Health and exposure risk assessment of heavy metals in rainwater samples from selected locations in Rivers State, Nigeria

Author:

Omokpariola Daniel Omeodisemi1ORCID,Omokpariola Patrick Leonard2

Affiliation:

1. Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry , Nnamdi Azikiwe University , Awka , Nigeria

2. Directorate of Chemical Evaluation and Regulation, National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control , Lagos , Nigeria

Abstract

Abstract Rainwater has being getting popularity in use due to lack of portable water sources in Nigeria. The study seeks to evaluate the health and exposure risk assessment of heavy metals from the usage of rainwater from inhabitants of four oil producing area of Rivers State, Nigeria. A total of 32 rainwater samples were collected from different sampling surfaces (ambient, zinc, aluminium, asbestos and stone-coated) to analyse for arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), mercury (Hg), lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn) using inductively coupled plasma – optical emission spectrophotometer. Analysed concentration (mg/L) showed varying results across different sampling surfaces converted to average concentration (mg/kg) was below WHO/FAO recommended guideline with no issue associated. Health and Exposure risk assessment were performed on analysed results from rainwater samples as non-carcinogenic risk assessment showed that HI value is less than 1.0 indicating no risk to population who consumes rainwater across different roofing surfaces in Rivers state. Carcinogenic risk assessment showed that chromium-VI were found to be the highest contributor to cancer risk across all sampling surfaces. Special treatment and regulations should be taken into consideration especially on stone-coated roof before administering to children, as they are prone to health issues due to developing immunity compared to adults.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

General Physics and Astronomy,General Materials Science,General Chemistry

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