Determination of Heavy Metals in Soil of Farin gada Vegetable farm Jos North Local Government, Plateau State. Nigeria.

Authors

  • Ansar Bilyamin Adam Federal university wukari

Abstract

Heavy metals are essential metals which are very important to the soil, their accumulation in high concentration more than the required amount causes a health risk as it may have transferred from the soil to the plants. This study investigates the presence of some heavy metals in three sample of the soils at Farin Gada farm. The metals determined were zinc, cadmium, copper, arsenic, lead and chromium, the result showed that the amount of heavy metals found in the soil sample are within the permissible limit recommended by WHO, and hence the soils are good for the production.

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Published

2024-01-01

How to Cite

Bilyamin Adam, A. (2024). Determination of Heavy Metals in Soil of Farin gada Vegetable farm Jos North Local Government, Plateau State. Nigeria. INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, 41, 7–12. Retrieved from https://petsd.org/ojs/index.php/irjc/article/view/1742

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