Health Risk of Heavy Metals to the General Inhabitants in Guilin, China via Consumption of Vegetables

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10.2991/iea-15.2015.109How to use a DOI?

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heavy metals; human health risks; vegetable; Guilin

Abstract

To estimate the human health risk of heavy metals associated with consumption of vegetables, a total of 566 samples of vegetables were collected from Guilin to analyse heavy metals (As, Cd, Pb, Cu, Zn, and Ni) concentrations and the human risk. The average concentrations of As, Cd, Pb, Cu, Zn, and Ni in vegetables were 0.010, 0.026, 0.049, 0.315, 2.454 and 0.036 g·g-1(fw), respectively. The estimated daily intake (EDI) of heavy metals were less than the provisional tolerable daily intakes values (PTDI). Individual metal target hazard quotient (THQ) values and total metal THQ value indicated that it was still safe for the general population of Guilin to consume locally produced vegetables. As, Cd, and Pb were the major components contributing to the potential health risk for local inhabitants via consumption of vegetables.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yuan Li-zhu
AU  - Song Bo
AU  - Huang Yu-fei
AU  - Fu Feng-yan
AU  - Lu Su-fen
AU  - Zhong Xue-mei
PY  - 2015/09
DA  - 2015/09
TI  - Health Risk of Heavy Metals to the General Inhabitants in Guilin, China via Consumption of Vegetables
BT  - Proceedings of the AASRI International Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (2015)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 445
EP  - 447
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/iea-15.2015.109
DO  - 10.2991/iea-15.2015.109
ID  - Li-zhu2015/09
ER  -