Effect of Heavy Metal (Lead) on Human Health
Sadhna Goyal
Department of Chemistry, Govt. Motilal Vigyan Mahavidhyalay, Bhopal-462003 (India) shalu2505@yahoo.co.in
ABSTRACT
The pollution sources of heavy metals Pb, Fe, Cr, Zn, Cd, Ni, Cu and Hg increase their concentration both at the global as well as local level. The increase in concentration of metals in a localized area reach sometime to a significantly higher level and be one deleterious to biological population and human beings. Several disasters of the metal poisoning have been recorded from time to time which have been caused great ecological damage and led to a large number of human causalities. The recommended maximum lead concentration in drinking water is 0.01 ppm.