The ecotoxicity and social impacts of industrial pollution: Insights on intervention and bioremediation strategies in Africa
The integrity and functionality of the environmental system in Africa are seriously threatened by contaminants emerging from different industrial activities. This piece of work reveals that several activities from the agricultural, oil/gas, medical, and mining industries release tonnes of pollutants...
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| author | Gloria Ifeoma Ujuagu Onome Ejeromedoghene Peter Olusakin Oladoye Charles Obinwanne Okoye Yakubu Adekunle Alli Mayowa Ezekiel Oladipo Jintu Gu |
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| description | The integrity and functionality of the environmental system in Africa are seriously threatened by contaminants emerging from different industrial activities. This piece of work reveals that several activities from the agricultural, oil/gas, medical, and mining industries release tonnes of pollutants daily, which are indiscriminately discharged into different aspects of the environment, thereby polluting the ground and surface water, soil, and air. These activities have impacted human/animal health, leading to several illnesses, and caused ecosystem dysfunction, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, aquatic habitat alteration, and marine ecosystem contamination. In addition, advanced industrial activities have produced emerging contaminants from e-waste that have released enormous amounts of inorganic and organic pollutants. Herein, new insights into the socio-economic, socio-political, and ecotoxicity implications arising from the urbanization and industrial evolution in Africa have been highlighted. More importantly, research gaps covering novel interventions such as mass media campaigns, digital health services, as well as bioremediation strategies and predictive models based on machine learning approaches are suggestive measures that will help policy-makers, researchers, and governments of countries in Africa to manage/mitigate the industrial pollution crisis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9d39d1be9a3b44aea4534d0867e01e2c2025-08-01T04:45:32ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Environmental Pollution and Management2950-30512025-12-012227244The ecotoxicity and social impacts of industrial pollution: Insights on intervention and bioremediation strategies in AfricaGloria Ifeoma Ujuagu0Onome Ejeromedoghene1Peter Olusakin Oladoye2Charles Obinwanne Okoye3Yakubu Adekunle Alli4Mayowa Ezekiel Oladipo5Jintu Gu6Department of Sociology, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, ChinaCollege of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China; Corresponding authors.Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Stl, Miami, FL 33199, United States; Analytical/Environmental Chemistry Unit, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, P.M.B, Ogbomoso 4000, NigeriaBiofuels Institute, School of Environment & Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China; Department of Zoology & Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka 410001, NigeriaLaboratoire de Chimie de Coordination du CNRS, UPR8241, Universite´ de Toulouse, UPS, INPT, Toulouse cedex 4 F-31077, France; Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Computing, Ahman Pategi University, Patigi-Kpada Road, Patigi, Kwara State, NigeriaAnalytical/Environmental Chemistry Unit, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, P.M.B, Ogbomoso 4000, NigeriaDepartment of Sociology, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China; Corresponding authors.The integrity and functionality of the environmental system in Africa are seriously threatened by contaminants emerging from different industrial activities. This piece of work reveals that several activities from the agricultural, oil/gas, medical, and mining industries release tonnes of pollutants daily, which are indiscriminately discharged into different aspects of the environment, thereby polluting the ground and surface water, soil, and air. These activities have impacted human/animal health, leading to several illnesses, and caused ecosystem dysfunction, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, aquatic habitat alteration, and marine ecosystem contamination. In addition, advanced industrial activities have produced emerging contaminants from e-waste that have released enormous amounts of inorganic and organic pollutants. Herein, new insights into the socio-economic, socio-political, and ecotoxicity implications arising from the urbanization and industrial evolution in Africa have been highlighted. More importantly, research gaps covering novel interventions such as mass media campaigns, digital health services, as well as bioremediation strategies and predictive models based on machine learning approaches are suggestive measures that will help policy-makers, researchers, and governments of countries in Africa to manage/mitigate the industrial pollution crisis.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950305125000191Industrial pollutionPublic healthSocial impactsWaste management |
| spellingShingle | Gloria Ifeoma Ujuagu Onome Ejeromedoghene Peter Olusakin Oladoye Charles Obinwanne Okoye Yakubu Adekunle Alli Mayowa Ezekiel Oladipo Jintu Gu The ecotoxicity and social impacts of industrial pollution: Insights on intervention and bioremediation strategies in Africa Environmental Pollution and Management Industrial pollution Public health Social impacts Waste management |
| title | The ecotoxicity and social impacts of industrial pollution: Insights on intervention and bioremediation strategies in Africa |
| title_full | The ecotoxicity and social impacts of industrial pollution: Insights on intervention and bioremediation strategies in Africa |
| title_fullStr | The ecotoxicity and social impacts of industrial pollution: Insights on intervention and bioremediation strategies in Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | The ecotoxicity and social impacts of industrial pollution: Insights on intervention and bioremediation strategies in Africa |
| title_short | The ecotoxicity and social impacts of industrial pollution: Insights on intervention and bioremediation strategies in Africa |
| title_sort | ecotoxicity and social impacts of industrial pollution insights on intervention and bioremediation strategies in africa |
| topic | Industrial pollution Public health Social impacts Waste management |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950305125000191 |
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