Watering regime influences Cd concentrations in cultivated spinach

• Published in: Journal of environmental management Vol. 186; no. Pt 2; pp. 201 - 206
• Main Author: Tack, Filip M.G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 15.01.2017
• Subjects: Agricultural Irrigation - methods; Agriculture - methods; Cadmium; Cadmium - analysis; Cadmium - pharmacokinetics; Computer Simulation; crops; Crops, Agricultural; Food Contamination - analysis; Food safety; Horticulture; Monte Carlo Method; risk; soil; Soil - chemistry; Soil Pollutants - analysis; Soil Pollutants - pharmacokinetics; Spinach; Spinacia oleracea - chemistry; Spinacia oleracea - metabolism; Vegetables; water supply; Cadmium; Food safety; Vegetables; Spinach; Horticulture

In washed spinach, a maximum Cd concentration of 0.20 mg/kg fresh weight (FW) is allowed according to European regulations. Producers experience that this concentration can sometimes be exceeded even on soils with baseline Cd concentrations. There is a growing need to quantify the factors determinin...