Heavy Metals Pollution And It, S Effect On Environment And Human Health

Heavy metal is a general collective term which is applied to the group of metal and metalloids, many of them have biotoxic effects due to which they became harmful. These metals are released into environment by both natural and arthropogenic sources such as mining and industrial activities. Urban sewage and industrial effluents are the main factor for the pollution by heavy metals. They leach into underground water, move along water pathway or washed away by run off into surface water there by results into water and soil pollution. Heavy metals are known to cause serious health problems, they combine with the body’s biomolecules and form stable biotoxic effects on humans and environment