The Urgency of Studies on Cadmium Manifestation (Cd) in Food Chain

Authors

  • SA Mamun Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh
  • RH Arif Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh
  • Z Parveen Department of Soil, Water and Environment, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000
  • M Aktar Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh
  • MS Islam Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jesnr.v11i1-2.43389

Keywords:

Cadmium, Food chain, Human health

Abstract

Cadmium (Cd) is a heavy metal which is not essential for human body. Cadmium enters into human body mainly through food consumption. Besides industrial wastes, phosphate fertilizers contain Cd which accumulates gradually in agricultural lands. To produce high quantity of food for about 160 million people of Bangladesh, agricultural lands need to be applied huge amount of fertilizes including TSP which add Cd to soils. It has been reported that in rice grains the cadmium concentrations were the highest in Bangladesh and Srilanka where the per capita rice intake is high, from a survey on four continents of 12 countries. The intake of these Cd containing foods may ultimately increase the Cd concentration in human kidneys and livers which might be related to the enhanced kidney patients in Bangladesh. There is lot of toxic effects of excess Cd on humans. The present review illustrates the urgency of further studies of Cd in Bangladesh.

J. Environ. Sci. & Natural Resources, 11(1-2): 227-234 2018

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Published

2019-10-01

How to Cite

Mamun, S., Arif, R., Parveen, Z., Aktar, M., & Islam, M. (2019). The Urgency of Studies on Cadmium Manifestation (Cd) in Food Chain. Journal of Environmental Science and Natural Resources, 11(1-2), 227–234. https://doi.org/10.3329/jesnr.v11i1-2.43389

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1-2 (2018)

Section

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