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Evaluation of Physicochemical Properties
and Metallic Contents in Vegetables Irrigated with
Water from Different Sources
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Department of Chemistry, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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Department of Environmental Science, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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Department of Biotechnology, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan
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Department of Physics, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Sub Campus Vehari, Punjab, Pakistan
Submission date: 2020-01-11
Final revision date: 2020-07-17
Acceptance date: 2020-07-20
Online publication date: 2020-12-10
Publication date: 2021-02-05
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Munawar Iqbal
NIBGE, Pak, Department of Chemistry, The University of Lahore,, 5400, Lahore, Pakistan
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2021;30(2):1943-1947
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This study focuses on the assessment of health risk potential by quantifying some selected
metals (Cd, Cr, Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn, Ni, Pb) in vegetables and soil irrigated with different sources of water.
The physicochemical parameters of irrigating water were within the safe limits except for SAR in
sewage water (18.723 mg/kg) and industrial wastewater (40.332 mg/kg). The Mn (19 mg/kg) was higher
than the safe limit in vegetable and soil irrigated with tube well water. The sewage water irrigated
vegetable had high level of cadmium (1.557 mg/kg), lead (2.307 mg/kg) and chromium (3.566 mg/kg)
than safe limits. The canal water had high level of cadmium (0.286 mg/kg) and lead (0.569 mg/kg).
The vegetable irrigated with tube well water was best for human health while vegetable irrigated with
sewage water, canal water, and industrial wastewater was of poor quality and unfit for human health due
to high level of toxic metals.