Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT
Volume 188, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-5012-6
Keywords
Heavy metal; Health risk; Dietary intake; PTWI; Ait Ammar mine
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- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Program Science for Peace [SfP.983311]
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The goal of this paper is to investigate metal pollution in food chain and assess the resulting health risks to native citizens in Ait Ammar village. The results showed that cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), and copper (Cu) concentrations in animal organs were above the metal concentration safety limit. Nevertheless, soils and plants from mining area were contaminated with iron (Fe), chromium (Cr), zinc (Zn), and Cr, Cu, Zn respectively. Cd concentrations in almost animal organs were higher than the acceptable daily upper limit, suggesting human consumption of this livestock meat and offal may pose a health risk. The estimated intake of Pb and Cd for Ait Ammar population could be a cause of concern because it exceeded the Provisional Tolerable Weekly Intake (PTWI) proposed by Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) in this area. Thus, conducting regular periodic studies to assess the dietary intake of mentioned elements are recommended.
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