An Analysis of Heavy Metal Content

Heavy metal pollution in soil and water arising from anthropogenic sources continue to pose a great challenge to human and animal population. Since heavy metals in the environment have continued to increase, there is need to determine their levels in the environment for efficient environmental management, hence the need to determine the levels of heavy metals in the soil in Moscow city. The heavy metals that were analysed included Zn, Pb, Cu. 18 soil samples were collected from different coenoses with diferent depths. The soil samples were prepared and analysed for heavy metals using atomic absorption spectroscopy. The researcher analysed the distribution of heavy metals in the urban soils of Moscow city in the northern administrative District of Moscow. The conclusions allow to reveal existing environmental irregularities, asses the content of heavy metals in urban soils, evaluate the peculiarities of background anomalies with regard to reduce man caused impact on the environment. The objective of this research was to investigate the distribution, content of heavy metals in urban area soils in the Northern Administrative District of Moscow city.