Table 7.

Daily dietary intake of heavy metals; exposure per day/(mg/(kg·d)).

	As		Pb		Cu		Cd
	Adults	Children	Adults	Children	Adults	Children	Adults	Children
Mining Area A	3.23 × 10−3	4.91 × 10−3	3.58 × 10−3	5.66 × 10−3	3.46 × 10−3	5.38 × 10−3	2.35 × 10−3	3.61 × 10−3
Smelting Area B	1.13 × 10−3	1.73 × 10−3	1.44 × 10−3	2.27 × 10−3	1.48 × 10−3	2.33 × 10−3	1.11 × 10−3	1.69 × 10−3
Processing Area C	2.69 × 10−3	4.11 × 10−3	3.28 × 10−3	5.21 × 10−3	2.76 × 10−3	4.18 × 10−3	1.80 × 10−3	2.78 × 10−3
Control Area D	7.75 × 10−4	1.20 × 10−3	1.33 × 10−3	2.11 × 10−3	1.65 × 10−3	2.59 × 10−3	4.86 × 10−4	7.70 × 10−4