Mercury in Soil around a 2,600 MW Coal-Fired Super Thermal Power Plant in India and Human Health Risk Assessment

Pramanik, Supriti; Shalini, Mustala; Qureshi, Asif H.

doi:10.1061/(asce)hz.2153-5515.0000613

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“…Other metals such as As, Cr, Pb, and Hg were detected within the acceptable limits. The Hg content in soil and water samples could be high due to the coal‐based thermal power plant (Pramanik et al, 2021; Sehgal et al, 2012). Hg content is found below the detection level in spinach, carrot (in 2017–2018), mustard, tomato (in 2017–2018), and potato (in 2017–2018) (Table 6).…”

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Heavy metals transfer in soil‐vegetable continuum and health risk assessment via consumption in the urban sprawl of Delhi, India

Kumar

Prasad

Shrivastava

et al. 2023

Journal of Food Safety

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Human health is the biggest issue with consumption of contaminated vegetables and water. This study aimed to quantify heavy metals in soil, irrigation water, and vegetables in five urban and peri‐urban area of Delhi. Under this study, vegetable crops, i.e. spinach, tomato, carrot, potato, onion and mustard were selected and soil, water and vegetable samples were analyzed for five toxic heavy metals, i.e. As, Cd, Cr, Hg, and Pb. Result showed that in irrigation water samples, Cd crossed the WHO/FAO permissible limit at Mehrauli and Najafgarh, while in all vegetable samples Cd content was detected more than permissible limit except for spinach. At all the sites, transfer factor and hazard risk index were observed higher in spinach and okra. The target hazard quotient were higher in spinach (1.184) and correlated with higher As content. Findings revealed that contaminated vegetables consumption needs to be continuously monitored to avoid adverse health impacts.

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