Investigation of health risk assessment and the effect of various irrigation water on the accumulation of toxic metals in the most widely consumed vegetables in Iran

Abstract The quality of irrigation water sources can significantly affect the concentrations of heavy metals (HMs) in cultivated vegetables. This study aimed to investigate the effect of various water resources, including treated wastewater effluent (TWE), river water (RW), and well water with chemi...

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Main Authors: Kiomars Sharafi, Borhan Mansouri, Abdullah Khalid Omer, Parnia Bashardoust, Gholamreza Ebrahimzadeh, Shokoufeh Sharifi, Tooraj Massahi, Hamed Soleimani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25101-9