Assessment of Dose Intake of Toxic Elements in Groundwater Samples From Abuja, North Central Nigeria

Abstract

This study measured the concentrations of toxic carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic elements present in groundwater using Inductively Coupled-Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). The concentration values obtained were used to calculate the life average daily dose (LADD) exposure of the people whom rely on groundwater for consumption in Abuja, Nigeria. The highest LADD for the carcinogenic toxic element chromium (Cr) was 2.7 x 10 -5 μg kg -1 day -1 , whereas it was 3.3 x 10 -4 μg kg -1 day -1 for the non-carcinogenic toxic element lead (Pb), identified in water samples collected by the Water Board. These LADD magnitudes of 10 -5 and 10 -4 for both carcinogenic and noncarcinogenic toxic elements in groundwater are far below the International Reference Dose according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) in 2008, which has a value of 10 -1 . The low magnitudes found in water samples may not pose significant health risks to the local population. The relevant authorities should, therefore, continue to monitor the impact of human activities on metal pollution in this area and take effective measures to control contamination of the public water supply.

Water quality assessment for groundwater around a municipal waste dumpsite

“…Several data analysis has been carried out on the physio-chemical, geochemical and geostatistical assessment of quality of groundwater [1] , [2] , [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] .…”

Human health risk assessment data of trace elements concentration in tap water—Abeokuta South, Nigeria

“…The parameters were inserted in Eqs. (1) , (2) to evaluate the exposure risk associated with fluoride and iron concentration considering ingestion ( ADD IN ) [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] and dermal ( ADD DE ) pathways respectively. …”

Computation of human health risk in surface water in Ado-Odo Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria

“…The values obtained through laboratory analysis (see Table 1 ) are inputted into Eqs. (1) and (2) to estimate the associated risk from the consumption of surface water from River Balogun through ingestion route with focus on children and adult [12] , [13] of diverse age groups resulting from variability in body mass index. This was required because different body weight are susceptible to different risk intensity [9] …”