Trace metals in vegetables grown with municipal and industrial wastewaters

Health risk assessment of heavy metals in vegetables grown around battery production area

“…Concentrations of Cd in vegetables grown in uncontaminated soils generally varied from 0.005 to 0.5 mg kg −1 , with levels being somewhat higher in leafy vegetables and in belowground tissues than in other plant tissues (Avci, 2012). The range of Pb concentrations (0.003-0.178 mg kg −1 ) in edible portions of vegetables was comparable to the values found in Jiangsu, China (Cao et al, 2010).…”

“…The Pearson correlation test was used to check for correlations between transfer factor (TF) values of heavy metals and soil properties (pH, organic matter). Calculations of the distribution of dietary exposure to heavy metals via consumption of vegetables for the local population were performed using the commercially available software package @risk (Version 5.0, the mean value of the three locations was 0.035 mg kg −1 , which was in the same range as the results from Jiangsu, China (Cao et al, 2010) and Gejiu City, Yunnan Province, China (Xiao et al, 2011) and lower than the fi ndings from Gaziantep, Turkey irrigated with municipal and industrial wastewaters (Avci, 2012).…”

“…Some studies have been carried out to assess the health risk of heavy metals through consuming vegetables from sewage-irrigated areas (Avci, 2012;Ghosh et al, 2012;Wang et al, 2012;Weldegebriel et al, 2012;Xue et al, 2012). To our knowledge.…”

Assessment of Non-Conventional Irrigation Water in Greenhouse Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Production

“…Similarly, there were 20 times more concentrations of heavy metals observed in crops treated with sewage water as compared to European countries [26]. The studies have also shown the absence of health risk factors when contaminated heavy metal vegetables were consumed by humans [27,28]. However, it should be kept in mind that these trials were conducted for short period.…”