Heavy metals as marine pollutantsMajor and trace elements occur naturally in the environment [26]. This natural occurrence of metals in the environment due to various particle sizes for instance, complicates assessments of contaminated marine sediments because measurable quantities of metals do not automatically infer anthropogenic enrichment [26]. In addition to
This research work was carried out to investigate the level of pollution from the Egbin thermal station and their significant effects on the environment. Samples were collected in duplicate at four different locations. The major parameters investigated on analysis include heavy metals, anions and physico-chemical parameters. BUCK 210 VGP flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS) model was used for the metal analysis. Iron, zinc and copper are the predominant metals in the samples while chromium was not detected at some of the sampled locations. The average concentrations of zinc, iron, copper and chromium were 0.
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