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SUBMITTER: Wang Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7967305 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Zhen Z Bao Jianguo J Wang Tong T Moryani Haseeb Tufail HT Kang Wei W Zheng Jin J Zhan Changlin C Xiao Wensheng W
International journal of environmental research and public health 20210305 5
Heavy metal poisoning has caused serious and widespread human tragedies via the food chain. To alleviate heavy metal pollution, particular attention should be paid to low accumulating vegetables and crops. In this study, the concentrations of five hazardous heavy metals (HMs), including copper (Cu), chromium (Cr), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), and arsenic (As) were determined from soils, vegetables, and crops near four typical mining and smelting zones. Nemerow's synthetical pollution index (P<sub>n< ...[more]