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Table 1 Daily intake equation through several exposure routes

From: Human health risk assessment of cyanide levels in water and tuber crops from Kenyasi, a mining community in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana

Medium

Sources of cyanide

Exposure route

Calculation formula

Water

Cyanide in water

Ingestion

ADDing − water

  

Dermal contact

ADDderm − water

Crops (Cassava and cocoyam)

Cyanide in crops

Ingestion

ADDing − crops

Fish

Cyanide in fish

Ingestion

ADDing − fish