Ecological Risk Assessment of Mineral and Heavy Metals Levels of Soil Around Auto Mechanic Village Wukari, Nigeria

E. A. Yerima, A. U. Itodo, R. Sha’Ato and R. A. Wuana
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E. A. Yerima: Department of Chemical Sciences, Federal University Wukari, PMB 1020, Taraba State, Nigeria
A. U. Itodo: Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, PMB 2373, Benue State, Nigeria
R. Sha’Ato: Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, PMB 2373, Benue State, Nigeria
R. A. Wuana: Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, PMB 2373, Benue State, Nigeria

Academic Journal of Chemistry, 2020, vol. 5, issue 7, 81-90

Abstract: Environmental contamination is one of the serious challenge facing humanity and other life forms on our planet today. contamination occurs when contaminating substances exceeds their natural levels or when natural resources are use at a rate higher than nature’s capacity to restore itself. This study determines the levels of mineral element and potential toxic metals namely: P, K, Mg, Mn, Si, Fe, Zn, Cd, Pb and Al in agricultural soil around mechanic village Wukari-Nigeria. by means of MP-AES (4210 MP-AES Agilent technologies) while their pollution indices by means of geo-accumulation index and contamination factor. The results reveals that the mean ± standard deviation abundance of mineral and heavy metals in the soil was: Fe (20723.64±153.71), Al (3753.80±30.54) K (368.13±2.17), Mg (298.05±3.88), Mn (231.97±0.74), P (221.22±5.47), Zn (184.83±0.47), Pb (86.29±0.31), Si (64.27±0.43) and Cd (1.33±0.06). There was generally a significant difference between the concentration in the test and control sample (P

Keywords: Mineral; Heavy metal; Concentration and contamination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.32861/ajc.57.81.90

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