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The results showed that heavy metals in plants are higher than their concentration in the soil. Moreover, the highest percentage of contamination with heavy elements for each of Fe, Zn, Mn, Cu and Pb in the soil is 293.1, 133.8, 365, 55, 46 and 0.093 mcg/gm, respectively against, 440, 201.8, 446, 130,98 and 35.12 mcg/gm in the plant. These percentages are higher than the recommended values, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
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The results also showed that the pollution level from heavy metals in soil and plant samples was higher in the areas south of the two stations. The lowest values were located to the North of stations because the wind blew from North to south, carrying the pollutants most of the year. This has resulted from the incomplete combustion of heavy fuel in the two plants to the populated city center, located to the south of the North Al Diwaniyah station.
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The results also showed that the pollution level from heavy metals in soil and plant samples was higher in the areas south of the two stations. The lowest values were located to the North of stations because the wind blew from North to south, carrying the pollutants most of the year. This has resulted from the incomplete combustion of heavy fuel in the two plants to the populated city center, located to the south of the North Al Diwaniyah station.
Mushtaq A. Al-Furaiji
ITMO University, Educational Center "Energy Efficient Engineering Systems"
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This page is a summary of: Study the effect of operating of the North and South Al Diwaniyah power plants on the city of Al Diwaniyah, Istrazivanja i projektovanja za privredu, January 2022, Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES),
DOI: 10.5937/jaes0-32922.
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