Bangladesh is a densely populated developing country. Both industrialization and
geological sources have caused widespread heavy metal and metalloid pollution in …

Vegetables are vital to the human diet, and in particular provide the well-known nutrients to
maintain normal physiological functions. The prolonged application of large amount of …

Environmental pollution by heavy metals resulting from rapid economic development is a
major concern. Soil, water, wheat, and rice samples were collected from the Lihe River …

Trace metals accumulation in soil irrigated with polluted water and human health risk from
vegetable consumption was assessed based on the data available in the literature on …

Abstract Metal concentrations (As, Cd, Pb, Cr, Ba, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn) in conventional and
organic produce were assessed, specifically, five most-consumed vegetables from the US …

Recently, the exposure to heavy metals through the consumption of vegetables has become
a global concern. In this regard, the current study was aimed to measure the concentrations …

The quality and safety of agricultural products from metal mining areas are of wide concern.
In order to investigate the contents and health risks of trace elements in fruit vegetables …

A geochemical investigation of both ballfield sediment and street sediment in a park
adjacent to a major steel manufacturing site in Middletown, Ohio revealed Pb, Cu, Cr and Zn …

To systematically investigate the presence of toxic heavy metals and evaluate the potential
health risks of heavy metals (HMs), the levels of cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), arsenic (As) …

The concentrations of heavy metals and metalloids in agricultural soils are of great concern
because of their persistence in the environment, non-biodegradable nature, long biological …