The current research aims to find the levels of mercury element in surface soils from selected locations Kirkuk Governorate and assess their ecological health risks it. Forty-one specimen were collected upper part Top soil at a depth 0-20cm analyzed with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. results showed that total concentration this reached (47.19 μg/kg) Mercury high concentrations w...

Concentrations of heavy metals, namely, chromium, lead, cadmium, and copper, were evaluated in the water samples selected fish organs (Labeobarbus intermedius) from Borkena River, Ethiopia. The concentrations these metals determined using ELICO’s SL-176 double-beam atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS). distribution analyzed was order magnitude Cu > Cr Cd Pb. average metal recorded below...

Date fruits (Phoenix-dactylifera) consumption has significant human health benefits due to the presence of minerals and other constituents. The may be contaminated during transportation possibly storage. This research aimed at exploring mineral contents risk associated with intake date sold in Dutse, Jigawa State-Nigeria. fruit sample was obtained from market scientifically identified. shade dr...

In the present study, size-segregated samples of PM were collected from urban and semi-urban traffic junctions in Agra, India. PM samples were collected during the monsoon season (July to September 2015) using Grimm portable aerosol Spectrometer. The recorded mean concentration of PM10 at urban site was 137.09±61μg/m3 and at semi-urban site was 270.14±21μg/m3, which were higher than the suggest...