Leather Tanning Effluent and Its Effects On Vegetation In Chalawa Industrial Area, Kano, Nigeria

Abstract

The effects of tannery effluent on the vegetation in Challawa industrial are, Kano, Nigeria was studied by assessing the chemical characteristics of the effluent, stressing more on the heavy metals like: Iron (Fe), Manganese (Mn), Copper (Co), Chromium (Cr), Lead (Pb), Cobalt (Co), Zinc (Zn), Cadmium (Cd). The result showed increase in Chromium and lead which may have led to deficiency in some nutritional content needed by vegetations, thus leading to their destruction

Keywords: Tannery, Effluent, Heavy metals, Vegetation