Health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements via consumption of vegetables irrigated with polluted river water in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements via consumption of vegetables irrigated with polluted river water in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Abstract Background Vegetables grown at contaminated sites can take up and accumulate toxic and potentially toxic elements at concentrations that are toxic to human health. The present study determined the levels of potentially toxic elements/PTEs in irrigation water, soil and vegetable samples grow...

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Main Authors: Minbale Aschale, Yilma Sileshi, Mary Kelly-Quinn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-09-01
Series:Environmental Systems Research
Subjects:
Pollution
Irrigation water
Soil
Vegetable
Potentially toxic elements (PTEs)
Risk index
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40068-019-0157-x

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