Table 5.
Calculated THQ, HI, and TR for HMs through consumption of the sampled fish species from the studied area.
| THQ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy metal | Cr | Pb | Cu | Cd | As | HI | |
| Adult | W. Attu | 0.554 | 0.319 | 0.044 | 0.254 | 0.001 | 1.173 |
| O. bimaculatus | 0.473 | 0.261 | 0.038 | 0.137 | 0.001 | 0.911 | |
| L. calbasu | 0.436 | 0.292 | 0.034 | 0.139 | 0.001 | 0.902 | |
| C. mrigala | 0.327 | 0.193 | 0.028 | 0.034 | 0.001 | 0.582 | |
| Children |
W. Attu | 2.217 | 1.277 | 0.177 | 1.017 | 0.003 | 4.692 |
| O. bimaculatus | 1.893 | 1.045 | 0.151 | 0.550 | 0.003 | 3.643 | |
| L. calbasu | 1.743 | 1.168 | 0.137 | 0.557 | 0.003 | 3.605 | |
|
C. mrigala |
1.308 |
0.770 |
0.112 |
0.136 |
0.003 |
2.326 |
|
| TR | |||||||
| HM | Cr | Pb | Cd | As | |||
| Adult | W. Attu | 8.31E-04 | 1.09E-05 | 9.66E-05 | 3.39E-07 | ||
| O. bimaculatus | 7.10E-04 | 8.88E-06 | 5.22E-05 | 3.39E-07 | |||
| L. calbasu | 6.54E-04 | 9.93E-06 | 5.30E-05 | 3.39E-07 | |||
| C. mrigala | 4.91E-04 | 6.55E-06 | 1.29E-05 | 3.39E-07 | |||
| Children | W. Attu | 3.33E-03 | 4.34E-05 | 3.86E-04 | 1.36E-06 | ||
| O. bimaculatus | 2.84E-03 | 3.55E-05 | 2.09E-04 | 1.36E-06 | |||
| L. calbasu | 2.61E-03 | 3.97E-05 | 2.12E-04 | 1.36E-06 | |||
| C. mrigala | 1.96E-03 | 2.62E-05 | 5.15E-05 | 1.36E-06 | |||