The impact of the application of agrochemicals on heavy metal pollution in plantation area / Mohd Zahari Abdullah, Nur Syakira Che Nadzir and Fazrul Razman Sulaiman

• Main Authors: Abdullah, Mohd Zahari, Che Nadzir, Nur Syakira, Sulaiman, Fazrul Razman
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Pahang 2020
• Subjects: Agriculture and the environment; Soils. Soil science. Including soil surveys, soil chemistry, soil structure, soil-plant relationships; Agricultural conservation
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/31097/1/31097.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/31097/

The application of agrochemicals in plantation activities has a potential to pollute the surrounding areas with some levels of heavy metals. The study was conducted to measure the heavy metals content deposited around the site and to evaluate the pollution indexes of the area. The observation obtain...