Table 2. Percentage of milk samples containing higher heavy metal contents than the normal range.
| Location | Milk samples containing higher heavy metals than the normal range (%) (number) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper | Cadmium | Lead | Iron | |
| Alexandria (n = 50) | 24 (n = 12) | 84 (n = 42) | 8 (n = 4) | 20 (n = 10) |
| Cairo (n = 50) | 84 (n = 42) | 8 (n = 4) | 0 (n = 0) | 12 (n = 6) |
| Total (%) | 54% | 46% | 4% | 16% |