Agbara Industrial Estate, which is close to the lagoon, are discharged into it after treatment in a central effluent treatment plant. There are over 20 factories (food and beverages, pharmaceutical, breweries, metal finishing, chemical, pulp and paper industries) in the estate. We then decided to monitor this toxicant.
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Why is it important?
Currently, there is no literature on the levels of PBDEs in the lagoon. It is therefore vital to investigate the levels of toxicants such as PBDEs that could end up in abiotic and biotic matrices of the lagoon. The aim of this study was to assess the spatial and seasonal distribution of PBDEs in water and sediments from Ologe Lagoon usingSarotherodon melanotheron bioindicator.
Perspectives
The need for continued environmental monitoring of PBDEs levels is advised in view of their potential to act as potent carcinogens.
Henry Ebele Obanya
University of Lagos
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This page is a summary of: Levels, Spatial and Seasonal Distribution of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in Water, Sediments and Sarotherodon melanotheron from Ologe Lagoon, Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology, December 2018, Sciencedomain International,
DOI: 10.9734/ajee/2018/45308.
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