Occurrence of metals in vegetables and fruits from areas near landfill in Southern Italy and implications for human exposure

Table 6 V, Sb, Cr, Al and Mn in collected samples in fields: minimun and maximum concentration (mg kg⁻¹), Average background value (mg kg⁻¹), ADI (mg kg⁻¹ per body weight per day), EDI (worst-case) (mg kg⁻¹ per body weight per day) and the Metal daily quantity ingested respect to ADI (%); b) Van Paemel et al. 2010; c) WHO/SDE/WSH/03.04/74 2003 d); INRAN-SCAI 2005–06 2010; e) Leclercq et al. 2009

Metal	Material	Minimum concentration(*)	Maximum concentration(*)	Average background value^a	ADI^b,c	EDI(worst-case)^d,e	Metal daily quantity ingested respect to ADI (%)
VANADIUM	Pepper	LOD (0.0050)	0.0110	n.d.	0.010	0.0000051	0.05
	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	LOD (0.0050)	0.042			0.000021	0.2
ANTIMONY	Pepper	LOD (0.0050)	LOQ (0.0100)	0.0002–0.005	0.006	0.0000046	0.08
	Eggplant	LOD (0.0050)	0.0170			0.0000196	0.3
	Lettuce	LOQ (0.0100)	0.0120			0.0000108	0.2
	Strawberry	LOD (0.0050)	LOQ (0.0100)			0.0000033	0.06
	Turnip greens	LOD (0.0050)	0.011			0.000006	0.09
CHROMIUM	Pepper	LOQ (0.020)	0.072	0.04	0.001 Cr(VI)	0.000033	3
	Eggplant	LOD (0.010)	0.039			0.000045	5
	Lettuce	LOQ (0.020)	0.086			0.000077	8
	Strawberry	LOQ (0.020)	0.024			0.000008	0.8
	Turnip greens	LOQ (0.020)	0.058			0.000030	3
ALUMINIUM	Pepper	LOD (0.20)	20	1.8	0.150	0.00920	6
	Eggplant	LOD (0.20)	0.34			0.0004	0.3
	Lettuce	0.26	5.2			0.00468	3
	Strawberry	0.43	3.1			0.0010	0.7
	Turnip greens	2.2	24			0.012	8
MANGANESE	Pepper	0.53	1.3	1.1	0.160	0.00060	0.4
	Eggplant	1.0	3.2			0.0037	2
	Lettuce	0.26	3.9			0.0035	2
	Strawberry	0.70	9.9			0.00327	2
	Turnip greens	1.3	4.8			0.0024	2

n.d. not available. (*) LOD Limit of detection, LOQ Limit of quantification

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