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Item Assessment of metal contamination in an urban drainage system (using water and tilapia, Oreochromis spp.) in view of human health effect. A case study of some selected communities in Cape Coast township in Ghana(Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 2012-09) Baidoo, I.K.; Sarfo, D.K.; Sarsah, L.A.; Appenteng, M.K.; Kaka, E.A.; Opata, N.S.; Serfor-Armah, Y.This research work aimed at studying the metal content of water and tilapia fish sample, Oreochromis spp., from a wastewater-fed pond around the University of Cape Coast community using instrumental neutron activation analysis. The metals studied were Al, As, Ca, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, V and Zn. In the water samples the order of elemental concentrations at sampling point 1, in μg/g, was K (75.96 ± 0.92), Na (18.52 ± 0.35), Al (6.00 ± 0.89), Mn (3.28 ± 0.44), As (3.08 ± 0.40), Mg (1.56 ± 0.17), Ca (0.70 ± 0.08), Cu (0.54 ± 0.08) and V (0.04 ± 0.01). Co, Cr, Fe and Zn were below detection limits of INAA. The order of elemental concentrations in the water at point 2 was as follows: Na (4.99 ± 0.14), K (4.82 ± 0.89), Mn (4.40 ± 0.53), Mg (2.92 ± 0.37), Al (1.98 ± 0.21), As (0.69 ± 0.10), Ca (0.24 ± 0.07) and V (0.23 ± 0.06) with Co, Cr, Cu, Fe and Zn falling below the detection limit of INAA. The concentrations recorded for Al, As, Cu and Mn in the water samples were all above WHO permissible limits. The mean levels of heavy metals in the soft tissue of tilapia was of the order: K > Mg > Fe > Ca > Na > Al > Mn > Zn > V > Cu > Cr > Co. Arsenic was below detection limit. The transfer factor values calculated for the metals Al, Ca, K, Mg, Mn, Na and V were all greater than one indicating movement of metals from the water column to the tilapia species. The hazard index (HI) calculated for Al, Fe, Mn and V suggested possible occurrence of adverse health effects (HI > 1) where as the HI value obtained for Cr, Cu and Zn (i.e., HI < 1) suggested unlikely adverse effects occurring. © 2012 Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary.Item Multi-element analysis of Ghanaian crude oils by instrumental neutron activation analysis(Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 2012-06) Appenteng, M.K.; Adomako, D.; Saka, D.; Golow, A.A.; Hayford, M.S.; Sarfo, D.K.; Carboo, D.; Yamoah, A.K.K.Instrumental neutron activation analysis based on thermal neutrons from the Ghana Research Reactor-1 facility was utilized to analyze 18 trace elements namely Al, As, Br, Ca, Cd, Cl, Co, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, S, Si, V, and Zn in two different crude oil samples from the Saltpond and Jubilee field in the Saltpond, Central region and Cape Three Points, Western region of Ghana, respectively. The sulfur concentration for both samples were low and within globally accepted range of 0.1-0.5%wt for sweet crude oil. The results of the elemental analysis showed that the two samples are relatively low in trace element concentrations compared to crude oils of other countries. Higher Fe concentration in the Jubilee crude oil indicates younger oil. The V/Ni ratios obtained for crude oils from both locations imply a possible marine organic origin and also suggest the Saltpond crude oil is more matured than the Jubilee crude oil. © 2011 Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary.