Levels and Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals
Heavy metals like Cu, Zn, and Fe play a significant role in plant physiology but heavy metals such as Pb, Cd, Cr, and Hg are exceptionally toxic and dangerous environmental pollutants [8, 10]. A number of studies have shown that some common vegetables including Amaranthus species are proficient of accruing high heavy metals levels from contaminated irrigating water or growing soil [ 25, 26 ].