Heavy Metal Pollution In Niger-Benue Confluence Poses Health Threat To Millions, Warns Odimgbe – Independent Newspaper Nigeria

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 At the meeting point of two of Nigeria’s most important rivers, a silent threat is building – one that cannot be seen in the water but may already be impacting the health of millions. New research by EZEKIEL ODIMGBE, Environmental Researcher and Analytical Chemist at Ebonyi State University, reveals that the Niger–Benue confluence contains toxic heavy metals at levels exceeding World Health Organisation safety limits, raising urgent questions about the water communities are drinking, cooking with, and even eating.From…