Risk Assessment of Arsenic in Some Crops, The Villages Gilakloo and Ghoojagh of Qorveh County, KurdistaP province

Food contamination to arsenic toxic element is one of the important issues that endanger the public health and the health of living organisms. Given the importance of healthy food, controlling the concentration of arsenic to protect the health of consumers is important. Therefore, this study has been done aimed to assess the risks of carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic diseases arsenic through consumption of some crops in both men and women in the villages Ghoojagh and Gilakloo of Qorveh County, the Kurdestan province. In this study, concentrations of arsenic, was found according to the statistical information obtained from the Water and Sewage Company Kurdestan province in crops. As well as non- carcinogenic and carcinogenic risk assessment was measured using indicators Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  The results showed that the amount of non- carcinogenic risk for arsenic for crops in both villages was less than one. Among the samples tested arsenic carcinogenic risk due to the consumption of wheat in both villages was higher than other products, that in the Gilakloo village and in women, the highest risk of carcinogenic was 3.00 × 10-7 person.   The results showed that no danger threatens the health of the studied areas. Also possibility of the risk of the carcinogenic for this element through the using of these studied products in the both villages is low.