Publications
- Mensah, L., Hassard, F., Cartmell, E., Fletton, M., Campo, P. (2026). Genus-Level Microbial Fingerprints Predict Estrogen and Nonylphenol Biodegradation in Activated-Sludge Reactors, Sustainable Microbiology, https://doi.org/10.1093/sumbio/qvag021
- Appiagyei, L.A., Opoku, H., Dudu, C.E., Agyemfra, F.S., Quartey-Papafio, H., Mensah, L. (2026). Microplastic contamination and human exposure rate from household groundwater filtration and storage systems in Adansi-North District, Ghana, MnP26 Micro and Nanoplastics Conference Proceedings, Water Research
- Ofosu, A.A., Terlabie, N.N., Mensah, L. & Hogarh, J.N. (2026). Microplastic contamination in tributary rivers of the Owabi Reservoir, Ghana: Implications for urban drinking water sources, MnP26 Micro and Nanoplastics Conference Proceedings, Water Research
- Mbiah, V., Mensah, L., Sarpong, G.T., Aidoo, I.A., Hamidu, I., Nkrumah, G., Oti-Boakye, A. (2026). Reducing microbial levels in treated oily wastewater using Red Lava Rock as biofiltration media: A sustainable approach to attenuating microbial contamination, Cleaner Water, 6, 100256, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clwat.2026.100256
- Adjei, V., Mensah, L., Amoakoh, A.O., Antwi, M., Nkrumah, G., Essah, I.S., Gyan, F., Edor, A.A. & Boateng, G.A., (2026). Satellite-based assessment of mining-related sediment influence on water quality in an extractive river basin, Environmental Research, 124376, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2026.124376
- Mensah, L., Bentil, E., Agbekey, B.K., Nkrumah, G., Aidoo, I.A., Oti-Boakye, A., Owusu Sekyere, D., Sackey, L.N.A. (2026). Textile Waste from Fashion Shops and Imported Second-hand Clothing in the Greater Kumasi Sub-Region of Ghana: A Call for Policy Change, Environmental Challenges, 22, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2026.101435
- Waaley, L., Mensah, L., Conrad, S., Gibrilla, A., Salifu Musah, S., Aiglsperger, T.H., Anornu, G.K. & Alakangas, L. (2025). Environmental and health risk of artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Ghana: A review. Environ Sci Pollut Res. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-025-37321-3
- Nandomah, S., Tetteh, I.K., Tetteh, A., Mensah, L., Laryea, M. (2025). Deodorizing Industrial Effluent Using a Locally Engineered Bio-based Adsorbent, KNUST Scientific Conference (TEKCONFAB’25), 135
- Arthur, S., Mensah, L., Koduah, K.N. (2025). The dull side of gold ore exploration and analysis: an assessment of heavy metal pollution and ecological risk posed by untreated wastewater from gold assaying laboratories. Environ Monit Assess197, 862. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-025-14295-w
- Okyere, E., Bentil, E., Kusi-Addai, N.A., Mensah, L. (2025). Human health risk from groundwater consumption: A case study in the Apaaso-Tafo Community in the Bono East Region of Ghana, Heliyon, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e42460
- Mensah, L., Cartmell, E., Fletton, M., Scrimshaw, M., & Campo, P. (2024). Proactive monitoring of changes in the microbial community structure in wastewater treatment bioreactors using phospholipid fatty acid analysis. Engineering Microbiology, 4(4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engmic.2024.100177
- Fellalaga, N. K. W., Mensah, L., Agbekey, B. K., Bentil, E., Waaley, L., & Anornu, G. K. (2024). Trihalomethane Formation Potential at the Barekese Water Treatment Plant and the Related Cancer Risk to Consumers in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana. Water (Switzerland), 16(21). https://doi.org/10.3390/w16213089
- Cuput, E.L., Mensah, L., Bentil, E., Amponsah, V., & Agbekey, B. K. (2024). Heavy metal contamination from fuel station run-off and carwash wastewater: An assessment of ecological risk and experimental treatment. Heliyon, 10(7). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29167
- Mensah, L., Petrie, B., Scrimshaw, M., Cartmell, E., Fletton, M., & Campo, P. (2023). Influence of solids and hydraulic retention times on microbial diversity and removal of estrogens and nonylphenols in a pilot-scale activated sludge plant. Heliyon, 9(9), e19461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19461
- Ito, A., Mensah, L., Cartmell, E., & Lester, J. N. (2016). Removal of steroid estrogens from municipal wastewater in a pilot scale expanded granular sludge blanket reactor and anaerobic membrane bioreactor. Environmental Technology (United Kingdom), 37(3), 415–421. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2015.1070922