Determination of Spatial Chromium Contamination of the Environment around Industrial Zones
Joint Authors
Homa, Dereje
Haile, Ermias
Washe, Alemayehu P.
Source
International Journal of Analytical Chemistry
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-12-01
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This study was conducted to determine the spatial levels of chromium contamination of water, agricultural soil, and vegetables in the leather tanning industrial areas using spectrophotometric methods.
The results showed elevated accumulation of total Cr ranging from 10.85±0.885 mg/L to 39.696±0.326 mg/L, 16.225±0.12 mg/Kg to 1581.667±0.122 mg/Kg, and 1.0758±0.05348 mg/Kg to 11.75±0.206 mg/Kg in water, agricultural soil, and vegetable samples, respectively.
The highest levels of chromium (VI) found from the speciation study were 2.23±0.032 mg/Kg and 0.322±0.07 mg/L in soil and water samples, respectively, which decreased with distance from the tannery.
Among the vegetables, the highest load of Cr(VI) was detected in onion root (0.048±0.065 mg/Kg) and the lowest (0.004±0.007 mg/Kg) in fruit of green pepper.
The detected levels of Cr in all of the suggested samples were above the WHO permissible limits.
The variations of the levels Cr(III) and Cr(VI) contamination of the environment with distance from the tannery were statistically significant (p=0.05).
Similarly, significant difference in the levels of Cr among the tested vegetables was recorded.
The levels increased with decreasing distance from the effluent channel.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Homa, Dereje& Haile, Ermias& Washe, Alemayehu P.. 2016. Determination of Spatial Chromium Contamination of the Environment around Industrial Zones. International Journal of Analytical Chemistry،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Homa, Dereje…[et al.]. Determination of Spatial Chromium Contamination of the Environment around Industrial Zones. International Journal of Analytical Chemistry No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Homa, Dereje& Haile, Ermias& Washe, Alemayehu P.. Determination of Spatial Chromium Contamination of the Environment around Industrial Zones. International Journal of Analytical Chemistry. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-7.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1104949