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- Title
Health Hazard from Dry River Bed Agriculture.
- Authors
Farooq, M.; Hans, R. K.; Viswanathan, P. N.; Joshi, P. C.
- Abstract
The article presents the results of the study on the heavy metal accumulation on several fruit and vegetable samples grown on the dry river bed of river Ganga in India. The collected samples of soil and vegetable were digested with a mixture of nitric acid and perchloric acid, and then analyzed using a Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer. It was discovered that the utilization of dry river bed for growing summer vegetable fruit crops by the farmers established a high risk area because of the large quantity of the metal accumulation found near the industrial areas.
- Subjects
INDIA; HEALTH risk assessment; SOIL composition; HEAVY metals; FRUIT trees; VEGETABLE gardening; HORTICULTURE; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; RIVERS
- Publication
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology, 1999, Vol 62, Issue 5, p555
- ISSN
0007-4861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s001289900911