Study of Pollution of Selected Soils from Western Part of Al-Nahrawan Area (East Baghdad) by Heavy Metals

Abstract

The study depend on (20) samples that represented of soil selected from Al-Nahrwan area (east Baghdad) , that include (60) brick factories that lies on western part of study area to determined concentration of (8) heavy metals that consider as environmental pollutants its (Pb , Cr , Ni , Cd , Fe , Mn , Co , Cu) where they found to be high compared with international limits . The study Indicated that this high concentration is relative with the emissions of factories .