it was found that water samples collected from the sea, river, bore holes, lagoons, beach and so on from the Niger Delta region – especially in Delta and River States, indicates that more than 70% of the water in the Niger Delta contains a chemical called Benzo () pyrene, with a high concentration of 0.54 to 4ug per litre, far above the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendation of 0.7ug/1 for drinking water