Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry

Department of Chemistry, University of Okara, Okara, Pakistan

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• Full Length Research Paper   
  Toxic Heavy Metals Assessment and Removal of Iron Ions from the Industrial Wastewater of Rawalpindi (Pakistan)
  Author(s): Rizwan Ullah Khan*, Muhammad Hamayun, Ataf Ali Altaf, Samia Kausar, Zobia Razzaq and Tehzeen Javid
  
  The heavy metals like iron, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, manganese, mercury, nickel, silver, and zinc in industrial wastewater pose threats to public health. The heavy metals toxicity causeS the damage of numerous human organs and also causing diseases in the human body. Iron is a heavy metal and it discharge into water from industrial wastes, natural geological sources, domestic wastes and various byproducts. Excess quantity of iron causes speedy rise in pulse rate, clotting of blood in blood vessels, drowsiness, and hypertension. In the current study assessment of toxic heavy metals carried out for wastewater, collected from small industrial estate (Taxila), Rawalpindi in first phase. In the second phase the iron ions removal carried out by using a novel biosorbent obtained from the seeds of Monotheca buxifolia (M. buxifolia) plant... Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2380-2391.2022.9.392

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