TY - JOUR N2 - In this study, heavy metals pollutions in waters, soils and vegetables were investigated from farms, near oil refinery in south of Tehran city, Iran (Shahre Ray). The most important heavy metals in Iranian oil are vanadium, cobalt, nickel, arsenic and mercury (V, Co, Ni, As, Hg). In this region, the concentration of heavy metals in soils, well waters and leafy edible vegetables were evaluated in ten different points of farms. Geographic information systems (GIS) were used to estimate the levels of heavy metals concentration at unmeasured locations. After sample preparation, concentrations of heavy metals in vegetables, soils and waters were determined by atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS). Five different leafy edible vegetables from farms, i.e., Persian leek, dill, parsley, spinach and radish were sampled in spring, summer and autumn 2012. In vegetables and well water samples, the concentrations of V, Ni and Co were above the permissible limit of heavy metals as compared to WHO guidelines and the concentrations of these metals in agricultural soils were found to be lower in accordance to soil references. The industrial waste waters had high concentration of heavy metals in this area. In consequence, the results of this study indicate that industrial waste water can cause pollution in well waters and edible vegetables. So, this region is not suitable for cultivation and growing vegetables. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/86054/PDF/10265-Volume41-Issue2_paper_09.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/86054 PY - 2015 IS - No 2 DO - 10.1515/aep-2015-0020 KW - heavy metals KW - environmental pollution KW - vegetables KW - agricultural soil and water KW - geographic information systems KW - Atomic Absorption Spectrometry A1 - Shirkhanloo, Hamid A1 - Mirzahosseini, Seyed Alireza Hajiseyed A1 - Shirkhanloo, Nasrin A1 - Moussavi-Najarkola, Seyyed Ali A1 - Farahani, Hadi PB - Polish Academy of Sciences VL - vol. 41 DA - 2015[2015.01.01 AD - 2015.12.31 AD] T1 - The evaluation and determination of heavy metals pollution in edible vegetables, water and soil in the south of Tehran province by GIS UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/86054 T2 - Archives of Environmental Protection ER -