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. 2013 Jun 18;13:590. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-590

Table 2.

Cadmium level of local food (mg/kg) and daily intake of local food (g/day)

  Cadmium detection (mg/kg)1* 2000 Survey2* Daily intake (g/day)
 
Mean
Std
Median
P90
Mean
Mean
Std
Median
P90
Rice
0.023
0.031
0.009
0.09
0.008
208.5
102.6
200.0
300.0
Wheat
0.014
0.015
0.011
0.023
 
33.3
48.0
14.3
100.0
Coarse cereal
0.006
0.007
0.006
0.02
 
6.8
10.7
3.3
14.3
Tuber
0.002
0.001
0.001
 
0.015
7.4
11.4
1.7
24.3
Pork
0.018
0.035
0.002
0.1
0.572
27.6
39.9
14.3
55.0
Innard
0.278
0.607
0.001
0.006
 
0.5
1.7
0.0
1.7
Fatstock except pork
0.003
0.003
0.001
0.006
 
4.7
7.2
1.7
14.3
Poultry
0.002
0.001
0.001
0.003
 
11.5
15.6
7.1
28.6
Aquatic product
0.043
0.225
0.007
0.091
0.024
25.3
31.3
14.3
50.0
Egg
0.005
0.006
0.003
0.012
0.004
28.4
30.8
21.4
50.0
Milk
0.001
0.001
0.001
0.003
0.002
99.3
122.9
35.7
262.9
Dry bean
0.019
0.03
0.007
0.1
0.023
12.5
47.5
1.7
14.3
Fresh vegetable
0.025
0.05
0.005
0.17
0.026
205.3
106.7
200.0
300.0
Fruit 0.001 0.002 0.001 0.003 0.002 63.9 58.3 50.0 150.0

1* Cadmium detection data were from a Dietary Cadmium Exposure Assessment in Shanghai Adult Residents 2010 [16].

2* Mean data were cadmium levels in Shanghai in 2000 from a Chinese National Food Survey [18].