Heavy Metals Contamination and Potential Human Health Risk via Consumption of Vegetables from Selected Communities in ONELGA, Rivers State, Nigeria
Ahiakwo Bright Ogbo & Kingsley C. Patrick-Iwuanyanwu · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2019
Background: Anthropogenic activities such as excessive oil exploration, automobile emissions with agricultural activities, etc tend to elevate the concentrations of heavy metals in the soil. These metals are accumulated by plant roots, thereby resulting to heavy metal contaminati...
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10.9734/ejnfs/2019/v9i230053