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Database research record2025·Democratic Republic of the Congo

Faecal indicator bacteria and toxic metal concentrations in domestic and irrigation water from main gardening sites in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kipelo A., Atibu E., Sivalingam P., Poté J.

Environmental Challenges

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The study sampled domestic and irrigation water at Kinshasa's main gardening sites and measured faecal indicator bacteria alongside toxic metal concentrations — addressing head-on the sanitary risk sitting under the city's market gardening, in the water that irrigates its vegetables. The publisher does not make the abstract openly available, so only the study's scope is recorded here.