Heavy metal contamination in vegetables grown in Rawalpindi, Pakistan Ahmed, Waqas, Ahmed, Anwaar, Ahmad, Asif, Randhawa, Muhammad Atif, Ahmad, Riaz and Khalid, Nauman 2012, Heavy metal contamination in vegetables grown in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Journal of the chemical society of Pakistan, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 914-919. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Heavy metal contamination in vegetables grown in Rawalpindi, Pakistan Author(s) Ahmed, Waqas Ahmed, Anwaar Ahmad, Asif Randhawa, Muhammad Atif Ahmad, Riaz Khalid, Nauman orcid.org/0000-0002-8045-199X Journal name Journal of the chemical society of Pakistan Volume number 34 Issue number 4 Start page 914 End page 919 Total pages 6 Publisher Chemical Society of Pakistan Place of publication Karachi, Pakistan Publication date 2012-08-01 ISSN 0253-5106 Keyword(s) Heavy metals Contamination Vegetables Concentrations Summary Summary: Copper (Cu), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr) nickel (Ni), lead (Pb), Iron (Fe), Manganese (Mn) and zinc (Zn) contents of various vegetables (bitter melon, tomato, eggplant, lettuce, cucumber and bell pepper) produced in Rawalpindi, Pakistan was determined using Atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS). These plants are the basis of human nutrition in the study area. All vegetables grown at sewage water by farmers showed the highest contamination of heavy metals, followed by local market, Progressive farmers and hydroponic plant. The concentration ranges in mg/kg were (1.45 -2.55) for Cd, (3.10 to 4.92) Cr, (12.15- 20.50) Cu, (25.00-51.00) for Fe, (7.80 to 15.60) for Mn, (10.16 to 15.42) for Ni, (2.12 to 5.41) Pb and (16.58 to 24.08) for zinc. The contamination was above the Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs), set out by WHO. Irregular trends in concentration were also observed in vegetables obtained from local market, progressive farmers and hydroponic plant. Language eng Field of Research 050399 Soil Sciences not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 820215 Vegetables HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2012, Chemical Society of Pakistan Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30086079 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Life and Environmental Sciences Related Links Link Description   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 09 Sep 2016, 15:05:25 EST Sat, 10 Sep 2016, 05:03:38 EST Sat, 24 Sep 2016, 06:14:30 EST Mon, 07 Nov 2016, 08:29:19 EST Mon, 07 Nov 2016, 14:57:15 EST Tue, 14 Feb 2017, 14:53:15 EST Thu, 10 May 2018, 16:55:23 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 6 times in TR Web of Science Cited 7 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 212 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 09 Sep 2016, 15:05:25 EST

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