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      Health Risk Assessment of Dietary Heavy Metals Intake from Fruits and Vegetables Grown in Selected Old Mining Areas—A Case Study: The Banat Area of Southern Carpathians

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          In this study, we conducted a noncarcinogenic risk assessment of consuming vegetables and fruits grown in two old mining areas from the Banat area of Southern Carpathians (Romania), Moldova Veche (M) and Rusca Montana (R) and in a nonpolluted reference area located near the village of Borlova (Ref). Concentrations of Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Ni, Cd and Pb in soils and commonly eaten vegetables and fruits were measured and used for calculating the weighted estimated daily intake of metals (WEDIM), the target hazard quotients (THQ) and the total target hazard quotients (TTHQ) for normal daily consumption in adults. Levels of certain metals in soils and plants from the R area (Pb) and the M area (Cu) were higher than those measured in the Ref area—and often exceeded normal or even alert-threshold levels. TTHQs for the R area (1.60; 6.03) and the M area (1.11; 2.54) were above one for leafy vegetables and root vegetables, respectively, suggesting a major risk of adverse health effects for diets, including these vegetal foodstuffs. Moreover, THQ and TTHQ indicated a higher population health risk for the R area than for the M area, with the Ref area being a safe zone.

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                Journal
                Int J Environ Res Public Health
                Int J Environ Res Public Health
                ijerph
                International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
                MDPI
                1661-7827
                1660-4601
                17 July 2020
                July 2020
                : 17
                : 14
                : 5172
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Mihai I of Romania” from Timişoara, 119 Calea Aradului Street, 300001 Timişoara, Romania; manea_dn@ 123456yahoo.com (D.N.M.); ienciuani@ 123456yahoo.com (A.A.I.); chirita_ramona@ 123456yahoo.com (R.Ş.); smuleaclaura@ 123456yahoo.com (I.L.Ş.)
                [2 ]National Research—Development Institute for Machines and Installations Designed to Agriculture and Food Industry, 6 Ion Ionescu de la Brad Blaj, 013813 Bucharest, Romania
                [3 ]Faculty of Pharmacy, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timisoara, 300041 Timişoara, Romania
                Author notes
                [* ]Correspondence: iosifgergen@ 123456gmail.com (I.I.G.); nicadragos@ 123456gmail.com (D.V.N.); Tel.: +40-721080402 (I.I.G.); +40-773740721 (D.V.N.)
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                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8144-1961
                Article
                ijerph-17-05172
                10.3390/ijerph17145172
                7400231
                32709133
                c1ac7513-00c0-48c3-a579-24a58c230f9d
                © 2020 by the authors.

                Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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                : 26 May 2020
                : 15 July 2020
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                Public health
                heavy metals,soil,fruits,vegetables,risk assessment,thq,tthq,faas
                Public health
                heavy metals, soil, fruits, vegetables, risk assessment, thq, tthq, faas

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