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ArticleEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2024

Assessment of heavy metals in rainfall as an indicator of air pollution from Erbil Steel Factory in Iraq.

Zhian Rashid Salih, Bakhtyar Abdullah Othman, Shakar Jamal Aweez

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Zhian Rashid SalihDepartment of Biology, College of Education, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Erbil, Iraq. zhian.salih@su.edu.krd.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1061-5781
Bakhtyar Abdullah OthmanDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science and Health, Koya University, Koya, KOY45, Iraq.
Shakar Jamal AweezDepartment of Environmental Science and Health, College of Science, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Erbil, Iraq.

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The goal of the current study is to evaluate the heavy metal rainfall contamination in the vicinity brought on by the Erbil Steel Factory in Iraq during the study period. The study's findings revealed the concentration of all studied heavy metals in the precipitation near and around the factory is significantly higher than that of the rural area of Barzan village which is used as a control site. The average concentration of the metals is in descending order manganese (Mn) > lead (Pb) > iron (Fe) > arsenic (As) > cobalt (Co) > selenium (Se) > mercury (Hg) > and cadmium (Cd) for the polluted site. The geo-accumulation index (I-geo) of the heavy metal Mn in the rainfall around the steel factory site is 6.28 > 5 which indicates extreme contamination. While the Igeo values of Cd, As, and Fe are 4.87, 4.54, and 4.04 > 4 that indicate heavy to extreme contamination, for Pb, 3.80 > 3 indicates moderate to heavy contamination, Cd 1.68 > 1 indicates moderate contamination, Hg 0.46 > 0 indicates uncontaminated to moderate contamination, and Se - 0.36 < 0 indicates uncontaminated. The pollution load index (PLI) of the rainwater around the steel factory site is 13.46 > 1, demonstrating that the area is highly metal-contaminated.

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Air PollutionArsenicMercuryMetals, HeavySeleniumCadmiumChinaEnvironmental MonitoringIraqLeadManganeseRisk AssessmentSteelArsenicCadmiumLeadManganeseMercuryMetals, HeavySeleniumSteelEnvironmental pollutionPLI. I-geoPrecipitationSteel industry

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