Metal contamination of home garden soils and cultivated vegetables in the province of Brescia, Italy: implications for human exposure.

Roberta Ferri; Dana Hashim; Donald R Smith; Stefano Guazzetti; Filippo Donna; Enrica Ferretti; Michele Curatolo; Caterina Moneta; Gian Maria Beone; Roberto G Lucchini

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.02.072

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Metal contamination of home garden soils and cultivated vegetables in the province of Brescia, Italy: implications for human exposure.

Authors

Ferri, Roberta¹
Hashim, Dana²
Smith, Donald R³
Guazzetti, Stefano⁴
Donna, Filippo¹
Ferretti, Enrica⁵
Curatolo, Michele⁵
Moneta, Caterina⁵
Beone, Gian Maria⁶
Lucchini, Roberto G⁷

¹ Occupational Health, University of Brescia, Italy. , (Italy)
² Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA.
³ Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
⁴ Public Health Service, Reggio Emilia, Italy. , (Italy)
⁵ Department of Food Chemistry, Metal Laboratory, IZSLER, Brescia, Italy. , (Italy)
⁶ Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry, Università Cattolica, Piacenza, Italy. , (Italy)
⁷ Occupational Health, University of Brescia, Italy; Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA; Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA. , (Italy)

Type

Published Article

Journal

The Science of the total environment

Publication Date

Jun 15, 2015

Volume

518-519

Pages

507–517

Identifiers

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.02.072

PMID: 25777956

Source

Medline

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Abstract

Prolonged industrial emissions increase median metal concentrations and most soluble fractions (BCR F1+F2) in home garden soils near ferroalloy plants. Areas near ferroalloy plant sites had spinach Cd and Pb metal concentrations several-fold above maximum standard references. We recommend thorough washing of vegetables to minimize metal exposure.

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