Heavy Metals Assessment in Vegetables Irrigated with Wastewater: A Case Study in          District Sargodha, Pakistan

Ameer Khan; Sadaf Javaid; Maria Nawaz; Farzana Shaheen; Irfan Mustafa; Iftikhar Ahmad; Humera Nawaz

doi:10.9734/BJAST/2014/10216

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Heavy Metals Assessment in Vegetables Irrigated with Wastewater: A Case Study in District Sargodha, Pakistan

Ameer Khan, Sadaf Javaid, Maria Nawaz, Farzana Shaheen, Irfan Mustafa, Iftikhar Ahmad, Humera Nawaz

Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · pp. 2914–2920 · Published 24 May 2014

10.9734/BJAST/2014/10216

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the heavy metals toxicity in vegetables irrigated with wastewater. Different experimental sites were selected from district Sargodha, Pakistan. Samples of wastewater, contaminated soil and vegetables irrigated with wastewater were collected and analyzed. Concentration of heavy metals such as Cadmium (Cd), Copper, (Cu), Chromium (Cr), Zinc, (Zn) and Iron (Fe) were determined from soil, water and vegetables samples irrigated with wastewater and fresh water. Cadmium concentration was present from 0.1 to 0.3 μgg-1, chromium concentration from 0.03 to 0.11 μgg-1, Copper concentration from 0.2 to 0.7 μgg-1, iron concentration was present from 2.6 to 4 μgg-1 and Zinc concentration was present from 0.1 to 0.3 μgg-1 in vegetables irrigated with waste water. Heavy metals concentrations recorded in vegetables were within the safe limit except cadmium as recommended by WHO.

Experimental sites radish spinach contaminated soil heavy metals wastewater

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Ameer Khan, Sadaf Javaid, Maria Nawaz, Farzana Shaheen, Irfan Mustafa, Iftikhar Ahmad, Humera Nawaz (2014). Heavy Metals Assessment in Vegetables Irrigated with Wastewater: A Case Study in District Sargodha, Pakistan. Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology , 2914–2920. https://doi.org/10.9734/BJAST/2014/10216

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Ameer Khan — Department of Biological Sciences, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan.
Sadaf Javaid — Department of Biological Sciences, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan.
Maria Nawaz — Department of Biological Sciences, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan.
Farzana Shaheen — Department of Biological Sciences, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan.
Irfan Mustafa — Department of Biological Sciences, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan.
Iftikhar Ahmad — Department of Biological Sciences, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan.
Humera Nawaz — Department of Biological Sciences, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan.

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