Heavy metal contamination is one of the most pressing concerns for food security and
human health. Understanding the risk to human health posed by soil pollution that enters the …

Peri-urban vegetable field plays an essential role in providing vegetables for local residents.
Because of its particularity, it is affected by both industrial and agricultural activities which …

Heavy metal pollution greatly harms the soil environment and poses threats to food safety
and human health. This study aimed to quantify and analyze the sources of heavy metals …

Contamination of soil and agricultural products by heavy metals resulting from rapid
industrial development has caused major concern. In this study, we investigated heavy …

Food safety is an important issue in the world. This study assessed the health risk for the
Chinese public when consuming vegetables grown in China, based on 1335 data records …

Heavy metal soil contamination is a major environmental concern in China and has drawn
significant public attention in recent years. The present study assessed the human health …

Vegetable fields near villages in China are suffering increasing heavy metal damages from
various pollution sources including agriculture, traffic, mining and Chinese typical local …

The accumulation of heavy metals (HMs) in the soil poses a threat to human health. In this
study, 62 pairs of topsoil and wheat grain samples were collected from a typical industrial …

This study investigated the extent of heavy metal accumulation in leaf vegetables and
associated potential health risks in agricultural areas of the Pearl River Delta (PRD), South …

A regional field survey of a total of 109 pairs of soil and rice samples was conducted to
evaluate the health risks posed by heavy metals in the Jin-Qu Basin, China. The studied …