Soil characterization and heavy metal pollution assessment in Orabi farms, El Obour, Egypt

Soil characterization and heavy metal pollution assessment in Orabi farms, El Obour, Egypt

Abstract Background Soil pollution negatively impacts on food safety and human health. The main aim of this work is to determine the As, Cd, Cr, Cu, and Pb concentrations in Orabi farms, El Obour city, Egypt. The contamination of soil with these metals was assessed by contamination factors (CF), deg...

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Main Authors: Salman A. Salman, Salah A. M. Zeid, El-Montser M. Seleem, Mahmoud A. Abdel-Hafiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-03-01
Series:Bulletin of the National Research Centre
Subjects:
Organic matter
Heavy metals
Contamination factor
Pollution load index
Orabi farms
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42269-019-0082-1

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