Study the effects of the polluted wastewater on the environment

Abstract EN

To study the distribution and the pollution in the environment (water, plants and farmers) in the south of Baghdad (Babil city Aliskanderia) with heavy metallic mercury (Hg).

Samples of waste water from industrial units using the mercury in its process, also samples from the two plants(Wheat and Trefoil) from that area were taken in order to determine the concentration of the mercury, To shed a light on the possibility of relationship between the time exposure ( their living time in that village) and mercury level in their blood ,using serum samples obtained from( 40 ) farmers living in the selected village not far from the contaminated water .The farmers were divided in to five groups according to their period of living in the village (exposure period froml - 3, 4 -6, 7—10 and more than 10 years ) , the fifth group consisted of (10) healthy volunteers that were living far away from the contaminated area The mercury levels were determined using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer with cold vapor .It was noticed that an increasing in the average of concentration of mercury in the industrial waste water used for and under consideration in the plants samples (Wheat and Trefoil )of agriculture with industrial waste water .

The present study showed some evidences concerning effect of the period of using polluted water with the concentration of mercury in the blood of the farmers living near the contaminated rivulet.