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Table 1 Concentrations (μg/kg, wet weight) of As and Cd in legumes and cereals

From: Arsenic and cadmium concentrations in legumes and cereals grown in the North Central Province, Sri Lanka and assessment of their health risk

Species

Cd (μg/kg)

As (μg/kg)

Mean

Median

Range

Mean

Median

Range

Mustard

13.67

7.220

<LOQ-42.52

<LOQ

<LOQ

<LOQ-61.84

Maize

10.37

4.882

<LOQ-122.2

90.94

<LOQ

<LOQ-475.7

Finger millet

22.38

11.11

<LOQ-120.5

52.67

<LOQ

<LOQ-602.5

Sesame

37.52

27.68

<LOQ-121.5

105.2

<LOQ

<LOQ-519.7

Cowpea

7.930

3.036

<LOQ-34.61

60.25

<LOQ

<LOQ-502.5

Urad dal

21.21

14.16

<LOQ-39.34

47.95

<LOQ

<LOQ-198.5

Foxtail millet

22.34

22.57

<LOQ-49.99

29.40

<LOQ

<LOQ-127.1

Long bean

11.53

3.316

<LOQ-44.17

<LOQ

<LOQ

<LOQ

Green gram

27.53

16.85

<LOQ-117.4

46.69

<LOQ

<LOQ-348.0

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