Health Risks from Heavy Metals via Consumption of Cereals and Vegetables in Isfahan Province, Iran

Salehipour, Mehdi; Ghorbani, Hadi; Kheirabadi, Hossein; Afyuni, Majid

doi:10.1080/10807039.2014.1002292

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“…Although the effects depend on each particular mineral, and taking into account that even some of these elements are essential for normal animal physiology and for proper production, both acute and chronic exposure to some minerals can trigger significant toxic effects, ranging from slight discomfort and decrease of the productions up to teratogenic effects, induction of serious pathologies, increase of tumoral processes, and even the death (Rahimi 2013;Salehipour et al 2015;Lane et al 2015). Toxicity is especially important in children, who consume large quantities of milk and are among the most vulnerable population (Codex Alimentarius 2011; Chao et al 2014).…”

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Concentrations of toxic metals and essential elements in raw cow milk from areas with potentially undisturbed and highly disturbed environment in Slovakia

Pšenková

Toman

Tančin

2020

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Dietary composition and husbandry practices largely determine the essential trace element status and the toxic metal exposure of livestock and consequently their concentrations in animal products. The main objective of this study was to determine the real contamination of selected areas of Slovakia compared with existing Environmental regionalization of the Slovak Republic (SR) created by the Ministry of the Environment SR. Another aim of this study was to determine the content of essential and toxic metals in feed and milk of dairy cows on selected farms in Slovakia referred to the suitability of the use of milk from these areas to other food processing. This article deals with the analysis of the content of selected elements in feed and milk of dairy cows in the area of Novoť (Northern Slovakia; area with undisturbed environment) and Čečejovce (Eastern Slovakia; highly disturbed environment). Eleven elements have been analyzed (essential elements: calcium, zinc, magnesium, selenium, iron, copper; toxic elements: arsenic, cadmium, mercury, lead, nickel). Samples of feed and milk were collected five times during the spring season and five times during the autumn season in 2016. Analysis of samples was performed in Eurofins Bel/Novamann (Nové Zámky, Slovak Republic). Analyses were performed by atomic absorption spectroscopy and atomic emission spectrometry. The obtained values of the individual elements in the feed and milk were evaluated by Student's t test. Significantly higher contents of essential elements Ca, Zn, Fe, Mg, and Cu were found in the feed of dairy cows in Čečejovce (P < 0.001). Significantly higher (P < 0.001) As and Ni content in feed in Čečejovce in autumn season was also recorded. However, the content of these elements in feed did not affect their milk content. The content of Ca, Zn, and Mg in milk was significantly (P < 0.001) higher in Novoť in both investigated seasons. Some essential elements and toxic elements in feed and milk were below the LOQ (limit of quantification). Reduced content of Ca and Zn in milk in both farms compared with optimal limits, decreased Ca and Mg content in feed in Novoť, and a significant increase of Ca and Mg in feed in Čečejovce in autumn season were found. It can be concluded, due to the low content of toxic elements on these farms, that the use of milk of dairy cows from these areas for direct use or for dairy product processing is appropriate and poses no health risk to the consumers.

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Concentrations of toxic metals and essential elements in raw cow milk from areas with potentially undisturbed and highly disturbed environment in Slovakia

Pšenková

Toman

Tančin

2020

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…The amounts of Pb detected in wheat grains by Eriksson [20] ranged from 0.005 to 0.011mg/kg (mean 0.007), while, the levels for barley grains fluctuated between 0.007 and 0.028 mg/kg(mean 0.013) [20] in which both of them were lower than that of the current research. In Iran, the health risk of heavy metals via consumption of cereals and vegetables was studied in Isfahan, Iran, so total non-carcinogenic hazard of As and Pb was greater than 1 indicating that there was a high risk for the health of consumer through consumption of these food products [21].…”

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Accumulation and Soil-to-Plant Transfer Factor of Lead and Manganese in some Plant Species in Semnan Province, Central Iran

Sakizadeh

Mirzaei

Ghorbani

2016

IJT

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“…Potentially toxic trace elements (PTEs) in soils have negative effects on environment and food quality (Song et al, 2009;Liu et al, 2015), and may threaten human health (Chen et al, 2005;Salehipour et al, 2015;Praveena et al, 2015). Spatial distribution of PTEs is important for evaluation of contamination level.…”

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Spatial Distribution of Potentially Toxic Trace Elements in Soils Downstream of a Lead–Zinc Mine in Southern China

Qiao

Yang

Dong

et al. 2018

The Second International Conference on Materials Chemistry and Environmental Protection

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Spatial distribution of potentially toxic trace elements (PTEs) concentrations in soils is essential for pollution and risk evaluation. In this study, 33 samples were collected downstream of a lead-zinc mine in Southern China. Contamination factors (CFs) of As, Pb, Zn, Cu, Cr, and Ni were all near 1 (low contamination), while 12% of the sample sites showed high contamination of Cd (CF>6). The highest concentration of Cd was about 40× natural background value of study area. Variogram analysis allowed detecting the principal direction of variation. High soil pH value and rocks could prevent PTEs vertical migrating in the mountain. The spatial distribution of Zn and Cu may be resulted from lateral transportation with soil erosion.

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Health Risks from Heavy Metals via Consumption of Cereals and Vegetables in Isfahan Province, Iran

Cited by 28 publications

References 30 publications

Concentrations of toxic metals and essential elements in raw cow milk from areas with potentially undisturbed and highly disturbed environment in Slovakia

Concentrations of toxic metals and essential elements in raw cow milk from areas with potentially undisturbed and highly disturbed environment in Slovakia

Accumulation and Soil-to-Plant Transfer Factor of Lead and Manganese in some Plant Species in Semnan Province, Central Iran

Spatial Distribution of Potentially Toxic Trace Elements in Soils Downstream of a Lead–Zinc Mine in Southern China

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