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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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 |