Toxicological assessment of heavy metals accumulated in vegetables and fruits grown in Ginfel river near Sheba Tannery, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 95, Issue , 2013, Pages 171-178

  Gebrekidan, Abraha ^a,b   Weldegebriel, Yirgaalem ^c   Hadera, Amanual ^a   Van der Bruggen, Bart ^b  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Ezana Analytical Laboratory in Ezana Mining Development PLC   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Health risk; Heavy metals; Irrigation; Tannery; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; TRANSFER FACTOR; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; FRUIT; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; IRRIGATION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TOXICITY TEST; VEGETABLE; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ETHIOPIA; FRUIT; HEALTH HAZARD; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LETTUCE; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; NONHUMAN; ONION; PLANT GROWTH; RIVER; SOIL POLLUTION; SWEET PEPPER; TOMATO; TOXICOLOGY; VEGETABLE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METALS; IRRIGATION; TANNERY; VEGETABLES;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ETHIOPIA; FRUIT; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEGETABLES; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ETHIOPIA; TIGRAY;

ALLIUM CEPA; BETA VULGARIS CICLA; LACTUCA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84880325928     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.05.035     Document Type: Article

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