Abstract

The article is focused on estimation of Zinc in the roadside forages, and blood of buffaloes feeding on these forages. This study was carried out in Sargodha during December 2015 to January 2016 (winter) and May 2016 to June 2016 (summer). Five road sites (Mateela, Faisalabad roadside, Shaheenabad roadside, Bhalwal roadside and 50 chak) were selected from sampling of forages, soil and buffalo blood sample. Heavy metal analysis of all digested samples was done with atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Analysis of variance and correlation was done with two way ANOVA. This study regarding the accumulation of zinc in forages, soil and the buffalo blood would help the authorities to exactly determine the agents which are responsible for increasing pollution in the environment.

Highlights

  • The increased urbanization and industrialization due to high increase in population have led to increase in the use of machines and toxic chemicals in various products in order to facilitate mankind [1,2]

  • Soil According to the samples of soil collected from six sites of sampling the contamination by roadside smoke affected non-significantly on zinc concentration on sites, seasons, and sites×seasons (Table 2)

  • The order of the concentration of zinc in soil samples collected from six sites of Sargodha was of the order: Site-VI>Site-IV>Site-II>Site-V>Site-III>Site-I respectively (Table 3)

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Introduction

The increased urbanization and industrialization due to high increase in population have led to increase in the use of machines and toxic chemicals in various products in order to facilitate mankind [1,2] These agents add up toxic compounds to the environment in the form of toxic smoke, toxic chemicals and toxic gases etc. These all dangerous compounds are enriched with the heavy metals which are defined as “A heavy metal is one density or specific gravity of 3.5-5 g/dm to 4.5-7g/dm3” These heavy metals set entered into the environment which is air, soil and the organism living in the surroundings [3,4]. It is quite interesting to note that the phytoremediation is dependent on the complex interactions between roots, metals, soil and microorganisms so it is called as site-specific technology [5]

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