Level and potential health risk of heavy metals in vegetables

Contamination of heavy metals in vegetables has appeared as a major concern and give high potential health risk to consumers. This study was conducted to determine the heavy metals accumulation in a different type of vegetables and different types of planting pattern. Next, this study is to analyse...

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Main Authors: Abd Rahim, Nazatul Adrina, Abdullah, Shakila
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit UTHM 2020
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http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3039/1/Ch02.pdf
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description Contamination of heavy metals in vegetables has appeared as a major concern and give high potential health risk to consumers. This study was conducted to determine the heavy metals accumulation in a different type of vegetables and different types of planting pattern. Next, this study is to analyse physic- chemical and heavy metal concentrations in vegetable using APHA standard and inductively coupled plasma spectroscopy (ICP-MS) and lastly, to assess the data obtained with standard reference of food permissible limits within certified concentration ranges. Vegetables samples were collected from different planting pattern which are from market and organic plantation at Parit Raja, Johor. The collection of samples were conducted within two months period. The samples were analysed for their pH, total organic carbon and heavy metals including Lead (Pb), Copper (Cu), Cadmium (Cd), Zinc (Zn) and Uranium (U). The determination of heavy metals was using ICP-MS. The accumulation of Cd in vegetable from the market and organic plantation was determined to be higher concentration than other heavy metals. However, the result showed that the concentration of Pb, Cu, Zn and U are within the permissible limit standard.
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spelling uthm-30392022-01-03T03:02:38Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3039/ Level and potential health risk of heavy metals in vegetables Abd Rahim, Nazatul Adrina Abdullah, Shakila TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD419-428 Water pollution Contamination of heavy metals in vegetables has appeared as a major concern and give high potential health risk to consumers. This study was conducted to determine the heavy metals accumulation in a different type of vegetables and different types of planting pattern. Next, this study is to analyse physic- chemical and heavy metal concentrations in vegetable using APHA standard and inductively coupled plasma spectroscopy (ICP-MS) and lastly, to assess the data obtained with standard reference of food permissible limits within certified concentration ranges. Vegetables samples were collected from different planting pattern which are from market and organic plantation at Parit Raja, Johor. The collection of samples were conducted within two months period. The samples were analysed for their pH, total organic carbon and heavy metals including Lead (Pb), Copper (Cu), Cadmium (Cd), Zinc (Zn) and Uranium (U). The determination of heavy metals was using ICP-MS. The accumulation of Cd in vegetable from the market and organic plantation was determined to be higher concentration than other heavy metals. However, the result showed that the concentration of Pb, Cu, Zn and U are within the permissible limit standard. Penerbit UTHM Abdullah, Shakila Mohd Nor, Farhah Husna Othman, Siti Amira Othman 2020 Book Section PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3039/1/Ch02.pdf Abd Rahim, Nazatul Adrina and Abdullah, Shakila (2020) Level and potential health risk of heavy metals in vegetables. In: Heavy Metals in the Environment and Life: Presence and Removal. Penerbit UTHM, pp. 13-26. ISBN 978-967-2916-35-2
spellingShingle TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
TD419-428 Water pollution
Abd Rahim, Nazatul Adrina
Abdullah, Shakila
Level and potential health risk of heavy metals in vegetables
title Level and potential health risk of heavy metals in vegetables
title_full Level and potential health risk of heavy metals in vegetables
title_fullStr Level and potential health risk of heavy metals in vegetables
title_full_unstemmed Level and potential health risk of heavy metals in vegetables
title_short Level and potential health risk of heavy metals in vegetables
title_sort level and potential health risk of heavy metals in vegetables
topic TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
TD419-428 Water pollution
url http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3039/
http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3039/1/Ch02.pdf