title: Risk from winter vegetables and pulses produced in arsenic endemic areas of Nadia District: field study comparison with market basket survey.
abstract: Arsenic contaminated groundwater uses for irrigation potentially lead the incidence of arsenic into food chain. In present study we examined total arsenic concentrations in 32 types of vegetables and 7 types of pulses. Range of total arsenic concentration in edible parts of vegetables collected from grown fields was 0.114-0.910 mg/kg. Highest arsenic values were in spinach 0.910 mg/kg. Vegetable samples were grouped into leafy, non-leafy-fruity, root-tubers. 18 common types of vegetables and pulses were collected through market basket survey, total arsenic were approximately 100 mg lower than those observed for the vegetables collected from the fields.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, Nadia, 741235, West Bengal, India. anirbanbsws@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Anirban
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Biswas
authors.forename: Saroni
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Biswas
authors.forename: Subhas Chandra
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Santra
mesh_terms: D001151:Arsenic / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007194:India; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012621:Seasons; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D014675:Vegetables / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D012989:Soil Pollutants; D001151:Arsenic