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Challenges in assessing the health risks of consuming vegetables in metal-contaminated environments
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- Augustsson, Anna (author)
- Linnéuniversitetet,Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM),Department of Biology and Environmental Science, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden
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- Uddh Söderberg, Terese, 1976- (author)
- Linnéuniversitetet,Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM),Department of Biology and Environmental Science, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden
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- Filipsson, Monika (author)
- Linnéuniversitetet,Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM),Department of Biology and Environmental Science, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden
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- Helmfrid, Ingela, 1964- (author)
- Linköpings universitet,Avdelningen för neuro- och inflammationsvetenskap,Medicinska fakulteten,Region Östergötland, Arbets- och miljömedicin,Occupational and Environmental Medicine Centre, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Berglund, M. (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Karlsson, Helen (author)
- Linköpings universitet,Avdelningen för neuro- och inflammationsvetenskap,Medicinska fakulteten,Region Östergötland, Arbets- och miljömedicin,Occupational and Environmental Medicine Centre, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Hogmalm, Johan, 1979 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för geovetenskaper,Department of Earth Sciences,Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Karlsson, Andreas KO, 1986 (author)
- Naturhistoriska riksmuseet,Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för geovetenskaper,Department of Earth Sciences,Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden,Enheten för geovetenskap
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- Alriksson, Stina, 1971- (author)
- Linnéuniversitetet,Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM),Department of Biology and Environmental Science, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden
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- Elsevier BV, 2018
- 2018
- English.
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In: Environment International. - : Elsevier BV. - 0160-4120 .- 1873-6750. ; 113, s. 269-280
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- A great deal of research has been devoted to the characterization of metal exposure due to the consumption of vegetables from urban or industrialized areas. It may seem comforting that concentrations in crops, as well as estimated exposure levels, are often found to be below permissible limits. However, we show that even a moderate increase in metal accumulation in crops may result in a significant increase in exposure. We also highlight the importance of assessing exposure levels in relation to a regional baseline. We have analyzed metal (Pb, Cd, As) concentrations in nearly 700 samples from 23 different vegetables, fruits, berries and mushrooms, collected near 21 highly contaminated industrial sites and from reference sites. Metal concentrations generally complied with permissible levels in commercial food and only Pb showed overall higher concentrations around the contaminated sites. Nevertheless, probabilistic exposure assessments revealed that the exposure to all three metals was significantly higher in the population residing around the contaminated sites, for both low-, medianand high consumers. The exposure was about twice as high for Pb and Cd, and four to six times as high for As. Since vegetable consumption alone did not result in exposure above tolerable intakes, it would have been easy to conclude that there is no risk associated with consuming vegetables grown near the contaminated sites. However, when the increase in exposure is quantified, its potential significance is harder to dismiss - especially when considering that exposure via other routes may be elevated in a similar way.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)
- LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER -- Lantbruksvetenskap, skogsbruk och fiske -- Jordbruksvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES -- Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries -- Agricultural Science (hsv//eng)
- LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER -- Lantbruksvetenskap, skogsbruk och fiske -- Livsmedelsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES -- Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries -- Food Science (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Contaminated sites
- Arsenic
- Cadmium
- Lead
- Exposure
- Vegetable
- potentially toxic elements
- heavy-metals
- homegrown vegetables
- human
- exposure
- waste-water
- food crops
- arsenic speciation
- soil
- contaminants
- garden vegetables
- glassworks sites
- Contaminated sites
- Miljövetenskap
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University of Gothenburg
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Linköping University
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