Contamination Levels and Sources of Heavy Metals and a Metalloid in Surface Soils in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana

Background. Environmental contamination with heavy metals and metalloids due to industrial, smelting and mining activities have become common in large and growing cities. Kumasi is one of the most industrialized cities in Ghana and experiences metal pollution due to recent and past activities. Altho...

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Main Authors: Osei Akoto, Nesta Bortey-Sam, Yoshinori Ikenaka, Shouta M.M. Nakayama, Elvis Baidoo, Yared Beyene Yohannes, Mayumi Ishizuka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pure Earth 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Health and Pollution
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