Assessment Of Heavy Metals Concentrations In Sugarcane(leaves And Juice) And Soils And Their Effect On Sucrose Content In Savannah Sugar Company Limited Numan Adamawa State Nigeria

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The accumulation of heavy metals in the environment is increasing becoming a concern due to continuous accumulation of these metals through industrial activities. Sugarcane juice are common beverages in the usual diet and are also use for sugar production which may contribute significantly to the nutritional intake of heavy metals in the manufactured sugar from Sugar companies. In present study, the levels of heavy metals Zn, Cd, Pb and Cr in sugarcane juice, leaves, soil, fumes and water sampled from four sample plots at Savannah sugar company limited, Numan. Were determined usingMicro-wave Atomic Emission Spectrophotometer. Sucrose content levels of the sugarcane juice were determined using refractometer (%). The general results of heavy metals in sugarcane juice samples varied from0.30-4.20kg/mg (Zn),0.03-0-03mg/kg (Cd), 3.20-7-90mg/kg (Pb) and 1.30-35.50mgkg (Cr) while sugarcane leaves varied from 1.10-4.30kg/mg, 0.33-0.40kg/mg, 3.70-16.0kg/mg and 3.4-53.33kg/mg for Zn, Cd, Pb and Cr respectively. The amount of Zn, Cd, Pb and Cr in the soil varied from 0.2-4.40 kg/mg, 0.1-1.0 kg/mg, 6.2-37.37 kg/mg and 7.20-121.00 kg/mg respectively. The heavy metals concentrations between fumes and water were observed to be; 0.10 and 536.36 mg/kg for Zn, 0.20 and 3.30mg/kg for Cd, 393.00 mg/kg and 22.57 mg/kg for Pb and 45.35 mg/kg and 332.95 mg/kg for Cr. The sucrose content levels of the sugarcane juice ranged from 9.00-23.00% which indicated no or little effect of heavy metals in the sucrose levels of sugarcane juice. The transfer factor of heavy metals from soil to sugarcane (juice) indicated a trend in the order: Cd
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Assessment Of Heavy Metals Concentrations In Sugarcane(leaves And Juice) And Soils And Their Effect On Sucrose Content In Savannah Sugar Company Limited Numan Adamawa State Nigeria

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