Open AccessTHE IMPACT OF ZINC AND LEAD MINING ON AIR QUALITY AT AGALAGU ALIKE IN IKWO LGA OF EBONYI STATE
Author(s) -
Nene Anyahara,
Ulunma Nwosu,
Chibueze Gospel Awuchi,
Ugochi Obinna
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of advanced academic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2488-9849
DOI - 10.46654/ij.24889849.e6125
Subject(s) - sustenance , air quality index , environmental science , air pollution , pollutant , pollution , local government area , air pollutants , particulates , environmental chemistry , environmental engineering , environmental protection , geography , meteorology , chemistry , local government , ecology , organic chemistry , archaeology , biology
Atmospheric air consist of mixtures of gases composed mainly of nitrogen and oxygen with small proportion of carbon, noble gases and water vapor essential for the sustenance of life on earth. Anthropogenic activities in diverse ways may threaten the quality of atmospheric air and impairs its quality on life. The introduction of any chemical, physical, or biological agent into the atmosphere, in quantities large enough to produce harmful effect to man and its surrounding environment calls for concern. Therefore, an assessment is needed on air quality and on this basis; air quality test was carried out at the mining site at Agalagu Alike in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, and the results collated indicated lesser air pollution across the mine site, except NO2 and SO2. Although the level of NO2 concentration in the study location can be attributed to the activities of mining going on in that area. It was also observed from the results collated that the particulate matter at the study location and immediate environment was very low, which could result from the season of the year (wet season) which the analysis was carried out. Other pollutants like NH3, H2S VOC, and CO were not detected within the coordinates studied in the location. The level of O2 within the location was found to be the same across all the sampling points, with a value of 20.9.