DETERMINATION OF OXYGENATES AND SELECTED ORGANIC MICROPOLLUTANTS IN SUBSURFACE WATER OF OIL SPILLAGE PRONE AREAS IN LAGOS STATE USING GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY TECHNIQUE

Gas Chromatography /Mass Spectrometry method of analysis was used to determine the presence and quantitative values selected Oxygenates Organic micropollutants in underground water oil spillage prone areas Lagos State Nigeria. The involved six samples with three collected from each sampled sites. were analyzed using GC/MS concentrations various oxygenates such as MTBE, Benzene, Methanol, Ethanol, t-Butanol some other organic micropollutants. From results obtained, micropolloutants confirmed some, especially carcinogenic ones above recommended by environmental protection agencies like EPA, WHO, NESREA.