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- Title
Estimation of Zinc Concentration in Yamuna River (Delhi) Water Due to Climatic Changes.
- Authors
Sankhla, Mahipal Singh; Kumar, Rajeev; Prasad, Lalit
- Abstract
Introduction: Water is increasingly becoming an unusual resource, both in the relation to quantity and quality. Yamuna river water may become contaminated by the accumulation of Zinc through emissions from the rapidly expanding industrial areas, disposal of high element wastes, fertilizers, animal manures, sewage sludge, pesticides, and wastewater irrigation. Material and Methods: Samples of water were collected from the five different sampling sites. Samples collected in the duration of 8 months from January to August with the gap of 20-25 days keeping the climatic change as a major parameter. The concentration of Zinc (Zn) in water from River Yamuna, Delhi was determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). Result and Discussion: It was found that the concentration of zinc (Zn) is higher than the permissible limits of WHO and lower than permissible limits only in the month of August. This can be established that the concentration increases with rising temperature and reducing humidity. Conclusions: It is universally-known that zinc is majorly toxic in nature and humans & animals. Exposure of zinc through water may produce chronic toxicity that could be quite harmful to human life.
- Publication
Journal of Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 2021, Vol 21, Issue 1, p254
- ISSN
0972-5687
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.5958/0974-083X.2021.00048.0