Research Article

Bioaccumulation of Antimony and Arsenic in Vegetables and Health Risk Assessment in the Superlarge Antimony-Mining Area, China

Table 3

Sb and As concentrations in different vegetables and SBET values of edible vegetable parts (mg kg−1).

VegetableTotalUndergroundAbovegroundSBET
SbAsSbAsSbAs

BP 3.34–13.56 (6.65)0.16–1.61 (0.61)4.10–15.74 (7.76)0.21–1.48 (0.60)2.64–12.29 (5.85)0.17–1.77 (0.63)0.64–2.58 (1.21)0.018–0.261 (0.087)
BL9.97–25.94 (17.10)0.58–2.49 (1.63)7.32–22.86 (13.07)0.78–2.23 (1.64)11.44–28.46 (19.28)0.43–2.72 (1.65)3.21–8.25 (5.19)0.086–0.597 (0.370)
AF10.32–22.87 (16.62)0.46–4.11 (1.95)8.84–22.07 (15.00)0.53–4.85 (2.08)10.66–23.29 (17.08)0.42–3.82 (1.90)3.39–5.67 (4.60)0.128–1.468 (0.709)
AS6.53–44.48 (24.86)0.32–2.02 (1.11)7.03–37.89 (22.60)0.35–2.67 (1.46)6.30–46.34 (25.37)0.31–1.81 (1.00)2.47–15.79 (8.53)0.111–0.679 (0.335)
RS 7.42–31.39 (22.39)0.42–2.41 (1.35)5.59–21.52 (15.05)0.39–2.55 (1.39)13.04–57.92 (37.39)0.47–2.07 (1.32)0.78–2.58 (1.91)0.033–0.245 (0.123)
DC7.75–45.27 (28.01)0.23–2.88 (1.49)5.14–41.05 (23.72)0.21–2.84 (1.45)10.91–58.35 (37.06)0.32–2.97 (1.54)0.58–3.73 (2.31)0.018–0.202 (0.114)
CS 18.65–39.28 (29.31)0.43–3.84 (1.73)5.51–15.87 (10.86)0.29–2.59 (1.23)24.61–50.23 (36.78)0.52–4.36 (2.06)7.19–15.94 (11.31)0.230–1.657 (0.783)
SO4.47–21.86 (11.38)0.28–1.82 (0.98)6.25–29.30 (18.46)0.34–1.92 (1.12)2.97–18.20 (8.65)0.25–1.76 (0.92)1.21–7.12 (3.32)0.063–0.554 (0.257)
CC 5.20–23.92 (12.04)0.20–1.81 (0.85)4.85–17.89 (11.76)0.23–2.30 (1.08)5.31–26.28 (12.11)0.19–1.58 (0.71)1.27–6.01 (2.67)0.066–0.412 (0.209)
LS7.20–19.65 (12.25)0.33–1.41 (0.82)7.05–21.48 (13.48)0.37–1.27 (0.80)7.28–18.74 (11.53)0.31–1.46 (0.83)2.27–5.84 (3.72)0.059–0.361 (0.206)

( ): average value.