Heavy Metal Analysis Of Drinking Water, Palm Oil Mill Effluent, Pome Contaminated Soil And Some Selected Vegetables Grown In Pome Irrigated Farmland In Obeakpu Palm Oil Mill Site In Umuaka, Njaba, Imo State Of Nigeria

OTU FRANCIS E | 63 pages (13590 words) | Projects

ABSTRACT

 This study investigated the heavy metal content in POME, POME contaminated soil, drinking water and selected vegetables (Scent leaf), Ta/mum fruticoscum (Water leaf), Gongronema latifolium (Utazi), Vernon/a amygda/ina (Bitter leaf), Telfairia occidentalis (Pumpkin leaf) and (Green leaf) Amarantus t'ivcfridis grown in palm oil irrigated farm land in in Obeakpu palm oil mill site in Umuaka, Njaba in Imo State, Nigeria. Except drinking water, every other sample was given preliminary treatment and digested prior to heavy metal analysis. The atomic adsorption spectrophotometer was calibrated using low to high concentration of the respective standard salts of the heavy metal according to the guideline of the manufacture. The results of this work showed that vegetables had the following concentration; 1.53±0.03, 0.58±0.00, 1.48±0.04, 1.31±0.01, 0.89±0.01, and 1.77±0.02 for Zn. Iron showed the level of 5.08±0.03, 2.75±0.02, 5.21±0.01, 3.90±0.02, 6.76±0.03 and 15.80±0.02. Then manganese was 2.13±0.01, 0.44±0.00, 0.61±0.01 and 0.76±0.00. Nickel indicates 0.29±0.00, 0.19±0.00, 0.07±0.00, 0.32±0.01, 0.24±0.00 and the rest were not detected. Therefore the soil had the following concentration; 7.60±0.01 for zinc, 13.00±0.10 for iron, 0.26±0.00 for manganese, 0.10±0.00 for copper, 0.09±0.00 for cobalt, and the rest were not detected. Furthermore, water sample did not detect any heavy metals. Palm oil mill effluent had the following concentration; 0.03±0.00 for cadmium, 0.91±0.02 for zinc, 1.73±0.01 for iron, 1.30±0.03 for lead, and others were not detected. The result when compared with the USEPA recommended safe limits; statistically they are still within the range except lead, nickel and copper. The result of this study will bring awareness to consumers and the government agencies on these samples about what people consumed and its health implication, as well as assist them and the farmers in taking precautions.

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APA

OTU, E (2021). Heavy Metal Analysis Of Drinking Water, Palm Oil Mill Effluent, Pome Contaminated Soil And Some Selected Vegetables Grown In Pome Irrigated Farmland In Obeakpu Palm Oil Mill Site In Umuaka, Njaba, Imo State Of Nigeria. Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved Mar 29, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/heavy-metal-analysis-of-drinking-water-palm-oil-mill-effluent-pome-contaminated-soil-and-some-selected-vegetables-grown-in-pome-irrigated-farmland-in-obeakpu-palm-oil-mill-site-in-umuaka-njaba-imo-state-of-nigeria-7-2

MLA 8th

E, OTU. "Heavy Metal Analysis Of Drinking Water, Palm Oil Mill Effluent, Pome Contaminated Soil And Some Selected Vegetables Grown In Pome Irrigated Farmland In Obeakpu Palm Oil Mill Site In Umuaka, Njaba, Imo State Of Nigeria" Repository.mouau.edu.ng. Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 19 Nov. 2021, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/heavy-metal-analysis-of-drinking-water-palm-oil-mill-effluent-pome-contaminated-soil-and-some-selected-vegetables-grown-in-pome-irrigated-farmland-in-obeakpu-palm-oil-mill-site-in-umuaka-njaba-imo-state-of-nigeria-7-2. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

MLA7

E, OTU. "Heavy Metal Analysis Of Drinking Water, Palm Oil Mill Effluent, Pome Contaminated Soil And Some Selected Vegetables Grown In Pome Irrigated Farmland In Obeakpu Palm Oil Mill Site In Umuaka, Njaba, Imo State Of Nigeria". Repository.mouau.edu.ng, Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 19 Nov. 2021. Web. 29 Mar. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/heavy-metal-analysis-of-drinking-water-palm-oil-mill-effluent-pome-contaminated-soil-and-some-selected-vegetables-grown-in-pome-irrigated-farmland-in-obeakpu-palm-oil-mill-site-in-umuaka-njaba-imo-state-of-nigeria-7-2 >.

Chicago

E, OTU. "Heavy Metal Analysis Of Drinking Water, Palm Oil Mill Effluent, Pome Contaminated Soil And Some Selected Vegetables Grown In Pome Irrigated Farmland In Obeakpu Palm Oil Mill Site In Umuaka, Njaba, Imo State Of Nigeria" Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2021). Accessed 29 Mar. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/heavy-metal-analysis-of-drinking-water-palm-oil-mill-effluent-pome-contaminated-soil-and-some-selected-vegetables-grown-in-pome-irrigated-farmland-in-obeakpu-palm-oil-mill-site-in-umuaka-njaba-imo-state-of-nigeria-7-2

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