P. C. Ranjith

Effect of Municipal Solid Waste Open Dumping on Soil, Water, Crop, Human Health and Its Prospectives

S. C. Kiran, C. Nagarajaiah, M. Mahadeva Murthy & P. C. Ranjith · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2020

Characterization of heavy metals in 5 Km2 range of dumping yard in relation to soil, water and crop has been studied. The concentration of Cd (4.05 mg/kg) in soil was higher than the permissible limit of WHO (3 mg/kg) and in descending order of metals in soil was found to be Fe&g...