Heavy metal concentrations in plants result when plants absorbing luxury quantities of it. Its introduction into the food chain results from cultivated crops absorbing large quantities of it from the soil enriched with poor quality irrigation water. An investigation to evaluate and characterize the heavy metals of the surface and ground water of Ebonyi State, Nigeria was carried out. This investigation involved water sampling of ground and surface water of the three Geopolitical Zones of Ebonyi State. The river water was collected from Akpala, Ohinya Ezza and Eziekwu rivers . The ground water was collected from 30m deep tube wells located at Ebia, Ogboji and Akaeze areas. The water samples
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