Overview
This study reports heavy metal concentrations in tomato, carrot, and wheat from an industrial-effluent irrigation setting. It is routeable as a high-contamination context source for root vegetables, non-root vegetables, and wheat, but not as a representative retail-market survey.
Key numbers
- Tomato concentrations were reported as Ni 7.32-7.618, Pb 7.704-8.23, Cu 4.024-4.3, Cd 4.048-4.342, Cr 6.154-6.348, Mn 4.654-4.97, and Zn 5.778-6.136.
- Carrot concentrations were Ni 15.27-15.418, Pb 14.24-14.832, Cu 8.23-8.934, Cd 9.17-10.104, Cr 13.954-14.88, Mn 11.786-12.644, and Zn 12.804-13.528.
- Wheat concentrations were Ni 14.174-14.372, Pb 13.422-13.604, Cu 8.532-8.664, Cd 8.592-8.778, Cr 11.39-11.548, Mn 10.396-10.578, and Zn 9.676-9.884.
Methods
The PDF presents crop-specific metal tables from an industrial-effluent exposure setting. The page preserves the source values as reported; routing should keep the wastewater/industrial context visible.
Implications
The source can support contamination-context entries for carrots, tomatoes, and wheat under polluted-irrigation conditions. It should not be pooled silently with ordinary market samples for HMTc benchmark distributions.
Related evidence
- carrots
- Tomato
- Wheat
- Root and Tuber Vegetables
- Non-Root Vegetables
- Flour (wheat, corn, other)
- Cadmium
- Lead
- Nickel
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