Evaluating the Effect of Dust at Al Kufa Cement Plant on humans Health, Plants and Microorganisms in South of Al –Najaf Al-Alshraf

Abstract

This study was carried out in the agricultural area surrounding al Kufa Cement Plant in al Najaf Governorate, which is located in Al-Manatherah district. The study included the collection and analysis of soil, dust and plant samples as well as conducting some blood tests for the residents in the study area. The results showed that the mass concentration of dust suspended in the summer was higher than the rest of the other seasons in all the studied sites. The highest TSP concentration was recorded at location C, 1798.1 mg / m3, and the site D was indicated as the highest concentration of lead at 0.5623g/m 3 Cadmium recorded the highest value in site C within summer concentrations with a concentration of 1.2863 g/m 3 .For the measurement of the heavy elements of the water extract of the plants, it was found that the leaves of the grape sample No. 2 achieved the highest concentration of heavy elements iron, cobalt, cadmium and lead which reached (0.1657, 0.3197, 0.5106, 0.2109 mg / m3 respectively).The study showed that there were clear differences in the number of infections of diseases and their proportion between the two districts ( Al-Manathera and Al Kufa), where it was found that the highest rate of bronchitis in the district of Al-Kufa, reached 48,298 in compared with the number of infections in the district of Al-Manatherah, which was 18,620. The highest number of bacteria and fungi were observed at distance of 10 km,1km (278.3 x 10 6 , 65.8 x 10 4 CFU g -1 soil) from the cement plant ,and the lowest were observed at distance of 6 km,1km (184.9x10 6 ,33.5 x10 4 CFU g -1 soil),respectively, from the cement plant.

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