Toxicological implications and human health risk assessment of heavy metal contaminated green leafy vegetables and their cultivated soil

Varun Shankarappa, Prabhurajeshwar Chidre, Ajay Kumar Oli, Navya Hulikunte Mallikarjunaiah, Department of Studies in Biotechnology, Davangere University, Department of Biomedical Science , A Constituent Unit of Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara University, SDM Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Published online on July 30, 2026

Abstract

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In the present study, fourteen green leafy vegetables, including spinach, coriander, spring onion, curry, dill, fenugreek, green amaranth, and red amaranth, along with their rhizospheric soils from Chitradurga, Davangere, Tumkur, and Haveri districts of ...