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. 2015 Oct 25;5(3):176–182. doi: 10.15171/hpp.2015.021

Table 2. The values of Mercury, Arsenic, Nickel and Tin .

Estimated Intake
(µg/d) **
PTWI *
(µg/d/60 kg)
Permissible limit by Codex Standard
(µg/l)
Range
(µg/l)
Number of samples Metal
4.50 300 500 7.29 -14.95 32 Hg
8.52 128 140 15.20 - 25.90 32 Arsenic
34.92 ND*** 200 45.10 -310.55 32 Nickel
28.23 ND*** 300 29.78 -314.64 32 Tin

*PTWI provisional tolerable weekly intake, ** Assuming that Per Capita Consumption of milk in HGArak is about 150 liter ***ND not determined