Amassing of heavy metals in soils, vegetables and crop plants irrigated with wastewater: Health risk assessment of heavy metals in Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan

Amassing of heavy metals in soils, vegetables and crop plants irrigated with wastewater: Health risk assessment of heavy metals in Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan

Human health is the main concern related to use of crop products irrigated with contaminated irrigation sources. Present research has been conducted to explore heavy metal status of sewage and industrial wastewater being used up for irrigation purpose in the peri-urban areas of the district Dera Gha...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Imran Atta, Syeda Sadaf Zehra, Dong-Qin Dai, Habib Ali, Khalid Naveed, Iftikhar Ali, Muhammad Sarwar, Basharat Ali, Rashid Iqbal, Sami Bawazeer, Usama K. Abdel-Hameed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
heavy metals
wastewater
vegetables
daily metal intake
health risk assesment
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.1080635/full

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