International Science Community Association Research Journal of Recent Sciences 2277 - 2502 1 4 2012 April 2 Analytical Assessment of Trace Elements in Soils, Tomato Leaves and Fruits in the Vicinity of Paint Industry, Nigeria 22 26 EN Pascal C. 1 Laboratoire d’Etude et de Recherche en Chimie Appiquée (LERCA), Ecoe Poytechnique d'Abomey-Calavi (EPAC), Universit� d'Abomey-Calavi (UAC), 01 BP 2009 Cotonou, REPUBLIC OF BENIN Agbangnan D. 2 Institut Pluridisciplinaire de Recherche sur l�Environnement et les Mat�riaux (IPREM), Universit� de Pau et des Pays de l�Adour (UPPA), UMR 5254 Technopole H�lioparc, 2 avenue du pr�sident d�Angot 64053 PAU Cedex, FRANCE Christine Tachon 3 Institut des Sciences Mol�culaires (ISM), Universit� de Bordeaux 1, CNRS UMR 5255 Batiment A12, 351 cours de la lib�ration, 33405TALENCE cedex, FRANCE Justine Dangou 4 Anna Chrostowska 5 Fouquet Eric 6 DominiqueC.K. Sohounhloue 7 Srivastava K.P. 1 Ganga Singh College, Jai Prakash University, Chapra-841 301, Bihar, INDIA Singh VikashKumar 2 Balamuralitharan S. 1 Department of Mathematics, Sri Ramanujar Engineering College, Chennai-48, INDIA Rajasekaran S. 2 Professor and COE, Department of Mathematics, BS Abdur Rahman University, Chennai-48, INDIA Nwajei G.E. 1 Dept. of Chemistry, Delta State University Abraka, NIGERIA Okwagi P. 2 Dept. of Chemistry, College of Education Agbor, NIGERIA Nwajei R.I. 3 Dept. of Botany, Delta State University, Abraka, NIGERIA Obi-Iyeke G.E. 4 > Research Paper 2012 2 12 2012 April 2 Soil, tomato leaves and fruits samples collected for the period covering May to October, 2011 in the vicinity of paint factory were analytically digested and analysed for trace elements such as lead, cooper, cadmium, nickel, zinc, chromium, manganese, arsenic, iron, selenium and cobalt respectively. Using atomic absorption spectrophotometer of model SP 1900 pye unicam. The results obtained revealed that all the aforementioned trace elements analysed were detected and metal concentrations were varied except cadmium, arsenic and selenium with constant value for all the months (0.01mg/kg). The mean concentrations of lead, copper, nickel, zinc, manganese and iron exceeded those of tomato leaves and fruits. The mean metal concentrations in the samples labeled SS1, TLS1 and TFS1 located at the paint factory spot were higher than those samples located 200 metres and before and after the factory spot. This study is an indicator to monitor lead in consumable vegetables around industrial locations in Nigeria. Copyright@ International Science Community Association