Manuscript Title:

THE TRANSPORTATION OF HEAVY METALS THROUGH FOOD CHAIN CAUSED BY INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS IN KWASHE INDUSTRIAL AREA, KURDISTAN REGION, IRAQ

Author:

RONAK ABDULAZEEZ MESHABAZ, MUSTAFA ISMAIL UMER

DOI Number:

DOI:10.17605/OSF.IO/PMNR7

Published : 2023-02-10

About the author(s)

1. RONAK ABDULAZEEZ MESHABAZ - University of Zakho, Faculty of Science, Environmental science dept., Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
2. MUSTAFA ISMAIL UMER - Soil & Water Department, College of Agricultural Science Engineering, Duhok University, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.

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Abstract

The objectives of this study were to investigate whether heavy metals are transported from industrial effluent to forage, sheep, and human through food chain and evaluation of the potential health risks associated with heavy metal pollution. For the analysis of metals, an atomic absorption spectrophotometer was used. The results showed that sites had significant (P<0.01) impact on heavy metal concentration in effluent, soil and forage. The data of selected heavy metals in animals were higher in wool samples than the blood samples. It was also found that sex in human samples were significantly (P<0.01) effect on the level of metals; as it was illustrated that all metals in male blood were considerably higher than female blood. Health risk index values were higher than one among the majority of metals which indicate that the land is not suitable for grazing animals.


Keywords

Effluent, food chain, forage, heavy metals, sheep, soil.