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

Table 5 Pb, Cd, total As and Hg in collected samples in markets: 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 (%)
LEAD	Pepper	LOD (0.010)	LOQ (0.020)	0.01–0.02	0.0036	0.000009	0.3
	Eggplant	LOD (0.010)	LOQ (0.020)			0.000023	0.6
	Lettuce	LOD (0.010)	0.026			0.000023	0.6
	Strawberry	LOD (0.010)	LOQ (0.020)			0.0000066	0.2
	Turnip greens	LOQ (0.020)	0.043			0.000022	0.6
CADMIUM	Pepper	LOQ (0.010)	0.016	0.006	0.0001	0.0000074	7
	Eggplant	LOD (0.0010)	LOQ (0.010)			0.000012	12
	Lettuce	LOQ (0.010)	0.055			0.000049	49
	Strawberry	LOD (0.0010)	LOQ (0.010)			0.0000033	3
	Turnip greens	LOQ (0.010)	0.076			0.000039	39
TOTAL ARSENIC	Pepper	LOQ (0.020)	0.097	0.003	0.005	0.000045	0.9
	Eggplant	LOQ (0.020)	0.046			0.000053	1
	Lettuce	0.024	0.090			0.000081	2
	Strawberry	LOQ (0.020)	0.042			0.000014	0.3
	Turnip greens	0.021	0.130			0.000066	1
MERCURY	Pepper	LOD (0.0050)	LOQ (0.0100)	0.002	0.0016 () 0.0003 (*)	0.0000046	0.3
	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

(*) LOD Limit of detection, LOQ Limit of quantification. (**) ADI of Hg. (***) ADI of CH₃Hg

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