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Using Agricultural Wastes To Treat Lead-Contaminated Water In Western Australia, Hanie Hashtroudi
Using Agricultural Wastes To Treat Lead-Contaminated Water In Western Australia, Hanie Hashtroudi
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Aqueous solutions are becoming increasingly contaminated in all parts of the world (2015). Heavy metals are toxic contaminants that are mainly distributed in urban stormwater run-off and industrial wastewaters as a result of some mining operations, electronic assembly planting, battery manufacturing, and etching operations (Kadirvelu et al. 2001). Pb (II) is a heavy metal that causes significant damage in the human body. Drinking lead-contaminated water even at low concentrations may cause lifethreatening conditions such as cancer, kidney damage, brain damage, and liver problems (El-Said 2010). Therefore, it is necessary to remove lead from aqueous solutions.
Several conventional physical, chemical, and …