Metal contamination in market based vegetables in an industrial region, India

Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 2012 Jul;89(1):129-32. doi: 10.1007/s00128-012-0613-z. Epub 2012 Apr 4.

Abstract

Concentrations of metals were determined in market vegetables in Ghaziabad industrial region. The average concentrations of metals (mg/kg dry wt.) in vegetables ranged from 0.57 to 9.77, 0.72 to 22.17, 2.76 to 46.63, 2.53 to 5.53, 28.87 to 65.94, 6.77 to 74.1, 8.43 to 161.1, 23.46 to 36.55 and 4.74 to 24.18 for Cu, Cr, Pb, Cd, Zn, Mn, Fe, Ni and Co, respectively. Pb, Cd and Ni were above the recommended limit in all the examined vegetables.

MeSH terms

  • Environmental Exposure / statistics & numerical data*
  • Food Contamination / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • India
  • Metals / analysis*
  • Soil Pollutants / analysis*
  • Vegetables / chemistry*

Substances

  • Metals
  • Soil Pollutants