2026-10-29T22:55:56Zhttps://munzur-rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net/oai/requestoai:munzur-rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net:munzur/63402026-10-28T15:32:32Zopenairedrivercom_munzur_1col_munzur_2Potential Human Health Risk from Toxic/Carcinogenic Arsenic in Ripe and Unripe Tomatoes Grown in Wastewater Exposed ZoneTopal, MuratTopal, E.Işıl ArslanÖbek, ErdalHalk ve Çevre SağlığıOnkolojiÇevre BilimleriThe aim of the present study was to investigate the potential risk to human health from toxic/carcinogenic arsenic in ripe (RiTo) and unripe tomatoes (UnRiTo) grown in the municipal wastewater treatment plant effluents exposure zone. The arsenic concen-trations were determined in each tissue of RiTo and UnRiTo tomatoes. Arsenic values in tomatoes were root>leaf>unripe tomato>ripe tomato>stem. The maximum ED (exposure dose) value in RiTos was 1.21E-02 mg.kg-1.day-1 for child, minimum ED value was 4.80E-03 mg.kg-1.day-1 for male. The ED value was calculated as 5.44E-03 mg.kg-1.day-1 for female. The maximum ED value in UnRiTo was 2.12E-02 mg.kg-1.day-1 for child, min ED value was 8.39-03 mg.kg-1.day-1 for male. ED value was calculated as 9.51E-03 mg.kg-1.day-1 for female. EDs in RiTo and UnRiTo were child>female>male. When the HQs (hazard quotient) in RiTo and UnRiTo compared, HQ values in UnRiTo were higher. All of the HQ values were higher than 1. As a re-sult, results of tomatoes analysis show that there was non-carcinogenic and carcino-genic health risks.2024Articlehttps://rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net/r/munzur/6340https://doi.org/10.29132/ijpas.14302842149-0910enInternational Journal of Pure and Applied Sciencesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://munzur-rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net/tr/items/munzur/6340