Heavy metal pollution and evaluation of health risk of amaranth around Don Bosco wastewater treatment plant, Iringa, Tanzania
Julius P Mwakalukwa, Antina Baton Mgimba, Hassan Said Shaban, Amos Vincent Ntarisa · 2024
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Mwakalukwa and co-authors test amaranth greens grown near a wastewater plant in Iringa, Tanzania for heavy metals. Metals in soil, water, and food form a major pollution path. Eating tainted plants can harm the liver, kidneys, and blood. The team measured six metals in the greens, including lead, cadmium, and manganese. A lab method based on light absorption gave the levels.
Manganese in the greens ran from about 68 to 493 mg per kg. Its mean level sat below world food limits but above the Tanzanian standard. Copper levels were far lower, near 7 mg per kg on average. The team weighed what the levels mean for people who eat the greens often.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Julius P Mwakalukwa, Antina Baton Mgimba, Hassan Said Shaban, Amos Vincent Ntarisa |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |