Table 5 Daily intake rate (g person - ¹day - ¹) of heavy metals DIR through consumption of contaminated food crops
Food crops | Pb | Cd | Ni |
|---|---|---|---|
Cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta) | 0.0014 | Nil | 0.0036 |
Plantain (Musa paradisiaca) | Nil | 0.0007 | 0.0062 |
Cassava (Manihot spp) | 0.002 | 0.0006 | 0.0019 |
Yam (Diascoria rotundata) | Nil | 0.0007 | 0.0064 |
Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) | Nil | 0.0015 | 0.0064 |
Popcorn (Senna didymobotrya) | 0.0014 | Nil | 0.0019 |
Edible mushroom | O.0014 | 0.0006 | 0.0030 |
Groundnut (Arachis hypogea) | 0.0014 | Nil | 0.0061 |
Oil bean (Pentabacta microfila) | Nil | Nil | 0.0142 |
Irvingia wombolu | 0.0049 | Nil | 0.0193 |
Vigna subterranean | 0.0062 | 0.0008 | 0.0163 |
Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) | 0.0014 | 0.0014 | 0.0163 |
Soybean (Glycine max) | 0.0028 | 0.0015 | 0.0106 |
Potato (Ipomea batatas) | Nil | Nil | 0.0072 |
Rice (Oryza sativa) | 0.3775 | Nil | Nil |
Maize (Zea mays) | 0.0062 | Nil | Nil |
Brachystegia eurycoma | 0.0056 | Nil | 0.0044 |
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) | Nil | Nil | 0.0033 |
Mucuna | Nil | Nil | 0.0030 |
Melon (Cucumia melo) | Nil | 0.0008 | 0.0030 |
Wheat (Triticum spp) | Nil | Nil | 0.0024 |
Millet (Penicum Milliaceum) | 0.0218 | Nil | 0.0027 |
Detarium microcarpum | 0.0014 | 0.0008 | 0.0075 |