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ACCUMULATION AND CONTAMINATION OF SOME HEAVY METALS IN AGRICULTURAL SOILS OF INDUSTRIAL ZONE IN ANNABA

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 The present work intends to assess the degree of contamination and accumulation of soils and different parts of durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf) of the industrial area of El Hadjar (extreme north-east of Algeria) by the heavy metals: copper (Cu), Zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), the Nickel (Ni), and total chromium (Cr). The objective of this study is to check if metal pollution of the soils generated by the waters of the Seybouse River as and its tributary Meboudja used in irrigation and releases from various industrial activities affect farmland, including the cultivation of durum wheat

 M. ACHOURI , A. LOUHI AND W. BELAIDI

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