Efficacy of Chanos Chanos Scales as an Adsorbent of Lead in Three Different Locations of Manila Bay /
Audrey P. Averilla ; Jan Philip S. Dela Rosa ; Rick Vincent C. Mariscotes ; Sharra Mae L. Martin ; Charlymagne Lorielle E. Palisoc ; Isabella Marian Panlilio ; Steven John A. Rosal ; John Frederick C. Sabaot ; Frances-Nelynn M. Vargas ; Jave Asheville P. Villalobos and Jude Denmark Violeta.
- Fairview, Quezon City School of Medical Technology, FEU-NRMF, 2018
- 52 pages: illustrations, tables, photos; 28 cm.
Includes appendices and bibliographical references.
Abstract: Industrial Revolution has led significant damage to the natural environment. However, every change has its own consequences, and the consequences associated to technological advancement are overcrowding of cities, pollution, and other environmental illnesses which, as a result, begun a sprung of different unhealthy habits that help escalate the problem at hand. This poses a threat which is why it is of great concern to search for an alternative to minimize the effect on humankind. Lead levels on water are on the rise that arises the anxiety of people. To name a few, excess lead content in water is associated with adverse health effect such as gastrointestinal problems, kidney problems and frequently, Central Nervous System (CNS) damage. Conventional lead removal methods are expensive and complicated to do that is why an alternative method of bioadsorption process is deemed to be a method notable to be experimented on. Studies have shown that using fish scales as a bioadsorbent is efficient in adsorbing different metals. And so, this study investigates the fish scales capability to filter and decrease the amount of lead following different amounts of submersion cycles of the contaminated water to the scales. In detail, the methods used in this experiment consists of a filter and submerse method. In the former method, a specialized filter will be used in this experiment to purify the contaminated water from lead cycle. In the latter method, the milkfish scales is submerged in the contaminated water with continuous agitation for every 3 hours in 3 cycles with 24 hr. interval. Results have shown that the milkfish scales were able to filter and decrease the amount of lead from 0.08mg/L to 0.01mg/L present in the contaminated water. The higher the cycles intended to be of used the greater the chance it will decrease the amount of lead in the sample.