Errors in agricultural practices increase the toxicity of heavy metals in the food chain at Ishwardi Upazila in Bangladesh.

Mahfuza Khanom Sheema, Zubaer Hosen, Afia Ibnath Shimki, Maisha Farzana Mim, Md Redwanur Rahman

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Mahfuza Khanom SheemaInstitute of Environmental Science, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Zubaer HosenGlobal Centre for Environmental Remediation, College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus, NSW, Australia.

Afia Ibnath ShimkiDepartment of Pharmacy, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh.

Maisha Farzana MimDepartment of Food and Nutritional Science, Henry Institute of Bioscience and Technology, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Md Redwanur RahmanInstitute of Environmental Science, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

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Abstract

Due to the potential harm to human health, heavy metal deposition in agricultural products has gained importance throughout the world. Excessive use of agrochemicals and poultry wastes dramatically increased during the cultivation processes of rapidly growing vegetables without maintaining authorized guidelines. It happens due to the availability and low cost of these materials and higher production of the vegetables. Higher levels of heavy metals, especially Arsenic (As), Lead (Pb), Chromium (Cr), and Cadmium (Cd) contamination in food have detrimental effects on human health as well as the environmental ecosystems. This study revealed the profile of the heavy metals in the fast-growing vegetable called red amaranth (

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ContaminationHeath riskHeavy metalsVegetables

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PMID38623250

DOI10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29314

PMCPMC11016711

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