Metal | Material | Minimum concentration(*) | Maximum concentration(*) | Average background valuea | ADIb,c | EDI(worst-case)d,e | Metal daily quantity ingested respect to ADI (%) |
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LEAD | Pepper | LOD (0.010) | 0.044 | 0.01–0.02 | 0.0036 | 0.000020 | 0.6 |
Eggplant | LOD (0.010) | 0.035 | 0.000040 | 1 | |||
Lettuce | LOD (0.010) | 0.027 | 0.000024 | 0.7 | |||
Strawberry | LOD (0.010) | LOQ (0.020) | 0.0000066 | 0.2 | |||
Turnip greens | LOQ (0.020) | 0.044 | 0.000022 | 0.6 | |||
CADMIUM | Pepper | LOD (0.0010) | 0.020 | 0.006 | 0.0001 | 0.0000091 | 9 |
Eggplant | LOQ (0.010) | 0.026 | 0.000030 | 30 | |||
Lettuce | LOQ (0.010) | 0.019 | 0.000017 | 17 | |||
Strawberry | LOD (0.0010) | LOQ (0.010) | 0.0000033 | 3 | |||
Turnip greens | LOQ (0.010) | 0.027 | 0.000014 | 14 | |||
TOTAL ARSENIC | Pepper | LOQ (0.020) | 0.029 | 0.003 | 0.005 | 0.000013 | 0.3 |
Eggplant | LOQ (0.020) | 0.031 | 0.000035 | 0.7 | |||
Lettuce | LOQ (0.020) | 0.020 | 0.000018 | 0.4 | |||
Strawberry | LOQ (0.020) | 0.044 | 0.000015 | 0.3 | |||
Turnip greens | LOQ (0.020) | 0.076 | 0.000039 | 0.8 | |||
MERCURY | Pepper | LOD (0.0050) | LOD (0.0050) | 0.002 | 0.0016 (**) 0.0003 (***) | 0.0000023 | 0.1 |
Eggplant | LOD (0.0050) | LOD (0.0050) | 0.0000058 | 0.4 | |||
Lettuce | LOD (0.0050) | LOQ (0.010) | 0.0000090 | 0.6 | |||
Strawberry | LOD (0.0050) | LOD (0.0050) | 0.0000017 | 0.1 | |||
Turnip greens | LOD (0.0050) | LOQ (0.010) | 0.0000051 | 0.3 |