Impact of effluents from a car battery manufacturing plant in Nigeria on water, soil, and food qualities

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-36

  Orisakwe, Orish Ebere ^a   Asomugha, Rose ^a   Afonne, Onyenmechi Johnson ^a   Anisi, C N ^a   Obi, Ejeatuluchukwualo ^a   Dioka, Chudi Emma ^a  

^a NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Industrial effluent; Lead; Soil contamination; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; TAP WATER; VOLATILE AGENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BACTERIAL COUNT; BATTERY INDUSTRY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CASSAVA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; FUNGAL BIOMASS; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PH; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLID; WATER HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY;

ARSENIC; AUTOMOBILES; CADMIUM; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LEAD; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; NICKEL; NIGERIA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 22844451612     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.59.1.31-36     Document Type: Article

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