S549 : Health Risks from Heavy mextals Via Consumption of Crops and Vegetables in Area Varamin
Thesis > Central Library of Shahrood University > Agricultural Engineering > MSc > 2016
Authors:
Maryam Salehi Behbahani [Author], Hadi Ghorbani[Supervisor], Mostafa Heidari[Advisor]
Abstarct: Accumulation of heavy mextals in soil especially in agricultural lands, would happened over time and would threatening of food safety. Monitoring of heavy mextals content is important according to its daily consumption of healthy agricultural products. Since the risk of cancerous and non-cancerous diseases due to consuming agricultural products containing heavy mextals is remarkable, the present research is aimed to study the content of heavy mextals and cancerous and non-cancerous diseases target hazard quotients (THQ) on some of agricultural products in Varamin area. Thirty samples containing mint, parsley, radishes, cress, cilantro, cucumbers, zucchini, tomatoes, eggplant and bell pepper were collected from three different farms in Varamin, and then the content of lead, zinc, chromium, cadmium and nickel were measured using standard laboratorial processes. The results showed that the content of lead in mint, cress, parsley, radishes and cilantro was higher than the standard range of world health organization (WHO). Cadmium content of samples was not in range of device’s limit of detection. Content of nickel and zinc were lower than the standard range of world health organization (WHO). The concentrations of chromium were higher than the standard range of world health organization (WHO). The risk of non-cancerous diseases infections in average and maximum probabilities at children age has reached 0.26 and 0.87 and 0.90 for adults, men and women, respectively. Lead was the acceptable probability of cancerous diseases target hazard quotients (THQ) in all samples for children, men and women.
Keywords:
#Varamin #Agricultural Products #Heavy mextals #Target Hazard Link
Keeping place: Central Library of Shahrood University
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