Heavy metal accumulation and health risk assessment in wastewater-irrigated urban vegetable farming sites of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Heavy metal accumulation and health risk assessment in wastewater-irrigated urban vegetable farming sites of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Abstract Background Wastewater irrigation for vegetable production is a highly prevalent practice in Addis Ababa and a number of articles have been published on wastewater-irrigated soils and vegetables contaminated with heavy metals. However, to the best of our knowledge, an insight into assessment...

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Main Authors: Desta Woldetsadik, Pay Drechsel, Bernard Keraita, Fisseha Itanna, Heluf Gebrekidan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:International Journal of Food Contamination
Subjects:
Vegetable farming
Wastewater irrigation
Heavy metal
Health risk
Target hazard quotient
Addis Ababa
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40550-017-0053-y

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