Port Said is considerd as an urbanized and industrialized city which has a rapid activity over the last
few decades, and many urban environments there have metals which continuously emit gases which are seriously
threatening the humankind. Ground magnetic susceptibility (MS) was carried out and soil samples were collected from
selected sites of possible high risk as well as low ones in order to determine the contamination sources of heavy metals.
An MS survey was carried out in the industrial area (sites A and B) and the solid-waste dump site in Port Said city (site
C). MS maps of the three sites show anomalies of high values which indicate that these sites mostly affected by
contamination.
Ten of heavy metals concentrations (Fe, Mn, Mo, Cd, Ni, V, Pb, Cu, Co, and Zn) were calculated in the collected
samples. In addition, the factor of contamination, geochemical accumulation, pollution load and Nemerow pollution
indices were calculated to test heavy metals contamination in the selected sites. Sites (A & B) give a higher degree of
contaminated with Cd, Pb, Ni and Zn where the industrial activities are located. Also, site A shows a moderate to low
contamination with Mo, V, Fe, Co, Cu, and Mn while site B shows that the contamination originated mainly from the
iron processing industries.
Also, Nemerow pollution index shows that the site A represents a higher level of pollution than site B which has the
moderate level of pollution, while site C represents the warning line of pollution which means that the heavy metal
exposures have many consequences and is generally not safe. Finally, this study proves that the environmental
magnetism used successfully as a proxy to heavy metal pollution in industry and topsoil of an open landfill and similar
areas.