- Title
- Concentrations of toxic elements and health risk assessment in arum grown in arsenic-contaminated areas of Bangladesh
- Creator
- Shahriar, Syfullah; Haque, Mirzaobashwerul M; Naidu, Ravi; Rahman, Mohammad Mahmudur
- Relation
- Food Control Vol. 129, Issue November 2021, no. 108240
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108240
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2021
- Description
- Arum plant parts such as stem, leaf and corm and the corresponding farm soils were sampled from four As-impacted districts of Bangladesh to assess the potential health risk to humans from toxic elements (TEs) including arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb). The mean concentrations of As in arum leaf, stem and corm were 150 μg/kg, 107 μg/kg and 101 μg/kg, respectively, whereas mean Cd in arum leaf, stem and corm were 115 μg/kg, 261 μg/kg and 180 μg/kg, respectively and mean Pb in arum leaf, stem and corm were 595 μg/kg, 403 μg/kg and 577 μg/kg, respectively. Daily dietary intake of As, Cd and Pb from sampled arum were 0.003, 0.008 and 0.021 μg/kg bw for adults. As per capita intake of arum is low, hazard quotient (HQ) values for all TEs were found minimal, which reveals no appreciable health risk associated with arum consumption to the local inhabitants.
- Subject
- arsenic; arum; toxic elements; dietary intake; health risk; SDG 3; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1435841
- Identifier
- uon:39841
- Identifier
- ISSN:0956-7135
- Language
- eng
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