2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.09.008
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Human health risks from metals and metalloid via consumption of food animals near gold mines in Tarkwa, Ghana: Estimation of the daily intakes and target hazard quotients (THQs)

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“…Though, vegetable intake is just a proportion of food consumed, supplementary or complementary food that may include fish , meat (Zheng et al 2007;Bortey-Sam et al 2015;Barone et al 2015), rice (Zheng et al 2007;Hang et al 2009), and tobacco (Dong et al 2015) that are consumed can also contribute and/ increase amounts of heavy metals.…”
Section: Health Risk Assessmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Though, vegetable intake is just a proportion of food consumed, supplementary or complementary food that may include fish , meat (Zheng et al 2007;Bortey-Sam et al 2015;Barone et al 2015), rice (Zheng et al 2007;Hang et al 2009), and tobacco (Dong et al 2015) that are consumed can also contribute and/ increase amounts of heavy metals.…”
Section: Health Risk Assessmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The human health risk associated with consumption of vegetables depends on the quantity of vegetables consumed and the weight of the individual. Prolonged ingestion of heavy metals with low concentrations has a negative consequence on human health, and after several years of exposure the detrimental effect becomes apparent (Liu et al 2005;Huang et al 2007;Bortey-Sam et al 2015).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Metale toksyczne (w tym ciężkie) łatwo przechodzą do organizmu, niekiedy nadmiernie kumulują się w tkankach i narządach, np. w mięśniach, krwi, wątrobie czy sierści zwierząt (15,23,40,46), a także w mleku krów (13,14,22) czy jajach drobiu (4,11,12), stwarzając pewne zagrożenie dla zdrowia człowieka (6,9,21). W dostępnym piśmiennictwie mało jest danych nt.…”
Section: Praca Oryginalnaunclassified
“…La contaminación ambiental por metales pesados producida por la industria y el crecimiento urbano afecta el aire, agua y suelos (1) ; pudiéndose acumular a largo plazo a niveles tóxicos en los suelos, donde permanece por largos periodos debido a que no son degradados y pueden biotransformarse en la cadena alimentaria (2,3) . Esta acumulación puede provocar graves trastornos de salud en la población humana (4,5,6) .…”
Section: Introductionunclassified