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Table 2

Heavy metal contamination in Ghanaian rivers

River	Mercury (Hg) (mg/L)	Lead (Pb) (mg/L)	Iron (Fe) (mg/L)	WHO limit (mg/L)
Bonsa River (Upstream)	0.049 ± 0.0138	0.040 ± 0.0003	0.85 ± 0.05	Hg: 0.006, Pb: 0.01, Fe: 0.3
Oda River (Obeng ne Obeng)	0.0004 ± 0.0001	0.015 ± 0.002	9.0 ± 0.8
Oda River (Abuakwaa)	0.001 ± 0.0002	0.020 ± 0.003	34.0 ± 2.5
Oda River (Odaso)	0.0003 ± 0.0001	0.012 ± 0.001	1.20 ± 0.10

River	Mercury (Hg) (mg/L)	Lead (Pb)(mg/L)	Iron (Fe) (mg/L)	WHO limit(mg/L)
Bonsa River (Upstream)	0.049 ± 0.0138	0.040 ± 0.0003	0.85 ± 0.05	Hg: 0.006, Pb: 0.01, Fe: 0.3
Oda River (Obeng ne Obeng)	0.0004 ± 0.0001	0.015 ± 0.002	9.0 ± 0.8
Oda River (Abuakwaa)	0.001 ± 0.0002	0.020 ± 0.003	34.0 ± 2.5
Oda River (Odaso)	0.0003 ± 0.0001	0.012 ± 0.001	1.20 ± 0.10