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TOXICOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 151, Issue 1, Pages 63-68Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2004.02.018
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Persian Gulf; Karoon river; heavy metal; nickel; chrome; copper
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Environmental pollution is a world-wide problem, heavy metals belonging to the most important pollutants. The progress of industries has led to increased emission of pollutants into ecosystems. Karoon is the biggest and only navigable river in the South of Iran. Along the Karoon industrial units such as piping, steel, paint making, agriculture, paper mill, fish cultivation, abbottiors, electroplating industries drain their wastewater into the river. In this study, the concentrations of heavy metals (Ni, Cr, Cu) in the Karoon river have been determined. Samples were collected from 16 stations along the river, in winter and spring 1996. Heavy metal concentrations were measured by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. The minimal and maximal concentrations of these metals in winter were 69.3-110.7, 1.7-118.3, and 5.5-70.3 mug/l, for Ni, Cr, and Cu, respectively. The minimal and maximal concentrations of these metals in spring were 41.0-60.7, 0.7-19.8, and 0.5-28.7 mug/l, for Ni, Cr, and Cu, respectively. The results show that the pollution has increased along the river, down to the estuary at the Persian Gulf. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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