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Concentration of heavy metals in urban allotment soils and their uptake by selected vegetable crop species - a case study from Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland

cris.virtual.author-orcid0000-0001-9981-2065
cris.virtual.author-orcid0000-0001-5099-7652
cris.virtual.author-orcid0000-0003-2405-8461
cris.virtualsource.author-orcidbf61569f-c30d-4e71-b056-7d866f105a45
cris.virtualsource.author-orcid9aa4e161-fa25-4b39-8845-b78ecb06e976
cris.virtualsource.author-orcid7eb21bb4-e049-4946-b244-82e2b1ca2fb8
dc.abstract.enDue to the growing popularity of urban agriculture, it is important to understand the influence of the quality of urban soils and crops cultivated on them. This study analyses the content of heavy metals - micronutrients (Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Zn) and toxic heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Pb), in samples of soils and three vegetable crops (carrot, lettuce, and tomato) grown in allotment gardens (AGs) in Gorzów Wielkopolski, a medium-sized Polish city with an average level of industrialisation. Emphasis was laid on the transfer of toxic heavy metals from soil to vegetables since they are the most exposed to environmental pollution while being an essential part of the human diet and. The content of heavy metals in the topsoil in the allotment gardens was diversified and was arranged in a descending order of Fe> Zn> Mn> Cu = Pb> Ni = Cr> Cd. The soil was not contaminated with heavy metals. The highest accumulation of micronutrients and toxic heavy metals was found in lettuce leaves, whereas the lowest was in tomato fruits. The lettuce leaves also had a particularly high Fe content. Hence, bearing in mind food safety, we can recommend to grow vegetables with fruits as edible parts in the allotment gardens located in Gorzów Wielkopolski. The values of the health risk quotient (HQ) for Cd and Pb in the carrots and lettuce grown in all the AGs were greater than 1 and posed a health risk for consumers. The HQ values for Cd, Pb, Ni, and Cr in the tomatoes grown in all the AGs were less than 1, which indicated no health hazard and safe consumption.
dc.affiliationWydział Rolnictwa, Ogrodnictwa i Bioinżynierii
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Fizjologii Roślin
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Botaniki
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Warzywnictwa
dc.contributor.authorBosiacki, Maciej
dc.contributor.authorBednorz, Leszek
dc.contributor.authorSpiżewski, Tomasz
dc.date.access2025-10-28
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-28T12:24:53Z
dc.date.available2025-10-28T12:24:53Z
dc.date.copyright2022-06-05
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.accesstimeat_publication
dc.description.bibliographyil., bibliogr.
dc.description.financepublication_act
dc.description.financecost2214,00
dc.description.if0,8
dc.description.number2
dc.description.points70
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume27
dc.identifier.doi10.5601/jelem.2022.27.1.2275
dc.identifier.issn1644-2296
dc.identifier.urihttps://sciencerep.up.poznan.pl/handle/item/5547
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://jsite.uwm.edu.pl/articles/view/2275/
dc.languageen
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Elementology
dc.relation.pages405-421
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC-SA
dc.sciencecloudnosend
dc.share.typeOPEN_JOURNAL
dc.subject.enurban gardening
dc.subject.encarrot
dc.subject.enlettuce
dc.subject.entomato
dc.subject.envegetables
dc.subject.enfood security
dc.titleConcentration of heavy metals in urban allotment soils and their uptake by selected vegetable crop species - a case study from Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.issue2/2022