Potentially Toxic Metal Accumulation in Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) Irrigated with Industrial Wastewater and Health Risk Assessment from Consumption

• Published in: Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology Vol. 109; no. 6; pp. 1117 - 1125
• Main Authors: Ugulu, Ilker, Bibi, Shehnaz, Khan, Zafar I., Ahmad, Kafeel, Munir, Mudasra, Malik, Ifra S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.12.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Accumulation; Aquatic Pollution; atomic absorption spectrometry; Atomic absorption spectrophotometry; bulls; Cadmium; Chromium; Copper; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecotoxicology; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Groundwater; Groundwater irrigation; health effects assessments; Health problems; Health risk assessment; Health risks; Industrial wastes; Industrial wastewater; Iron; irrigation; Lead; Manganese; Metals; Nickel; Pollution; Pollution index; risk; Risk assessment; soil; Soil pollution; Soil Science & Conservation; Soil water; Soils; Spectral analysis; Spinach; Spinacia oleracea; Statistical analysis; Sugar industry; toxicity; Vegetables; Waste Water Technology; Wastewater; Wastewater treatment; Water Management; Water pollution; Water Pollution Control; Zinc; Biomonitoring; Wastewater; Trace metal; Vegetable; Health risk

This study aimed to determine the potentially toxic metal contents in soil and spinach samples in areas irrigated with industrial wastewater and to evaluate the potentially toxic metal accumulation in spinach samples according to pollution indices. Water, soil and spinach samples were analysed using...