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Assessment of Heavy Metals Pollution in Bottom Sediment of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, Bangladesh by Multivariate Statistical Analysis

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Author Affiliations

  • 1Nuclear Minerals Unit, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Dhaka-1349, BANGLADESH
  • 2 Department of Environmental Sciences, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka-1342, BANGLADESH
  • 3 Institute of Mining, Mineralogy and Metallurgy, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Joypurhat-5900, BANGLADESH

Int. Res. J. Environment Sci., Volume 4, Issue (5), Pages 80-84, May,22 (2015)

Abstract

Heavy metals (Pb, As, Zn, Cu, Ni, Co and Cd) concentrations are determined from the Buriganga riverbed sediments to evaluate their levels and the distribution by using X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF). The average concentrations of heavy metals Pb, As, Zn, Cu, Ni, Co and Cd are 4.00, 34.90, 50.70, 49.80, 64.50, 8.90 and 1.17 mg/kg, respectively in river sediments. The average concentration of As, Cu, Ni, Co and Cd exceeds the threshold effect level of Canadian sediment quality guideline in relation to river sediment. Hence, the high concentration of these heavy metals in river sediments may cause serious threat to the aquatic environment and the public health of adjacent people. The order of heavy metal abundances is Ni &

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