Sharmila Karunarathna's research while affiliated with Industrial Technology Institute and other places
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Publications (2)
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is the backbone of Sri Lankan agriculture with the accomplishment of the daily nutritional requirements of humans. This study is intended to explore the cultivation seasonal variation on minerals in selected rice varieties and to examine the possible health risks due to toxic heavy metal contamination. Twenty-six different ri...
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... For instance, cadmium (Cd) and chromium (Cr) can damage the liver and kidneys in humans (Odewumi et al. 2018;Ya et al. 2021); arsenic (As) is particularly harmful to the skin, respiratory system, and cardiovascular system (Kesari et al. 2012); and lead (Pb) can affect the nervous system and can cause kidney disease (Lalrindika et al. 2022). Numerous studies have demonstrated that heavy metals have become one of the most important contaminants affecting food safety and human health (Clemens and Ma 2016; Meng et al. 2019;Deng et al. 2020;Karunarathna et al. 2022). Therefore, heavy metal translocation in the agricultural environment has become the focus of attention among government officials and scholars (Clemens and Ma 2016;Jafari et al. 2018;Aguilera-Velazquez et al. 2021;Chen et al. 2022). ...
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... Elemental contents of the samples were determined by ICP-MS. Details of the instrumental settings were given in the previous study which was carried out by Karunarathna et al. (2020). ...
