Potential Risk of Consuming Vegetables Planted in Soil with Copper and Cadmium and the Influence on Vegetable Antioxidant Activity

Once in soil and water, metals can enter the food chain, consumption of contaminated crops pose a serious risk to human health. This study used pot experiments evaluate accumulation metal elements their influence on levels antioxidants vegetables. The current clearly demonstrates that accumulated five vegetables were planted soils, especially so for water spinach. Cd all soils was greater Cu. low rate seen sweet potato leaf, potato, tomato indicated suitability planting suspected soil, such as at farms nearby industries, replacement high accumulators, leafy non-carcinogenic HI exposure from spinach >1, whereas those Cu <1. suggests residents may experience health risks due vegetable consumption, children are vulnerable adverse effects heavy ingestion.