The Sources, Toxicity, Determination of Heavy Metals and Their Removal Techniques from Drinking Water

Muhammad Amjad; Shabbir Hussain; Kashif Javed; Abdul Rehman Khan; Muhammad Shahjahan

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The Sources, Toxicity, Determination of Heavy Metals and Their Removal Techniques from Drinking Water

Muhammad Amjad, Shabbir Hussain, Kashif Javed, Abdul Rehman Khan, Muhammad Shahjahan

Published in World Journal of Applied Chemistry (Volume 5, Issue 2)

Received: 5 May 2020 Accepted: 25 May 2020 Published: 13 July 2020

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Abstract

Heavy metals such as Chromium (Cr), Cadmium (Cd), Mercury (Hg), Arsenic (As), Zinc (Zn), Copper (Cu), Iron (Fe), Aluminum (Al), Barium (Ba), Calcium (Ca), Magnesium( Mg), Lead (Pb), Manganese (Mn), Silver( Ag), Sodium (Na), and Selenium (Se) their excess contamination in drinking and irrigation water causes toxicity in living organisms. Their major sources are from different industries as dying, textiles, leather, mining, pesticides, plastic, wood, and pharmaceuticals. The industrial processes release these metals in air, surface water, soil, groundwater, and crops and ultimately target human beings. Groundwater contamination occurs through the anthropogenic activities by man-made products such as gasoline, oil, road salts, mining, pesticides, and fertilizers, etc. discharge into groundwater. Copper, Zinc, and Selenium are heavy metals that are needed in trace amounts for humans. On the other hand, some other metals like Lead, Arsenic, and Mercury are extremely dangerous for human beings even if consumed in small amounts. There is a big challenge to remove heavy metals from drinking water. Different diseases like nervous system damage, kidney failure, blood pressure, hypertension, diabetes, growth inhibition are mostly caused by their contamination in drinking water. Various modern and conventional techniques are used for the determination of heavy metals and water treatment.

Published in	World Journal of Applied Chemistry (Volume 5, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.wjac.20200502.14
Page(s)	34-40
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Drinking Water, Heavy Metals, Toxic, Sources, Diseases

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Muhammad Amjad, Shabbir Hussain, Kashif Javed, Abdul Rehman Khan, Muhammad Shahjahan. The Sources, Toxicity, Determination of Heavy Metals and Their Removal Techniques from Drinking Water. World J Appl Chem. 2020;5(2):34-40. doi: 10.11648/j.wjac.20200502.14

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Muhammad Amjad

Department of Chemistry, Lahore Garrison University, Lahore, Pakistan
Shabbir Hussain

Department of Chemistry, Lahore Garrison University, Lahore, Pakistan
Kashif Javed

Department of Chemistry, Lahore Garrison University, Lahore, Pakistan
Abdul Rehman Khan

Department of Chemistry, Lahore Garrison University, Lahore, Pakistan
Muhammad Shahjahan

Department of Biotechnology, Virtual University of Pakistan, Lahore, Pakistan

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