Metal
|
Material
|
Minimum concentration(*)
|
Maximum concentration(*)
|
Average background valuea
|
ADIb,c
|
EDI(worst-case)d,e
|
Metal daily quantity ingested respect to ADI (%)
|
---|
VANADIUM
|
Pepper
|
LOD (0.0050)
|
LOD (0.0050)
|
n.d.
|
0.010
|
0.0000023
|
0.02
|
Eggplant
|
LOD (0.0050)
|
LOQ (0.010)
|
0.000012
|
0.1
|
Lettuce
|
LOD (0.0050)
|
LOQ (0.010)
|
0.0000090
|
0.1
|
Strawberry
|
LOD (0.0050)
|
LOD (0.0050)
|
0.0000017
|
0.02
|
Turnip greens
|
LOQ (0.010)
|
0.040
|
0.000021
|
0.2
|
ANTIMONY
|
Pepper
|
LOD (0.0050)
|
LOD (0.0050)
|
0.0002–0.005
|
0.006
|
0.0000023
|
0.04
|
Eggplant
|
LOD (0.0050)
|
LOD (0.0050)
|
0.0000058
|
0.1
|
Lettuce
|
LOD (0.0050)
|
LOD (0.0050)
|
0.0000045
|
0.07
|
Strawberry
|
LOD (0.0050)
|
LOD (0.0050)
|
0.0000017
|
0.03
|
Turnip greens
|
LOD (0.0050)
|
0.071
|
0.000036
|
0.6
|
CHROMIUM
|
Pepper
|
LOD (0.010)
|
0.051
|
0.04
|
0.001 Cr(VI)
|
0.000023
|
2
|
Eggplant
|
LOQ (0.020)
|
0.055
|
0.000064
|
6
|
Lettuce
|
0.023
|
0.055
|
0.000050
|
5
|
Strawberry
|
LOQ (0.020)
|
0.032
|
0.000011
|
1
|
Turnip greens
|
LOQ (0.020)
|
0.043
|
0.000022
|
2
|
ALUMINIUM
|
Pepper
|
0.26
|
2.0
|
1.8
|
0.150
|
0.00094
|
0.6
|
Eggplant
|
0.21
|
1.1
|
0.0012
|
0.8
|
Lettuce
|
LOQ (0.20)
|
0.68
|
0.00061
|
0.4
|
Strawberry
|
1.7
|
5.2
|
0.0017
|
1
|
Turnip greens
|
2.1
|
24
|
0.012
|
8
|
MANGANESE
|
Pepper
|
0.91
|
1.6
|
1.1
|
0.160
|
0.00073
|
0.5
|
Eggplant
|
0.91
|
2.4
|
0.0027
|
2
|
Lettuce
|
2.1
|
3.1
|
0.0028
|
2
|
Strawberry
|
1.8
|
2.8
|
0.00092
|
0.6
|
Turnip greens
|
1.8
|
5.7
|
0.0029
|
2
|
- n.d. not available. (*) LOD Limit of detection, LOQ Limit of quantification