Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry

Evaluation of Arsenic Health Risk Assessment to Human Population by Consumption of Cereal Food Crops Irrigated with Diverse Types of Water

Abstract

Zafar Iqbal Khan, Kanwal Sultana, Kafeel Ahmad, Shahzad Akhtar, Shaista Jabeen, Shamayem Aslam*, Aima Iram Batool, Hafsa Memona, Shahida Parveen, Muhammad Nadeem and Mobeen Fatima

Arsenic considered as in the concentration of the soil, water and cereals of Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan. Three different sites of Sargodha that were selected for sampling, these sites were irrigated with 3 different water resources. Site one irrigated with municipal sewage, the site two irrigated with canal water and the site three irrigated with ground water. The site 1 in which municipal sewage have high level of the heavy metals. For soil maximum PLI (Pollution load index) was perceived in Zea mays (3.02 mg/kg) and the minimum PLI concentration was in Linum usitatissimum (1.83 mg/kg). For soil maximum BCF (Bio-concentration factor) was detected in Pennisetum glaucum (0.38 mg/kg) and the minimum BCF concentration was prescribed in Zea mays at site 1. For soil the maximum Enrichment factor (EF) was prescribed in Triticum aestivum (100.8 mg/kg) and the minimum EF concentration was detected in Pennisetum glaucum (10.41mg/kg) at site one. For soil the maximum DIM (Daily intake of metals) was prescribed in Zea mays (1.46 mg/kg) and the minimum DIM concentration was detected in Linum usitatissimum (0.00106 mg/kg) at site 1. For soil the maximum Health risk index (HRI) was prescribed in Pennisetum glaucum (6.12 mg/kg) and the minimum HRI concentration was detected in Zea mays (0.048 mg/kg) at site 1. In water, the Arsenic value was higher than standard value and also fewer in soil and cereal crops. The DIM value, BCF, PLI, EF, and HRI were higher than standard limit.