TY - JOUR
T1 - Trace metal dispersion in soil from auto-mechanic village to urban residential areas in Owerri, Nigeria
AU - Nwachukwu, Michael A.
AU - Feng, Huan
AU - Alinnor, Jude
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - :Due to poor waste management in mechanic villages (MVs), average metal concentration (mgkg-1) is Pb 1162±572; Mn 864±531; Cu 385±202; Fe 49259±4770; Cd 20±13; Zn 824±190; and Ni 40±35, causing ecological and public health risks in parts of Nigeria. Average metal dispersion (mgkg-1/m) from MVs to residential areas was estimated at 9.2 for Pb; 6.7 for Mn; 6.1 for Zn; 1.5 for Cu; 197 for Fe; 0.3 for Ni; and 0.04 for Cd. This represents a mobility order of Fe>Pb>Mn>Zn>Cu> Ni>Cd, and a pollution order of Pb>Ni>Mn>Zn>Fe>Cu>Cd. MV advantages as a capacity building, and in poverty alleviation notwithstanding, its practice must be environmentally friendly.
AB - :Due to poor waste management in mechanic villages (MVs), average metal concentration (mgkg-1) is Pb 1162±572; Mn 864±531; Cu 385±202; Fe 49259±4770; Cd 20±13; Zn 824±190; and Ni 40±35, causing ecological and public health risks in parts of Nigeria. Average metal dispersion (mgkg-1/m) from MVs to residential areas was estimated at 9.2 for Pb; 6.7 for Mn; 6.1 for Zn; 1.5 for Cu; 197 for Fe; 0.3 for Ni; and 0.04 for Cd. This represents a mobility order of Fe>Pb>Mn>Zn>Cu> Ni>Cd, and a pollution order of Pb>Ni>Mn>Zn>Fe>Cu>Cd. MV advantages as a capacity building, and in poverty alleviation notwithstanding, its practice must be environmentally friendly.
KW - Dispersion rate
KW - Metal to depth and distance ratios
KW - Soil pollution
KW - Sustainability of mechanic villages
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U2 - 10.1016/j.proenv.2011.03.036
DO - 10.1016/j.proenv.2011.03.036
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79955426492
SN - 1878-0296
VL - 4
SP - 310
EP - 322
JO - Procedia Environmental Sciences
JF - Procedia Environmental Sciences
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