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Article: Impact of effluents from a car battery manufacturing plant in Nigeria on water, soil, and food qualities.
- Article from:
- Archives of Environmental Health
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
- Author:
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CONTAMINANTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT include those arising from agricultural activities, gaseous deposits from the air, industrial effluents, wastewater sewage, and air particulates. (1) Waste materials may be released into the environment at the point of generation or at a later stage. Therefore, it is important to understand the interaction of any release with the environment, particularly in relation to the biogeochemical cycles, so that any likely environmental impact can be assessed. Industrial effluents may contain contaminants such as acids, alkalis, metallic ions, phenols, cyanides, pesticides, and many other organic and inorganic substances that pose threats to the ...