Investigating Heavy Metal Levels in Water and Surrounding Trees at Humber River and Mimico Creek; Analysis of Copper, Cadmium, Chromium, Lead, Iron

Investigating Heavy Metal Levels in Water and Surrounding Trees at Humber River and Mimico Creek; Analysis of Copper, Cadmium, Chromium, Lead, Iron

Human body needs water to process almost at everything; regulating body temperature, produce hormones, etc. Thus, in average, human cannot survive more than 3 days without water. As water existence is crucial, the quality of water is also important. Metals wastes that are commonly used in industrial and commercial products, such as copper and lead, can contaminate water. World Health Organization (WHO) has listed heavy metals and its limits that can lead to serious health risk. Following report is going to assess and discuss those heavy metal levels in two locations; Humber River and Mimico Creek. Water and surrounding tree leaves samples have been collected. The experiment is going to investigate whether any of the water and leaves samples from two locations, Humber River and Mimico Creek, contain high levels of heavy metals, such as copper (Cu), cadmium (Cd), iron (Fe), lead (Pb), and chromium (Cr). The results have demonstrated that there are heavy metals detected in both Humber River and Mimico Creek, however, the concentrations are not significant enough to be considered as a danger.