| Heavy metals potential health risk assessment through consumption of wastewater irrigated wild plants: A case study | |
| Khan, MU (Khan, Muhammad Usman)1; Muhammad, S (Muhammad, Said)2,3; Malik, RN (Malik, Riffat Naseem)1; Khan, SA (Khan, Sabaz Ali)4; Tariq, M (Tariq, Mohammad)2; Malik, RN | |
| Source Publication | HUMAN AND ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT
 |
| 2016 | |
| Volume | 22Issue:1Pages:141-152 |
| DOI | 10.1080/10807039.2015.1056292 |
| Abstract | This study investigates the potential health risk assessment of heavy metals consumption through wild plants (WPs) irrigated with wastewater and fresh water in the Bannu district, Pakistan. Therefore, soil and WP samples were collected and analyzed for heavy metals by atomic absorption spectrophotometer (Varian FAAS-240). Wastewater irrigated soil showed an elevated level for Cd (5.05-14.50mg/Kg) and Ni (99.35-104.85mg/Kg), while Cd (3.35-4.84 mg/Kg) concentration in the fresh water irrigated soil also surpassed the maximum allowable limits (MAL) set by the World Health Organization. Similarly, selected wastewater irrigated plants and fresh water irrigated plants also exceeded the MAL set by the Food and Agriculture Organization for Cd, Pb, and Cr (except for Cr in Vicia sativa). Heavy metal concentrations through WPs consumption were evaluated for the health risk index (HRI). The HRI value for each selected WPs was <1. However, total HRI values through WPs consumption was >1. Therefore, WPs consumption of the study area may pose a potential threat to the local community. |
| Subject Area | 自然地理学 |
| WOS ID | WOS:000365714300011 |
| Language | 英语 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Keyword | Food Crops Ultramafic Terrain Contaminated Soils Northern Pakistan Medicinal-plants Lesser-himalayas Mohmand Agency Organic-matter Vegetables Cadmium |
| Cooperation Status | 国际 |
| Department | 环境 |
| Subtype | Article |
| Citation statistics | |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.itpcas.ac.cn/handle/131C11/7786 |
| Collection | 图书馆 |
| Corresponding Author | Malik, RN |
| Affiliation | 1.Quaid I Azam Univ, Fac Biol Sci, Dept Environm Sci, Environm Biol & Ecotoxicol Lab, Islamabad, Pakistan 2.COMSATS Inst Informat Technol, Dept Earth Sci, Abbottabad, Pakistan 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Microbial Ecol Polar Environm, Beijing, Peoples R China 4.COMSATS Inst Informat Technol, Dept Environm Sci, Abbottabad, Pakistan |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Khan, MU ,Muhammad, S ,Malik, RN ,et al. Heavy metals potential health risk assessment through consumption of wastewater irrigated wild plants: A case study[J]. HUMAN AND ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT,2016,22(1):141-152. |
| APA | Khan, MU ,Muhammad, S ,Malik, RN ,Khan, SA ,Tariq, M ,&Malik, RN.(2016).Heavy metals potential health risk assessment through consumption of wastewater irrigated wild plants: A case study.HUMAN AND ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT,22(1),141-152. |
| MLA | Khan, MU ,et al."Heavy metals potential health risk assessment through consumption of wastewater irrigated wild plants: A case study".HUMAN AND ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT 22.1(2016):141-152. |
| Files in This Item: | ||||||
| File Name/Size | DocType | Version | Access | License | ||
| V.22(1) 141-152 2016（1041KB） | 期刊论文 | 作者接受稿 | 开放获取 | CC BY-NC-SA | View Application Full Text | |
Items in the repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.
Edit Comment