Document Type : Original Article

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1 Department of Soil Science, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran

2 Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran

Abstract

soil pollution to heavy metals is elevating that is dangerous for human health. According to this, mining activities to extract different heavy metals such as Pb and Cd can increase soil pollution. Thus, this research was done to evaluate Health risk assessment of heavy metals (Cd and Pb) in greenhouse products harvested from greenhouses around Irankooh mine.
Materials and Methods: In this study 10 cucumber, tomato and bell pepper greenhouses were selected randomly around Irankooh mine. At the time of harvest, fruit and soil sampling were done. In each sampling, 10 fruit samples of each products and soil surface from different parts of greenhouses were randomly selected for analysis.
Results: The highest and lowest daily intakes of Cd and Pb in the group age of 3-6 were determined with daily consumption of 55 and 100 g bell pepper and cucumber, respectively. The same results were observed for adult people in the age 18-35. The hazard quotient of Cd for all age groups was greater than the Pb hazard quotient. The highest hazard quotient of both Cd and Pb were due to the dermal contact with polluted soil and the lowest of them results from oral way.
Conclusions: The results of this research were shown that high Pb and Cd concentration in the greenhouse vegetable which produced around Irankkoh is an important concern for consumers health of these vegetables that should be more considered.

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