Occurrence and spatial distribution of heavy metals in landfill leachates and impacted freshwater ecosystem: An environmental and human health threat

• Joseph P. Essien ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jomato652011@yahoo.com (JPE); nbenson@covenantuniversity.edu.ng (NUB)

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria

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• Donald I. Ikpe,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Science Technology, Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria

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• Edu D. Inam,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria

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• Aniefiokmkpong O. Okon,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria

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• Godwin A. Ebong,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria

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• Nsikak U. Benson

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jomato652011@yahoo.com (JPE); nbenson@covenantuniversity.edu.ng (NUB)

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1285-579X

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