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- Title
Is it healthy urban agriculture? Human exposure to potentially toxic elements in urban gardens from Andalusia, Spain.
- Authors
Rossini-Oliva, Sabina; Nuñez, Rafael López
- Abstract
Different vegetable species and topsoils were collected from different urban gardens of Seville, Cordoba, and Huelva (South Spain) and from two small towns in a mining area (Riotinto), together with topsoil close to the plants. The concentration of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) (As, B, Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Mo, Ni, Pb, and Zn) was evaluated in edible plant parts and in the soils. The same species were also purchased from Seville local markets and from a peri-urban area (domestic garden in a rural area) and also analyzed. Plant/soil pollution relation was studied and human health risk was assessed by different parameters. Soils of urban gardens from the mining area were more contaminated with As, Cr, Cu, Pb, and Zn in comparison with other locations, and generally, soils from cities showed higher values of As, Pb, and Zn than the peri-urban ones. The mean concentration of almost all potentially toxic elements was higher in leafy than in fruiting and bulbous species. Arsenic, Cd, and Pb concentrations were below health-based guidance values in all vegetables except Cd in one sample in the peri-urban area. In general, PTEs concentration in vegetables from city urban gardens did not exceed the one found in market vegetables for almost all studied elements, except in lettuce for almost elements. The hazard quotient (HQ) values were lower than the unit for all PTEs in plant species from the studied gardens, as well as the hazard index (HI), indicating that consumption of these vegetables can be considered safe and without risk to human health. Also, cancer risk values for As were below the established limits in all vegetables from the studied urban gardens, including those from the As-contaminated soils in the mining area.
- Subjects
SEVILLE (Spain); CORDOBA (Spain); ANDALUSIA (Spain); URBAN agriculture; URBAN soils; URBAN gardens; ARSENIC; SOIL pollution; EDIBLE plants; MINE soils; HEAVY metals
- Publication
Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 2024, Vol 31, Issue 25, p36626
- ISSN
0944-1344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11356-024-33500-w