Urban horticulture is of growing importance in developing and developed countries around the world; however, contamination of urban horticultural products can exceed the precautionary values, posing significant human health risks due to dietary exposure to high levels of the pollutants. In this study, samples of rhizosphere soil and corresponding vegetables have been collected from an urban gar...

Urban horticulture is of growing importance in developing and developed countries around the world; however, contamination of urban horticultural products can exceed the precautionary values, posing significant human health risks due to dietary exposure to high levels of the pollutants. In this study, samples of rhizosphere soil and corresponding vegetables have been collected from an urban gar...

conclusions parasitic contamination of fresh herbs sold in izeh may pose a health risk to consumers if eaten as unwashed or improperly washed. results parasitic pollution was detected in 3.5% of the examined samples, including cryptosporidium spp. oocyst (1.5%), giardia spp. cyst (1%), blastocystis spp. cyst (0.5%) and taenia spp. egg (0.5%). materials and methods four hundred samples of fresh ...

Heavy metals are persistent in the ecosystem and held responsible for natural accumulation at all feeding levels. Nevertheless, contact does not occur just because of availability a contaminant material ecosystem. This present work was aimed evaluating contents heavy vegetables sampled from some poultry farms Osun State. Five vegetables, namely green vegetable, bitter leaf, gruty-stalked jatrop...

The relationship between religiosity and health has been investigated in many studies, with most finding positive associations. However, little is known about the role of religiosity in dietary factors, particularly among African American women. We used a self-administered questionnaire to examine the association between religiosity and dietary beliefs and behaviors among African American women...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the influence of income and food prices on household consumption of fruit and vegetables. METHODS Data from the 1998/99 Household Budget Survey were analyzed, which was conducted by the Fundação Instituto de Pesquisas Econômicas (Institute for Economic Research Foundation) in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. The influence of income and food price on the relative participati...

copper matrix composite reinforced by 1wt.% tib2 particles was prepared using in situ reaction of cu-1.4wt.% ti and cu-0.7wt.% b by rapid solidification and subsequent heat treatment for 1-20 hrs at 900ºc. high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (hrtem) characterization showed that primary tib2 particles were formed in liquid copper. heat treatment of as-solidified samples led to the f...

conclusions: vegetables are a new source of h. pylori and accurate washing of vegetables improves such contaminations. results: the results showed that 44 of 460 samples (9.56%) were positive for h. pylori using the culture method. the polymerase chain reaction technique showed that 50 of 460 samples (10.86%) were positive for h. pylori. un-washed leek, traditional salad, un-washed basil and un...