Acid Rain Phenomenon in Niger Delta Region of Nigeria: Economic, Biodiversity, and Public Health Concern

Rain samples were collected from Warri and Port Harcourt, two major oil-producing cities of Nigeria in April-June, July-August, and September-October 2005 and 2006. Awka, a “non-oil” city was used as control. Samples were collected from three points, using clean plastic basins fastened to a table, 2...

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Autores principales: Nduka, J. K. C., Orisakwe, O. E., Ezenweke, L. O., Ezenwa, T. E., Chendo, M. N., Ezeabasili, N. G.
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Publicado: TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5848833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18758657
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2008.47
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author Nduka, J. K. C.
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Ezenwa, T. E.
Chendo, M. N.
Ezeabasili, N. G.
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description Rain samples were collected from Warri and Port Harcourt, two major oil-producing cities of Nigeria in April-June, July-August, and September-October 2005 and 2006. Awka, a “non-oil” city was used as control. Samples were collected from three points, using clean plastic basins fastened to a table, 2 m above ground level and 115 m away from tall buildings and trees. Water samples were filtered and acidity determined using digital pHmeter. The results show that the rain samples were acidic. The pH values for the 2 years under study show that the rainfall in Warri was more acidic than that of Port Harcourt. Oil exploration and other anthropogenic sources may be responsible for the acid rain in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.
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spelling pubmed-58488332018-04-17 Acid Rain Phenomenon in Niger Delta Region of Nigeria: Economic, Biodiversity, and Public Health Concern Nduka, J. K. C. Orisakwe, O. E. Ezenweke, L. O. Ezenwa, T. E. Chendo, M. N. Ezeabasili, N. G. ScientificWorldJournal Research Article Rain samples were collected from Warri and Port Harcourt, two major oil-producing cities of Nigeria in April-June, July-August, and September-October 2005 and 2006. Awka, a “non-oil” city was used as control. Samples were collected from three points, using clean plastic basins fastened to a table, 2 m above ground level and 115 m away from tall buildings and trees. Water samples were filtered and acidity determined using digital pHmeter. The results show that the rain samples were acidic. The pH values for the 2 years under study show that the rainfall in Warri was more acidic than that of Port Harcourt. Oil exploration and other anthropogenic sources may be responsible for the acid rain in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2008-08-28 /pmc/articles/PMC5848833/ /pubmed/18758657 http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2008.47 Text en Copyright © 2008 J. K. C. Nduka et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Acid Rain Phenomenon in Niger Delta Region of Nigeria: Economic, Biodiversity, and Public Health Concern
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title_short Acid Rain Phenomenon in Niger Delta Region of Nigeria: Economic, Biodiversity, and Public Health Concern
title_sort acid rain phenomenon in niger delta region of nigeria: economic, biodiversity, and public health concern
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5848833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18758657
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2008.47
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