Assessment of Contents and Health Impacts of Four Metals in Chongming Asparagus—Geographical and Seasonal Aspects
| Autor: | Naifeng Xu, Hongxia Zhang, Jingze Jia, Hao Li, Zhaoxiang Zhu, Shuge Fu, Yuanfeng Wang |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Foods, Vol 11, Iss 5, p 624 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 11050624 2304-8158 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/foods11050624 |
| Popis: | In this paper, the contents of four typical metals (Pb, Cd, Hg, and As) in asparagus, water, and soil from Chongming Island were quantitatively determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The contents of these metals in asparagus showed a common rule of Pb > As > Cd > Hg in different harvest seasons and regions. Significant seasonal differences were found in the contents by difference analysis, but no obvious regional differences were observed. Furthermore, the asparagus did not accumulate these four metals from the soil in Chongming Island by the assessment of bio-concentration factor. The asparagus was proved safe by the analysis of single-factor pollution index and Nemerow pollution index. Through combining the analysis of the above indexes and the geological accumulation index, we found that 51.62% of soil samples were mildly polluted by cadmium. The results of health risk analysis showed that the risk value of children was higher than that of adults under oral exposure, but the four metals in asparagus possessed no obvious risk to health. The above assessments illustrate that the daily consumption of asparagus in Chongming Island will not cause potential health impacts. It is of benefit to ensure the quality and economic interests of asparagus planting in Chongming Island through the investigation of this study. |
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