Occurrence of metals in vegetables and fruits from areas near landfill in Southern Italy and implications for human exposure

Abstract Background This paper describes the activities and the results obtained from a monitoring of contamination levels of some metals: lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg), total arsenic (Astot), vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), antimony (Sb), manganese (Mn) and aluminium (Al) in vegetable food cul...

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Main Authors: Valeria Melai, Armando Giovannini, Francesco Chiumiento, Mirella Bellocci, Giacomo Migliorati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:International Journal of Food Contamination
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40550-018-0070-5