Lead and cadmium content of Indian flue-cured tobacco |
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Authors: | K S N Murty J C Tjell N C Gopalachari |
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Institution: | (1) Central Tobacco Research Institute, Rajahmundry, India;(2) Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark;(3) Central Tobacco Research Institute, Rajahmundry, India |
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Abstract: | Summary Studies on levels of lead and cadmium of Indian flue-cured tobacco indicated that the leaf contained very low amounts of these
heavy metals as compared to tobacco from other countries. Indian tobacco can therefore be adjudged as ‘safe and clean’ and
least hazardous to the smoker. Of the two heavy metals, lead content of soils is higher than cadmium. But in the leaf, cadmium
content is more than lead indicating that soil cadmium may be more available to tobacco and hence more readily absorbed by
the plant than lead. |
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Keywords: | Alfisols Cadmium levels Indian f c tobacco Lead Soil factors Trace element pollutants Vertisols |
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