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Pollution status of shooting range soils from Cd, Cu, Mn, Ni and Zn found in ammunition

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dc.contributor.author Dinake, Pogisego
dc.contributor.author Maphane, Onneetse
dc.contributor.author Sebogisi, Karabo
dc.contributor.author Kamwi, Obed
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-03T10:26:33Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-03T10:26:33Z
dc.date.issued 2018-09-18
dc.identifier.citation Dinake, P. et al.(2018) Pollution status of shooting range soils from Cd, Cu, Mn, Ni and Zn found in ammunition. Cogent Environmental Science 4: 1528701. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311843.2018.1528701 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 528701
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.biust.ac.bw/handle/123456789/433
dc.description.abstract Evaluation of concentration of heavy metals found in shooting range soil is important in assessing the pollution risk posed to biota. Soil samples from five shooting ranges found in Botswana were used in this study. All the five shooting ranges accumulated high concentration of Cu ranging from 67.4 ± 0.05 mg/kg to 1569 ± 13 mg/kg followed by Mn (25.9 ± 0.1–953.8 ± 2.8 mg/kg). Pollution risk indices were used to quantify the environmental pollution risk posed by the differ- ent heavy metals studied. It was established that even though all the five shooting ranges recorded low concentrations of Cd, this metal still posed the highest pollu- tion risk than any other metal with S/P shooting range recording the highest potential ecological risk index (peri) of 8141 (CCd ~ 3.6 ± 0.03 mg/kg) and TAB at PERI of 3507 (CCd ~ 4.9 ± 0.02 mg/kg). Similarly, contamination factor (CF) value of 271 for Cd was measured at S/P shooting range indicating high contamination from Cd. Pollution risk indices were able to establish that even though concentration of Cd accumulated in the soil was low this heavy metal still posed highest pollution risk to biota. Continuous assessment of the pollution status of these shooting ranges should be carried out in order to establish appropriate best shooting range man- agement practices and remedial strategies. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Taylor and Francis Group en_US
dc.subject Ammunition en_US
dc.subject Shooting range en_US
dc.subject Pollution risk index en_US
dc.subject Environmental pollution en_US
dc.subject Botswana en_US
dc.title Pollution status of shooting range soils from Cd, Cu, Mn, Ni and Zn found in ammunition en_US
dc.description.level phd en_US
dc.description.accessibility unrestricted en_US
dc.description.department cfs en_US


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