Contaminated vegetables pose low health risk despite heavy metal contamination.
The study looked at how polluted water affects the levels of harmful metals in a type of vegetable called Telferia occidentalis. They found that the vegetables had high levels of nickel, cadmium, and lead, which are above safe limits set by health organizations. However, the risk to people eating these vegetables was low, except for cadmium in one area. Overall, the vegetables did not pose a health risk from these metals.
