Investigation of Soil Pollution Levels for Zinc, Copper, Lead, Nickel, Cadmium and Manganese at Around of Cinkur Plant in Kayseri

Abstract

Levels of some heavy metal pollutions in soils at around of a plant produced zinc, cadmium and lead metals were investigated. The contents of soils taken were compared with the metal contents in a soil collected from an area exposed to little or no contamination. The levels of examined metal pollution depend on directions and distances to the plant. A good correlation between the level of metal contaminant and wind blowing direction was also found.