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Dynamics of Metal Distribution in Cultivated Soil and Vegetables in Vicinity to Industrial Deposition: An Inference to Chemical Contamination of Food Chain

Dynamics of Metal Distribution in Cultivated Soil and Vegetables in Vicinity to Industrial Deposition: An Inference to Chemical Contamination of Food Chain

Sumanta Nayek, Suprakash Roy, Suvanka Dutta, Rajnarayan Saha, Tanmoy Chakraborty
Copyright: © 2013 |Volume: 3 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 8
ISSN: 2155-4110|EISSN: 2155-4129|EISBN13: 9781466633629|DOI: 10.4018/ijcce.2013070109
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Nayek, Sumanta, et al. "Dynamics of Metal Distribution in Cultivated Soil and Vegetables in Vicinity to Industrial Deposition: An Inference to Chemical Contamination of Food Chain." IJCCE vol.3, no.2 2013: pp.117-124. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijcce.2013070109

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Nayek, S., Roy, S., Dutta, S., Saha, R., & Chakraborty, T. (2013). Dynamics of Metal Distribution in Cultivated Soil and Vegetables in Vicinity to Industrial Deposition: An Inference to Chemical Contamination of Food Chain. International Journal of Chemoinformatics and Chemical Engineering (IJCCE), 3(2), 117-124. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijcce.2013070109

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Nayek, Sumanta, et al. "Dynamics of Metal Distribution in Cultivated Soil and Vegetables in Vicinity to Industrial Deposition: An Inference to Chemical Contamination of Food Chain," International Journal of Chemoinformatics and Chemical Engineering (IJCCE) 3, no.2: 117-124. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijcce.2013070109

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Abstract

The present study demonstrates accumulation and distribution of heavy metals (Fe, Cr, Cd, Pb & Cu) in cultivated soil and vegetables, and its potential implication to health risk via consumption of contaminated vegetables. Deposition of atmospheric metals results significant enrichment of metal contents (Pb=1.6, Cu=1.4 & Cd=15.9) in cultivated soil. Elevated metal content in soil facilitate higher metal accumulation in growing vegetables through root uptake and also by leaf absorption. Results show noticeably higher metal translocation (>1) from soil to roots (TFr) and shoots (TFs), followed by higher metal accumulation in leafy shoots (except R. sativa). In sampled vegetables, estimated hazard quotient (HQ) for individual metal does not exceed the safe limit, but integrated hazard quotient (IHQ) in L. esculanta is above the safe limit (1.33) and incredibly close in R. sativa (0.97) and S. oleracia 0.93) to cause health hazard.

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