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Assessment of Soil Contamination in Patancheru Industrial Area, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
B. Dasaram, M. Satyanarayanan, V. Sudarshan and A. Keshav Krishna
Corresponding Author: Banothu Dasaram
Submitted: 2010 November, 25
Accepted: 2010 December, 18
Published: 2011 April, 05 |
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Toxic trace metals concentrations in soil exert a decisive impact on soil quality and its use in food
production particularly in an industrial area. An attempt is made here to study toxic metals such as Cr, Cu, Ni,
Pb, Zn, including Ba, Co and V in representative soil samples from Patancheru industrial area near Hyderabad,
Andhra Pradesh. It is a known polluted area and is one of the most contaminated regions where about 260 small
and large-scale manufacturers of pharmaceuticals, paints, pesticides, chemicals, steel and metallic products
have been functioning for over several decades. Toxic trace metal geochemical studies were carried out in
fifteen representative soil samples collected from residential and agricultural area, to understand the spatial
distribution and to assess the level of contamination on the basis of index of geoaccummulation, enrichment
factor, contamination factor and degree of contamination. The various indices show that residential soils are
contaminated with Cr, Ni and Pb (Cu to some extent). The agricultural area, although were invariably enriched
in these toxic metals, showed comparatively less contamination possibly due to uptake by plants.
Key words: Contamination, industrial area, patancheru, toxic trace metal, , ,
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B. Dasaram, M. Satyanarayanan, V. Sudarshan and A. Keshav Krishna, . Assessment of Soil Contamination in Patancheru Industrial Area, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. Research Journal of Environmental and Earth Sciences, (3): 214-220.
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ISSN (Online): 2041-0492
ISSN (Print): 2041-0484 |
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