The Department of Chemistry at the Faculty of science at the University of Mosul held, for the period from October 25 to November 2, 2026, a continuing education course labeled “heavy elements: chemical compounds, and their impact on living organisms”, with the participation of a selection of department teachers and professors from the Nineveh Education Directorate. The course aimed to introduce heavy elements, their properties, chemical compounds and sources, and to demonstrate their importance in some industrial and technological applications and renewable energy, as well as the environmental and health challenges associated with them, and the need to manage them properly to achieve environmental balance and sustainable development. The course included scientific lectures on the sources of heavy elements, the degree of their toxicity, their effects on human, animal and Plant Health, the mechanisms of their transmission and accumulation in soil, water and living organisms, as well as bioaccumulation and their effects in aquatic systems and biodiversity. The lectures also reviewed scientific methods to control the risks of these elements and address the cases of pollution and poisoning caused by them, and ways to reduce their environmental and health effects, so as to contribute to the protection of humans and the environment and promote the concepts of sustainability. The lectures of the course were delivered by Professor Dr. sohaba Ali Ahmed, assistant professor Dr. Wassan Khairallah Ali, assistant professor Dr. Basma Ahmed Abdul Hadi, teacher Dr. Alaa Hussein Jalil, assistant teacher Bara Abdul Khaliq Mohammed and assistant teacher Noha Amer Mustafa. This course is part of the scientific activities of the Department of chemistry aimed at spreading knowledge and enhancing awareness of environmental and health issues, and employing academic expertise in community service. We wish the course participants good luck and success, continue their scientific and academic giving, and provide more meaningful activities that contribute to the service of Science and society.

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Sunday, November 8, 2026