Accumulation of Heavy Metals in Vegetables Grown in an Industrial Area in Relation to Soil

Fytianos, K.; Katsianis, G.; Triantafyllou, Panagiota; Zachariadis, George A.

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“…The highest Cd mean concentration was observed in grain samples; while the lowest in water. This high concentration of Cd is due to high bioaccumulation of Cd in crops, which was also reported by Fytianos et al (2001) and Chary et al (2008). Similarly, Cr mean concentration was observed very high in water samples, compared with the results of the studies conducted by Muhammad et al (2011) and Shah et al (2012) in this country, which could be influenced by the geology as well as agricultural and industrial emissions in the area (Khan et al, 2013b).…”

Section: Levels Of Heavy Metals In Foodstuffssupporting

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Evaluation of toxicological risk of foodstuffs contaminated with heavy metals in Swat, Pakistan

Khan

Lü

et al. 2014

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

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a b s t r a c tThis study aimed to assess the concentrations of heavy metals such as cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn) in the available foodstuffs (crops, milk and water), their bioaccumulation in human body and potential human health risks in Swat valley, northern Pakistan. Heavy metal concentrations in foodstuffs and human blood (adults (18-above) and children (1-12 years)) were analyzed using atomic absorption spectrometer. The results revealed high level of Mn in foodstuffs followed by Cr 4Cu 4Zn4Ni 4 Cd 4Pb, which significantly increased the levels of heavy metals in the adult's blood as compared to that of children in the order of Cr 4 Zn4Mn4 Ni 4Pb 4Cu 4Cd. Principal component analysis showed that selected foodstuffs were the possible sources of metal contamination in human blood, while correlation analysis revealed that the concentrations of Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn in foodstuffs significantly correlated with that in human blood. Moreover, risk assessments for individual metals via foodstuffs were found within safe limits, except for Cd (HQ 4 1); Whereas, for aggregate multiple metals the risk was calculated as 3.97E þ00 (HI 41), in which water and milk were perceived as the greater contributors (81 percent) to HI; while fruits, grains and vegetables contributed 5 percent each, and pulses 4 percent.

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Section: Levels Of Heavy Metals In Foodstuffssupporting

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Evaluation of toxicological risk of foodstuffs contaminated with heavy metals in Swat, Pakistan

Khan

Lü

et al. 2014

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

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“…resina trocadora de íons; (4) SB: Soma de Bases; (5) CTC: Capacidade de Troca Catiônica Tabela 2. Teores totais de cobre, ferro, manganês, zinco e cádmio na amostra de terra e no superfostato triplo (SFT)…”

Section: Coleta E Análise Química Das Amostras Vegetaisunclassified

“…Por meio da Equação 4 foi calculada a porcentagem de absorção de Cd do solo (%AbsSolo) em relação aos teores total e fitodisponível de Cd no solo: (4) sendo: Ac = acúmulo de Cd na planta (µg vaso Os resultados foram submetidos a análises de variância (teste F) e quando significativos foi realizada a comparação de médias pelo teste de Tukey a p<0,05 de significância. Os dados obtidos foram submetidos também às analises de regressão simples ou quadrática entre as variáveis estudadas.…”

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“…2,3 A entrada do Cd na cadeia alimentar ocorre através da contaminação da biosfera com elementos potencialmente tóxicos (EPT) gerados pelas atividades industriais, agrícolas e domésticas, podendo causar limitações na utilização dos solos para fins agrícolas. 4 As contaminações dos solos são decorrentes da geração de resíduos que crescem em face ao desenvolvimento industrial, sobretudo advindos da siderurgia e do crescente consumo mundial por produtos manufaturados, os quais podem apresentar um destino incorreto e causar danos aos ecossistemas aquáticos e terrestres. 5 Quando um solo é considerado contaminado, deve-se proceder ao seu isolamento e, em seguida, aplicar procedimentos de descontaminação ou de estabilização dos EPT no solo, que devem levar em consideração a dimensão do impacto provocado pelo contaminante no ecossistema, os objetivos de uso da área e a viabilidade econô-mica do processo de remediação.…”

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Aplicação de fósforo para imobilização química do cádmio em solo contaminado

Trevizam¹,

Villanueva²,

Muraoka³

et al. 2010

Quím. Nova

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“…Irrigation with effluents is known to contribute significantly to the heavy metals content of soil as well as crop plants [3][4][5]. Heavy metals are very harmful because of their non-biodegrable nature, long biological half-lives and their potential to accumulate in different body parts [6][7][8]. Most of the heavy metals are extremely toxic because of their solubility in water [3,9,10].…”

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Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals from Paper Mill Effluent Soil Using <i>Croton sparsiflorus</i>

Kumar¹,

Jothiramalingam²,

Thiyagarajan³

et al. 2014

ILCPA

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Effluents from industries contain appreciable amount of metallic cations like zinc, copper, iron, manganese, lead and cadmium. Release of heavy metal without proper treatment poses a significant threat to public health because of its persistence biomagnifications and accumulation in food chain. To reduce metal pollution problems many processes have been developed for the treatment and disposal of metal containing wastes. Certain plants have the ability to accumulate heavy metals such as Pb, Cr, Cd and Zn. At present, phytoremediation of metals may be approaching commercialization. Hence, possibility can be explored to remove heavy metal load, present even in low concentration, in waste water of paper mill effluent soil by using Croton sparsiflorus.

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Accumulation of Heavy Metals in Vegetables Grown in an Industrial Area in Relation to Soil

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Evaluation of toxicological risk of foodstuffs contaminated with heavy metals in Swat, Pakistan

Evaluation of toxicological risk of foodstuffs contaminated with heavy metals in Swat, Pakistan

Aplicação de fósforo para imobilização química do cádmio em solo contaminado

Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals from Paper Mill Effluent Soil Using <i>Croton sparsiflorus</i>

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