Ecological and potential health risk assessment of heavy metals in soils and food crops grown in abandoned urban open waste dumpsite

ConclusionThe ecological and health risk assessments revealed contamination and high human health risk associated to Cd. Apart from Cd, other heavy metals under investigation in the soil posed low ecological risk. The target hazard quotient (THQ) values for Cd in the plants samples were all above one except for forOcimum gratissimum, indicating that people consuming the plants cultivated in the vicinity of the dumpsite may experience adverse effects due to Cd toxicity.
Source: Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering - Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research