Dust pollution and its potential health risk exposure to inhabitants of Covenant University and canaanland, Ogun state, Nigeria

Understanding the background concentration of heavy metals in dust samples is so much important for identifying and managing pollution. Thus, these concentrations in dust can be distributed indoors and outdoors in order of magnitudes. This study demonstrates the risk analysis of dust samples collected from selected buildings in both Covenant University and Canaanland using Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS). The obtained concentrations were used to determine the Geoaccumulation, Contaminant Factor and the Pollution Loading Index (PLI). The highest geo-accumulation index and pollution loading index of 3.108 and 0.5836 due to chromium (Cr) contents in the dust samples were noted in Lecture Theatre 2 (LT2). The higher values found in LT2 may be due to the wide open of both doors and windows. Both the Geo-accumulation Index and Pollution Load Index were found to be lower than the permissible level suggested by World Health Organization (WHO) and United State Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). Significantly, these observations from this study will provide the basis for the background concentrations and potential risks of some important heavy metals of environmental concer

Afri-Can Forum 2

CITATION: Mukudu, H., et al. 2016. Afri-Can Forum 2. BMC Infectious Diseases, 16:315, doi:10.1186/s12879-016-1466-6.The original publication is available at https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.comENGLISH ABSTRACT: We are pleased to present peer reviewed forum proceedings of the 2nd synchronicity forum of GHRI/CHVIfunded Canadian and African HIV prevention and vaccine teams Forum objectives ∙GHRI-funded capacity building and HIV prevention research teams presented highlights of achievements ∙Teams discussed how to jointly build on achievements for sustainability ∙Provided an opportunity for inter-team collaboration, synchronize best approach to capacity building, mentoring of new researchers and building leadership ∙Provided opportunities for informal discussions and networking among the teams. ∙Teams learnt about recent advances in the area of African regulatory and ethics review process ∙The forum proceedings was a special supplement in an openaccess journal was producedhttps://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/supplements/volume-16-supplement-2Publisher's versio