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Heavy metal (Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb) contamination of vegetables in urban India: A case study in Varanasi
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The study concludes that atmospheric depositions can elevate the levels of heavy metals in vegetables during marketing having potential health hazards to consumers.About:
This article is published in Environmental Pollution.The article was published on 2008-07-01. It has received 338 citations till now.read more
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Heavy metal contamination in soils and vegetables near an e-waste processing site, south China
TL;DR: The data showed that uncontrolled e-waste processing operations caused serious pollution to local soils and vegetables, and the cleaning up of former incineration sites should be a priority in any future remediation program.
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Soil contamination with cadmium, consequences and remediation using organic amendments
TL;DR: This review paper focuses on the sources, generation, and use of different organic amendments to remediate Cd contaminated soil, discusses their effects on soil physical and chemical properties, Cd bioavailability, plant uptake, and human health risk, and provides an update of the most relevant findings.
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Heavy metals in vegetables collected from production and market sites of a tropical urban area of India
TL;DR: The study concludes that the transportation and marketing systems of vegetables play a significant role in elevating the contaminant levels of heavy metals which may pose a threat to the quality of the vegetables with consequences for the health of the consumers of locally produced foodstuffs.
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Accumulation of Heavy Metals in Vegetable Species Planted in Contaminated Soils and the Health Risk Assessment
Hang Zhou,Wen-Tao Yang,Xin Zhou,Li Liu,Jiao-Feng Gu,Wen-Lei Wang,Jia-Ling Zou,Tao Tian,Pei-Qin Peng,Bo-Han Liao +9 more
TL;DR: In Shizhuyuan area, China, the total THQ values of adults and children through consumption of vegetables were 4.12 and 5.41, respectively, suggesting that the residents may be facing health risks due to vegetable consumption, and that children were vulnerable to the adverse effects of heavy metal ingestion.
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Heavy metal contamination in water, soil, and vegetables of the industrial areas in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Jasim U. Ahmad,Md. Abdul Goni +1 more
TL;DR: Uptake and translocation pattern of metal from soil to edible parts of vegetables were quite distinguished for almost all the elements examined and accumulation of the heavy metals in vegetables studied was lower than the recommended maximum tolerable levels proposed by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (1999).
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Heavy metal contamination of soil and vegetables in suburban areas of Varanasi, India.
TL;DR: The study concludes that the use of treated and untreated wastewater for irrigation has increased the contamination of Cd, Pb, and Ni in edible portion of vegetables causing potential health risk in the long term from this practice.
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Transfer of metals from soil to vegetables in an area near a smelter in Nanning, China
TL;DR: Results showed that both soils and vegetables from villages 1 and 2 were heavily contaminated, compared to a village 50 km from the smelter, and oral intake of Cd and Pb through vegetables poses high health risk to local residents.
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Impact assessment of treated/untreated wastewater toxicants discharged by sewage treatment plants on health, agricultural, and environmental quality in the wastewater disposal area
TL;DR: A considerable risk and impact of heavy metals and pesticides on human health in the exposed areas receiving the wastewater from the STPs indicates a definite adverse impact on the environmental quality of the disposal area.