Bioaccessibility of heavy metals and risk assessment in urban gardens of Madrid

Ortega Romero, Marcelo, Mingot Marcilla, Juan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1116-8215, García Martínez, María Jesús ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7387-1788, Miguel García, Eduardo de ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1318-9474, Izquierdo, Miguel and Gómez, Amaya (2013). Bioaccessibility of heavy metals and risk assessment in urban gardens of Madrid. In: "Urban environmental pollution. Creating healthy, liveable cities", 17/11/2013 - 20/11/2013, Beijing, China. pp. 1-10.

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Title: Bioaccessibility of heavy metals and risk assessment in urban gardens of Madrid
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Item Type: Presentation at Congress or Conference (Poster)
Event Title: Urban environmental pollution. Creating healthy, liveable cities
Event Dates: 17/11/2013 - 20/11/2013
Event Location: Beijing, China
Title of Book: Urban environmental pollution. Creating healthy, liveable cities
Date: 2013
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Faculty: E.T.S.I. Minas (UPM)
Department: Ingeniería Química y Combustibles [hasta 2014]
Creative Commons Licenses: Recognition - No derivative works - Non commercial

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Abstract

Human health problems and solutions. Urban gardening has spread worldwide in recent years as it enhances food security and selfsupply and promotes community integration. However urban soils are significantly enriched in trace elements relative to background levels. Exposure to the soil in urban gardens may therefore result in adverse health effects depending on the degree of contact during gardening, infant recreational activities and ingestion of vegetables grown in them. In order to evaluate this potential risk, 36 composite samples were collected from the top 20 cm of the soil of 6 urban gardens in Madrid. The aqua regia (pseudototal) and glycine-extractable (bioaccessible) concentrations of Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Additionally, pH, texture, Fe, Ca, and Mn concentrations, and organic matter and calcium carbonate contents were determined in all urban gardens and their influence on trace element bioaccessibility was analyzed.

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Item ID: 29653
DC Identifier: https://oa.upm.es/29653/
OAI Identifier: oai:oa.upm.es:29653
Deposited by: Memoria Investigacion
Deposited on: 17 Jun 2014 07:43
Last Modified: 22 Apr 2016 00:01
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