Determination of heavy metals in fruit vegetables produced from conventional farms in Kuala Selangor district/ Amirah Mohamad... [et al.]

• Main Authors: Mohamad, Amirah, Shafie, Farah Ayuni, Rajan, Shantakumari, Ikhwan, Razi, Mohd Shahid, Nadiatul Syima
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA 2019
• Subjects: Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine; Environmental health. Including sewage disposal, air pollution, nuisances, water supply; Vegetables; Qualities of water. Water quality; Special types of environment. Including soil pollution, air pollution, noise pollution; Metallurgy
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/54000/1/54000.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/54000/; http://healthscopefsk.com/

Vegetable and soil contamination by heavy metals in the environment can exist due to extensive use of pesticides and other similar human activities. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of conventional farm soils and heavy metal uptake by Cucumis sativus (cucumber) and Capsicum annum (...