Health risk assessment of heavy metals (Hg, Pb, Cd, Cr and As) via consumption of vegetables cultured in agricultural sites in Arequipa, Peru

Quispe, Nancy; Zanabria, Deisy; Chavez, Esther; Cuadros, Félix; Carling, Gregory T.; Paredes, Betty

doi:10.1016/j.cdc.2021.100723

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“…71, 12.43, 11.26, 9.71, 3.88, and 0.97%, respectively (Figure 3B). Our HI results agree with the findings of other studies involving coriander (Quispe et al, 2021) and other leafy vegetables (Hussain and Qureshi, 2020). In the latter study, the combined HI values for Cu, Zn, Cd, Cr, and Pb due to lettuce and carrot consumption were found to be significantly higher than standard limits at 12.8 and 9.21.…”

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confidence: 92%

The Carcinogenic and Non-Carcinogenic Health Risks of Metal(oid)s Bioaccumulation in Leafy Vegetables: A Consumption Advisory

Alsafran

Usman

Rizwan

et al. 2021

Front. Environ. Sci.

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High levels of metal(oid)s in soil or food pose a severe health risk to humans. The potential toxicants find their way into the living systems via the food chain, following bioaccumulation in edible plants, including leafy vegetables grown in or irrigated with contaminated soil or water, respectively. The current study determines the levels of vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), arsenic (As), lead (Pb), and cadmium (Cd) in leafy vegetables (rocca, coriander, and parsley) grown in different open irrigated farms in Qatar and investigates their potential human health risks (carcinogenic and noncarcinogenic). The mean concentrations of V, Cr, Ni, Cu, As, Cd, and Pb in rocca are 17.09, 6.41, 1.70, 13.04, 14.72, 0.90, and 6.36 mg/kg, respectively; in coriander are 15.91, 6.03, 1.38, 15.30, 16.86, 0.43, and 5.00 mg/kg, respectively; and in parsley are 16.25, 6.26, 2.19, 17.97, 16.60, 0.51, and 5.46 mg/kg, respectively. The mean levels of V, Cr, As, Cd, and Pb were observed to be higher than the recommended World Health Organization (WHO)/Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) values. The target hazard quotient (THQ) values of Cu and As were found to be greater than 1 for the adult population. For the two elements (i.e., Cu and As), the THQ varied from 1.03 to 1.42 and 1.17 to 1.44 in men. In women, the values ranged from 1.20 to 1.65 and 1.35 to 1.55, for Cu and As, respectively. The hazard index (HI) of rocca, coriander, and parsley was 3.99, 4.10, and 4.43, respectively, in men, 4.64, 4.76, and 5.14, respectively, among women. The carcinogenic risk (CR) of Cr, Ni, and As ranged from 7.16 × 10−4 to 7.61 × 10−4, 5.57 × 10−4 to 8.85 × 10−4, and 5.24 × 10−3 to 6.01 × 10−3, respectively, in men. In women, it ranged from 8.31 × 10−4 to 8.83 × 10−4, 6.47 × 10−4 to 1.03 × 10−3, and 6.09 × 10−3 to 6.97 × 10−3, respectively, in all vegetables. In crux, the consumption of rocca, coriander, and parsley grown in selected farms in Qatar poses a major health risk (both noncarcinogenic and carcinogenic) to the consumer. As a result, we recommend that vegetables grown in the studied areas be closely monitored to protect consumer health.

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The Carcinogenic and Non-Carcinogenic Health Risks of Metal(oid)s Bioaccumulation in Leafy Vegetables: A Consumption Advisory

Alsafran

Usman

Rizwan

et al. 2021

Front. Environ. Sci.

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“…Carcinogenic risk assessment, on the other hand, is an estimation of the cumulative probability of developing cancer throughout a lifetime by exposure to a unit dose of a probable carcinogen [34]. The possibility of cancer risks in the studied vegetables through intake of carcinogenic heavy metals was estimated using the cancer risk (CR) [62] as shown in Equation (7).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Hence, more research on the quality of various vegetables grown and consumed in the province is needed. These studies are possible toxicity [32], resistant nature [33], speciation [34], frequency of vegetable intake, safety and health issues [35], as well as uncertainty and variability analysis [36][37][38]. Most health risk assessments are made up of primary, secondary, processed data, and engineered models.…”

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Health Risks Due to Metal Concentrations in Soil and Vegetables from the Six Municipalities of the Island Province in the Philippines

Nolos

Agarin

Domino

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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This paper investigated the health risks due to metal concentrations in soil and vegetables from the island province in the Philippines and the potential ecological risks. The concentrations of Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn in vegetables and soil in six municipalities of the province were analyzed using the Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES) Perkin Elmer Optima 8000. It was recorded that all metal concentrations in the soil, except for Cd, exceeded the soil quality standard (SQS). The concentration of Fe and Mn was highest among other metals. The Nemerow synthetical pollution index (Pn) in all soil samples was under Class V which means severe pollution level. Likewise, the risk index (RI) of soil ranged from high to very high pollution risk. Most of the metal concentrations in the vegetables analyzed also exceeded the maximum permissible limit (MPL). All health hazard indices (HHIs) were less than 1, which means potential low non-carcinogenic risk to human population by vegetable consumption. However, it was found that concentration of Cr and Ni in vegetables is a potential health hazard having concentrations exceeding the maximum threshold limit. A 75% temporary consumption reduction of bitter melon, eggplant, sweet potato tops, and string beans produced from two municipalities may be helpful in reducing exposure to target metals. Additional studies are needed to confirm this recommendation. Spatial correlation analysis showed that six out of target metals had datasets that were more spatially clustered than would be expected. The recorded data are useful for creation of research direction, and aid in developing strategies for remediation, tools, and programs for improving environmental and vegetable quality monitoring.

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“…Thus, health risks arise from soil can be estimated by calculating various soil pollution indices of HMs, their soil-to-plant transfer factors, direct exposure level to human and their levels in edible food crops as well as health risk due to consumption of contaminated food crops. A numerous studies have been conducted all over the world and so as Bangladesh, to estimate health hazards by heavy metal contaminated soil (Chabukdhara et al 2013;Jin et al 2019;Gupta et al 2021;) and food contamination (Jolly et al 2013a;Hu et al 2017;Islam et al 2017;Jolly et al 2019;Quispe et al 2021;Rakib et al 2021a) individually but in this study health effect due to heavy metal contaminated soil and vegetables grown on the same industrially affected soil have been computed, moreover to ascertain the pollution degree, soil from a non-contaminated area having the similar soil texture were also analyzed to get a baseline soil data of that particular area and hence the novelty of the study.…”

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Impact of Industrially Affected Soil on Human: a Soil-human and Soil-plant-human Assessment

Jolly¹,

Sakib

Shahadat

et al. 2022

Preprint

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Present study was sketched to estimate the level of heavy metals (Cr, Fe, Cu, Zn, As and Pb) in the industrially affected soil, their source apportionment, degree of pollution and estimation of probable health risk by direct soil exposure and via dietary intake of vegetables grown in the affected soil. Mean concentrations of Cr, Fe, Cu, Zn, As and Pb was found 61.27, 27274, 42.36, 9.77, 28.08 and 13.69 and 0.53, 119.59, 9.76, 7.14, 1.34 and 2.69 mg/kg for affected soil and vegetable samples, respectively. The origin of Fe, Cu, Zn and Pb were found lithogenic, while Cr and As were anthropogenic. A moderate enrichment was noted by Cr, As, and Pb in the entire sampling site, indicating a progressive depletion of soil quality. Bioaccumulation factor (BCF) value for all the vegetables were recorded BCF<1; however Metal pollution index (MPI) value stipulate a pretty high value in the vegetable samples. Health effect on account of direct exposure of contaminated soils manifested more hazardous than dietary intake of heavy metal contaminated vegetables and children were found more vulnerable receptors compare to adults. However, this study can be used as a reference towards similar types of study to evaluate heavy metal contaminated soil impact on the population of Bangladesh and other countries as well.

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Health risk assessment of heavy metals (Hg, Pb, Cd, Cr and As) via consumption of vegetables cultured in agricultural sites in Arequipa, Peru

Cited by 20 publications

References 26 publications

The Carcinogenic and Non-Carcinogenic Health Risks of Metal(oid)s Bioaccumulation in Leafy Vegetables: A Consumption Advisory

The Carcinogenic and Non-Carcinogenic Health Risks of Metal(oid)s Bioaccumulation in Leafy Vegetables: A Consumption Advisory

Health Risks Due to Metal Concentrations in Soil and Vegetables from the Six Municipalities of the Island Province in the Philippines

Impact of Industrially Affected Soil on Human: a Soil-human and Soil-plant-human Assessment

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