| Literature DB >> 24075531 |
Muhammad Usman Khan1, Riffat Naseem Malik, Said Muhammad.
Abstract
The current study was designed to investigate the potential human health risks associated with consumption of food crops contaminated with toxic heavy metals. Cadmium (Cd) concentration in surface soils; Cd, lead (Pb) and chromium (Cr) in the irrigation water and food crops were above permissible limits. The accumulation factor (AF) was >1 for manganese (Mn) and Pb in different food crops. The Health Risk Index (HRI) was >1 for Pb in all food crops irrigated with wastewater and tube well water. HRI >1 was also recorded for Cd in all selected vegetables; and for Mn in Spinacia oleracea irrigated with wastewater. All wastewater irrigated samples (soil and food crops) exhibited high relative contamination level as compared to samples irrigated with tube well water. Our results emphasized the need for pretreatment of wastewater and routine monitoring in order to avoid contamination of food crops from the wastewater irrigation system.Entities:
Keywords: Food crops; Health risk; Heavy metals; Wastewater
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Year: 2013 PMID： 24075531 DOI： 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.07.067
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chemosphere ISSN： 0045-6535 Impact factor: 7.086