Open AccessThe Impact Of Some Organic And Inorganic Pollutants On Fresh Water (Rashid, River Nile), Egypt
Author(s) -
Eman Radwan,
Mennat Alllah Khaled Saber,
Mohie Eldin Khaled Saber,
Gehan H. Fahmy
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of advances in biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2347-6893
DOI - 10.24297/jab.v10i2.6481
Subject(s) - pollutant , environmental chemistry , sediment , pollution , environmental science , dieldrin , heavy metals , contamination , water pollution , pesticide , chemistry , ecology , geology , paleontology , organic chemistry , biology
Pollution of fresh water with organic pollutants and heavy metals has an impact on the environment of the River Nile in Egypt. The environment has become increasingly contaminated by inorganic and organic pollutants which accumulate in the food chain and affect the human health. The pollution of the fresh water environment by heavy metals and organic pollutants is due to the increasing action of flowing out discharge from various industries.
Three heavy metals; Cu, Pb, and Zn and organic pollutants as DDT, Chlordane, dieldrin and butylene were investigated in the present study in freshwater and sediment during the year (Autumn2016-summer2017) .The investigated samples were collected from Rashid, Egypt. The present study reported that the mean concentration level of both heavy metals and organic pollutants were correlated in the sediment and in the fresh water of Rashid at p< 0.001.