The Concentration of Lead and Cadmium in Some Greenhouse Products and its Effect on Human Health
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ارزیابی پی آمدهای محیط زیستی
Saleh Sanjari
1
,
Naser Boroomand
2
,
Mojtaba Moghbeli
3
1 - Assistant Professor, Soil Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jiroft, Jiroft, Iran. *(Corresponding Author)
2 - Associate Professor, Soil Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
3 - Ph.D Student, Soil Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Received: 2016-04-29
Accepted : 2018-04-24
Published : 2021-10-23
Keywords:
EDI,
Standard,
PTDI,
Heavy Metals,
Greenhouse products,
Abstract :
Background and Objective: Regarding the importance of using the healthy vegetables, it is important to control the concentration of heavy metals in order to provide the health of consumers. Therefore, this study was done with the aim of investigating the evaluation of the risk of heavy metals on human health trough consumption of greenhouse products.Material and Methodology: Samples included eggplants, tomatoes, greenhouse cucumbers and strawberries, were collected randomly from Jiroft greenhouses and the concentration of lead and cadmium in leaves and fruits of these plants were measured. The amount of EDI was defined for each product according to daily consumption.Findings: The average concentration of lead and cadmium in samples were different. The highest and the lowest amount of cadmium respectively belonged to tomatoes and greenhouse cucumbers. The results showed that levels of lead and cadmium in most of the products were more than the standard range recommended by the institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran and the FAO-WHO.Discussion and Conclusions: The results showed that the amount of lead and cadmium exceeded the standard index, However the amount of EDI was less than or equal to PTDI reported by Standards Institute's of Iran. Overall, according to the results of this study, it can be concluded that the consumption of these products has not any negative effects on the consumers' health.
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