Egypt observes one of the highest water budget deficits in Africa that is mainly compensated
by intensive reuse of untreated agricultural drainage water in the Nile Delta. The …

The environmental pollution of lake systems due to anthropogenic factors is of growing
concern worldwide. Manzala Lake is the largest northern coastal-deltaic lakes of Egypt and …

Abstract The Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, and Pb concentrations in the sediments of Lake Mariout were
measured and estimated by statistical approaches using the contamination factor (CF) …

The concentration of potentially toxic elements (PTEs; Lead (Pb), Nickel (Ni), and Cadmium
(Cd) Pb, Ni, and Cd), using flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) was measured in …

Extraction and processing of disseminated metalliferous ores, porphyry copper in particular,
results in significant tonnages of waste and can cause severe disturbances and …

Heavy metal residues in sediment and Oreochromis niloticus fish muscles, collected from a
Nile River Canal (Bahr Shebeen Canal), Egypt, were investigated from September 2014 to …

This study was carried out to investigate the seasonal variability and distribution of heavy
metals “HMs”(Fe, Mn, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn and V) in the bottom sediments of Lake Qaroun …

An unexplored attributing molecular mechanism of Cd toxicity is interference with the
epigenetic machinery, such as DNA methylation, processes that are crucial for early fetal …

The chemical concentrations of heavy metals can impact adversely on the sediments quality
of the Rosetta Nile branch. To assess the degree of this adversely impact, 20 sediment …

Pollution of Lake Qarun with heavy metals has become a more serious concern during
recent years as it affects the physicochemical characteristics of the water, sediments and …