REVIEW ON HEAVY METALS IN DRINKING WATER

In today's world the contamination of drinking water due to various heavy metals is one of the most important concerns. Heavy metals such as copper, iron, manganese, silver, nickle, cobalt, tin, zinc, mercury, uranium have resulted in very serious and deadly diseases. They may also have adverse effects on our circulatory system, digestive system and nervous system. The levels of heavy metals in ground water vary from region to region. People taking contaminated water and suffer from various diseases such as lungs cancer, Allergies, renal stone disease and apoptosis. When the concentration of these heavy metals increases in our body they start accumulating in different organs of our body where they cause various diseases. Balochistan is one of the least developed provinces of Pakistan where basic facilities are very uncommon. Moreover, the current focus of this review paper is to provide significant insight about various heavy metals, techniques used for measuring their concentrations and the deadly diseases associated with them. This review has been written with the hope that it would be beneficial as a source of information for researchers and other common people regarding heavy metals and their adverse effects on health.