ASSESMENT OF DIFFERENT HEAVY METALS OF WINTER VEGETABLES COLLECTED FROM SIX DIFFERENT DISTRICTS OF NORTH BENGAL OF BANGLADESH

Abstract

The experiment was conducted in both Agricultural chemistry laboratory and the Agro- Environmental Chemistry laboratory of the Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Shere-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207 during the period from November 2018 to

April

2019 to asses of different heavy metals concentrations of winter vegetables collected from six different districts of north Bengal of Bangladesh. Six vegetables viz. Malabar spinach, Red spinach, Radish spinach, Bean, Brinjal and Chili were collected from six districts like Pabna, Natore, Naogaon, Joypurhat, Bogra and Rajshahi of North Bengal. Different heavy metals Cr, Pb, Cd, Cu and Zn were tested. Among vegetables from different district showed the different values. Among heavy metals Cr was found in chili collected from Bogra, joypurhat and Naogaon. Maximum Pb (18.56 mg/kg), Cd (3.25 mg/kg), Cu (8.7 mg/kg) and Zn (46.18 mg/kg) was found in red spinach from Joypurhat, radish spinach from pabna, bean from pabna and red spinach from Joypurhat respectively.