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Perfluoroalkyl acids in selected wastewater treatment plants and their discharge load within the Lake Victoria basin in Kenya
(Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2015-04-11)
A major ecological challenge facing Lake Victoria basin is the influx of chemical contaminants from domestic, hospital, and industrial effluents. Determined levels of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in wastewater and sludge ...
Education for Sustainable Development: The Case of Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST)
(Southern African Journal of Environmental Education, 2015-09-17)
The unit-based sustainability assessment tool (USAT) was administered at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST), Kenya, between January and March 2012. The assessment focused on establishing to what ...
Antiplasmodial potential of traditional phytotherapy of some remedies used in treatment of malaria in Meru–Tharaka Nithi County of Kenya
(Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2015-12-04)
Ethnopharmacological relevance
Medicinal plants play a major role in many communities across the world, in the treatment and prevention of disease and the promotion of general health. The aim of the study was to escalate ...
Degradation characteristics of metribuzin in soils within the Nzoia River Drainage Basin, Kenya
(Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry, 2015-12-31)
Metribuzin, a triazinone herbicide, is heavily used within the expansive Nzoia River Drainage Basin in Kenya for the optimization of sugarcane yields. For field experiments, soils were spiked with metribuzin and amended ...
Biodegradation of carbofuran in soils within Nzoia River Basin, Kenya
(Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B, 2015-04)
Carbofuran (2,3-dihydro-2,2-dimethylbenzofuran-7-yl methylcarbamate) has been used within the Nzoia River Basin (NRB), especially in Bunyala Rice Irrigation Schemes, in Kenya for the control of pests. In this study, the ...
Chlorpyrifos Degradation in Soils with Different Treatment Regimes Within Nzoia River Drainage Basin, Kenya
(Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2015-03-24)
Two organic amendments, filter mud compost and Tithonia diversifolia leaves generated within a sugarcane growing area were used to enhance the degradation of chlorpyrifos in soil. Filter mud compost and T. diversifolia ...
Faecal bacterial contamination of borehole water between points-of-access and points-of-use in Naivasha, Kenya; Public health implication
(Environmental Science, 2015-03)
Microbiological assessment of drinking water at Point of Access (POA), vendors and household levels is a major issue due to realization of the impact of poor microbial water quality on the general public health. The impact ...
Education for Sustainable Development: The Case of Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST)
(Southern Africa Journal of Environmental Education, 2015-09-17)
The unit-based sustainability assessment tool (USAT) was administered at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST), Kenya, between January and March 2012. The assessment focused on establishing to what ...
Predictors of optimum antenatal iron-folate supplementation in a low resource rural set-up in Eastern Kenya
(Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology, 2015-11)
There is depressed prevalence of the optimum iron-folate supplementation in Kenya and in other sub-Saharan Africa countries. The study was motivated by the paucity of area-specific data on predictors of optimum iron-folate ...
Simulation of organic carbon loading using MIKE 11 model
(Water Practice and Technology, 2015-06)
River Nzoia is the largest river draining into the Kenyan portion of Lake Victoria. This river receives both point sources of pollution from industrial and municipal wastes, and non-point sources from agricultural runoff ...