Environmental geochemistry and healthGeologic SedimentsOligochaetaDemocratic Republic of the CongoMetalsHeavy
Accumulation of toxic metals in sediments and oligochaetes around urban uncontrolled landfills in Kinshasa, DR Congo.
Marie-Madeleine O Akonga, René V Gizanga, Dieudonné E Musibono, Fernando P Carvalho, John Poté, Emmanuel K Atibu
Published: 202610.1007/s10653-026-02980-9
Abstract
Urban uncontrolled landfills in Kinshasa generate metal-rich leachates that contaminate surrounding freshwater streams, sediments, and biota. To assess the extent of this contamination, sediment from six freshwater streams in Kinshasa (N'djili, Limet…
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