1. Assessment of the potential health risks associated with the aluminium, arsenic, cadmium and lead content in selected fruits and vegetables grown in Jamaica
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Leslie A. Hoo Fung, Charles N. Grant, and Johann M.R. Antoine
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Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,Hazard index ,NIST, National Institute of Standards and Technology ,010501 environmental sciences ,Xanthosoma sagittifolium ,Toxicology ,01 natural sciences ,US EPA, United States Environmental Protection Agency ,RSL, regional screening levels ,Cucurbita pepo ,FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ,GTHQ, global target hazard quotient ,Risk assessment ,Cadmium ,biology ,digestive, oral, and skin physiology ,food and beverages ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,040401 food science ,Horticulture ,Heavy metals ,EDI, estimated daily intake ,RfD, oral reference dose ,HI, hazard index ,LOAEL, lowest observed adverse effect level ,AAS, atomic absorption spectrophotometry ,inorganic chemicals ,Jamaican crops ,IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency ,NOAEL, no observed adverse effect level ,Estimated daily intake ,TCR, target cancer risk ,chemistry.chemical_element ,NATA, National Air Toxics Assessment ,Article ,WHO, World Health Organization ,0404 agricultural biotechnology ,lcsh:RA1190-1270 ,Brassica rapa ,Target cancer risk ,ATSDR, Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry ,INAA, instrumental neutron activation analysis ,Arsenic ,lcsh:Toxicology. Poisons ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,JECFA, Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on food additives ,fungi ,biology.organism_classification ,Solanum tuberosum ,Colocasia esculenta ,Agronomy ,chemistry ,Food ,THQ, target hazard quotient ,PTWI, provisional tolerable weekly intake ,Solanum ,Target hazard quotient - Abstract
Highlights • Thirteen food crops were analysed for aluminium, arsenic, cadmium and lead. • Mean concentrations were used to calculate EDI, THQ and HI. • TCR was calculated for arsenic for all food crops. • The THQ and HI were, Thirteen Jamaican-grown food crops − ackee (Blighia sapida), banana (Musa acuminate), cabbage (Brassica oleracea), carrot (Daucus carota), cassava (Manihot esculenta), coco (Xanthosoma sagittifolium), dasheen (Colocasia esculenta), Irish potato (Solanum tuberosum), pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo), sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum), sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas), tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and turnip (Brassica rapa) − were analysed for aluminium, arsenic, cadmium and lead by atomic absorption spectrophotometry and instrumental neutron activation analysis. The fresh weight mean concentrations in these food crops (4.25–93.12 mg/kg for aluminium; 0.001–0.104 mg/kg for arsenic; 0.015–0.420 mg/kg for cadmium; 0.003–0.100 mg/kg for lead) were used to calculate the estimated daily intake (EDI), target hazard quotient (THQ), hazard index (HI) and target cancer risk (TCR) for arsenic, associated with dietary exposure to these potentially toxic elements. Each food type had a THQ and HI
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- 2017
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