Heavy metals risk in urban agriculture

Urban and periurban agriculture may imply risks for human health if it is not appropriately conducted. The objective of this contribution was to present a survey of heavy metal content in horticultural soils of Buenos Aires. The information is compared to national and international quality standards...

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Autores principales: Giuffré, L., Ratto, S., Marbán, L., Schonwald, J., Romaniuk, R.
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spelling todo:paper_03263169_v23_n1_p101_Giuffre2023-10-03T15:24:30Z Heavy metals risk in urban agriculture Giuffré, L. Ratto, S. Marbán, L. Schonwald, J. Romaniuk, R. Heavy metals Horticulture Urban and periurban soils agricultural soil heavy metal horticulture soil pollution Argentina Buenos Aires [Argentina] South America Urban and periurban agriculture may imply risks for human health if it is not appropriately conducted. The objective of this contribution was to present a survey of heavy metal content in horticultural soils of Buenos Aires. The information is compared to national and international quality standards, and enrichment factors for heavy metals were calculated with reference to Dutch values. With reference to earth crust, Cd, Pb, Cu and Zn were increased. Mean and maximum enrichment factors were higher for Cu, Pb, Cd and Zn. Horticultural urban and periurban soils must be carefully monitored considering risk of metal input in food chain. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_03263169_v23_n1_p101_Giuffre
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topic Heavy metals
Horticulture
Urban and periurban soils
agricultural soil
heavy metal
horticulture
soil pollution
Argentina
Buenos Aires [Argentina]
South America
spellingShingle Heavy metals
Horticulture
Urban and periurban soils
agricultural soil
heavy metal
horticulture
soil pollution
Argentina
Buenos Aires [Argentina]
South America
Giuffré, L.
Ratto, S.
Marbán, L.
Schonwald, J.
Romaniuk, R.
Heavy metals risk in urban agriculture
topic_facet Heavy metals
Horticulture
Urban and periurban soils
agricultural soil
heavy metal
horticulture
soil pollution
Argentina
Buenos Aires [Argentina]
South America
description Urban and periurban agriculture may imply risks for human health if it is not appropriately conducted. The objective of this contribution was to present a survey of heavy metal content in horticultural soils of Buenos Aires. The information is compared to national and international quality standards, and enrichment factors for heavy metals were calculated with reference to Dutch values. With reference to earth crust, Cd, Pb, Cu and Zn were increased. Mean and maximum enrichment factors were higher for Cu, Pb, Cd and Zn. Horticultural urban and periurban soils must be carefully monitored considering risk of metal input in food chain.
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author Giuffré, L.
Ratto, S.
Marbán, L.
Schonwald, J.
Romaniuk, R.
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Ratto, S.
Marbán, L.
Schonwald, J.
Romaniuk, R.
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title Heavy metals risk in urban agriculture
title_short Heavy metals risk in urban agriculture
title_full Heavy metals risk in urban agriculture
title_fullStr Heavy metals risk in urban agriculture
title_full_unstemmed Heavy metals risk in urban agriculture
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