The search for alternative biodegradable and sustainable raw materials from renewable sources for industrial chemicals to replace the depleted commercially available petrochemicals raw materials has become an area of great ...

The determination of levels of aflatoxins was done in Uasin Gishu County Kenya. Aflatoxins are compound produced by the two fungi; aspergillus flavus and aspergillus parasiticus. The main aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 have ...

Textile factories such as Rift Valley Textile Limited (RIVATEX) in Eldoret Kenya produce large volumes of wastewater which is alkaline, highly coloured and has high chemical oxygen demand (COD) and can adversely affect ...

Human activities have led to increased metal contamination in the environment, among these is petroleum spillage. Effect of petroleum spillage on the Fe, Pb, Ni, Zn, Cd and Cu levels extracted from petroleum-contaminated ...

Diffusion is a macroscopic motion of components of a system that arises from concentration difference and plays a vital role in drug migration in the bodygoverned by Fickian diffusion laws. This project considers effective ...

Soil fertility is the number-one natural resource in Africa. However, due to high soil acidity and low fertility, food production has declined over the last decade. A case in point is in Uasin Gishu County, where farmers ...

Pollution of water resources has increased with human activities world over and heavy metals are major contaminants. In this study, removal of Cd2+, Cr3+, Cu2+, Pb2+ and Zn2+ ions from simulated contaminated water using ...

Biosand filtration (BsF) is a simple technique used for pathogen and particle removal in drinking water purification. It may be adapted for wastewater stabilization but only a few studies have been done on improvement ...