Investigation of heavy metal contents in Cow milk samples from area of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Table 5 PV for metals studied in cow milk samples, mean EDI values and their contributions to PV for adult consumers

Metal	Permissible Value (PV) (mg/day)	References	Brand Milk		Dairy Farm Milk		Domestic Milk
Metal	Permissible Value (PV) (mg/day)	References	EDI (mg/day)	Contribution to PV	EDI (mg/day)	Contribution to PV	EDI (mg/day)	Contribution to PV
Cd	0.046	(JECFA 2003)	0.043	73.91 %	0.016	34.78 %	0.030	65.21 %
Cr	0.2	(Oliver 1997)	0.413	206.5 %	0.243	121.5 %	0.352	176.0 %
Pb	0.21	[JECFA 2003]	0.021	10 %	0.10	4.76 %	0.003	1.42 %
Mn	5	(Ogabiela et al. 2011)	0.068	1.36 %	0.082	1.64 %	0.082	1.64 %
Cu	30	(JECFA 2003)	0.106	0.35 %	0.045	0.15 %	0.082	0.27 %
Fe	40	(FAO/WHO 2002)	0.317	0.79 %	0.215	0.53 %	0.412	1.03 %