Heavy metals in wheat grain: assessment of potential health risk for inhabitants in Kunshan, China

M Huang, S Zhou, B Sun, Q Zhao - Science of the Total Environment, 2008 - Elsevier
Heavy metals (HMs) may cause deleterious effects on human health due to the ingestion of
food grain grown in contaminated soils. Concentrations of HMs (Hg, As, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn …

Health risk from heavy metals via consumption of food crops in the vicinity of Dabaoshan mine, South China

P Zhuang, MB McBride, H Xia, N Li, Z Li - Science of the total environment, 2009 - Elsevier
Heavy metal contamination of soils resulting from mining and smelting is causing major
concern due to the potential risk involved. This study was designed to investigate the heavy …

Health risk assessment of heavy metals in agricultural soils and identification of main influencing factors in a typical industrial park in northwest China

R Zhang, T Chen, Y Zhang, Y Hou, Q Chang - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

Population health risk due to dietary intake of heavy metals in the industrial area of Huludao city, China

N Zheng, Q Wang, X Zhang, D Zheng, Z Zhang… - Science of the Total …, 2007 - Elsevier
For most people, diet is the main route of exposure to trace metals, so the assessment risks
of these elements to human via dietary intake is important. The non-carcinogenic health risk …

Impact of soil heavy metal pollution on food safety in China

X Zhang, T Zhong, L Liu, X Ouyang - Plos one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Food safety is a major concern for the Chinese public. This study collected 465 published
papers on heavy metal pollution rates (the ratio of the samples exceeding the Grade II limits …

Heavy metal contamination in soils and food crops around Dabaoshan mine in Guangdong, China: implication for human health

P Zhuang, B Zou, NY Li, ZA Li - Environmental geochemistry and health, 2009 - Springer
This study was designed to investigate heavy metal (Cu, Zn, Pb, and Cd) contamination
levels of soils, vegetables, and rice grown in the vicinity of the Dabaoshan mine, south …

Heavy metals in rice and garden vegetables and their potential health risks to inhabitants in the vicinity of an industrial zone in Jiangsu, China

H Cao, J Chen, J Zhang, H Zhang, L Qiao… - Journal of environmental …, 2010 - Elsevier
Contamination of soil and agricultural products by heavy metals resulting from rapid
industrial development has caused major concern. In this study, we investigated heavy …

Potential health risks of heavy metals in cultivated topsoil and grain, including correlations with human primary liver, lung and gastric cancer, in Anhui province …

Q Zhao, Y Wang, Y Cao, A Chen, M Ren, Y Ge… - Science of the Total …, 2014 - Elsevier
Environmental exposure to heavy metals is a well-known risk factor for cancers. To evaluate
potential health risks of heavy metals (Cr, Cd, Pb, As and Hg) and Se in cultivated topsoil …

Analysis of heavy metal sources for vegetable soils from Shandong Province, China

LIU Ping, HJ Zhao, LL Wang, ZH Liu, JL Wei… - Agricultural Sciences in …, 2011 - Elsevier
Heavy metal pollution in agricultural soils has serious negative influence on human health.
Concentrations of Cd, Hg, As, Pb, Cr, Cu, Zn, and Ni in top soils (0-20 cm) of greenhouses …

[HTML][HTML] Characteristics and pollution risks of Cu, Ni, Cd, Pb, Hg and As in farmland soil near coal mines

B Cheng, Z Wang, X Yan, Y Yu, L Liu, Y Gao… - Soil & Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy metal (loid) pollution poses a serious threat to the health and habitability of
ecosystems worldwide. This study aims to investigate the concentration, pollution degree …