Table 3.
Target hazard quotient (THQ) for different heavy metals, their hazard index (HI) from consumption of two shrimp species collected from different locations at Khulna-Satkhira zone.
| Location | Sample | Lead | Cadmium | Chromium | HI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paikgacha (farm) | tissue | 3.97E-04 | 2.65E-03 | 6.21E-03 | 0.0092 |
| shell | 5.37E-04 | 3.82E-03 | 8.66E-03 | 0.0130 | |
| Botiaghata (farm) | tissue | 8.53E-04 | 2.35E-03 | 1.11E-02 | 0.0143 |
| shell | 9.05E-04 | 3.53E-03 | 1.68E-02 | 0.0212 | |
| Rupsha river | tissue | 3.38E-04 | 1.47E-03 | 2.45E-03 | 0.0042 |
| shell | 5.59E-04 | 2.94E-03 | 2.78E-03 | 0.0062 | |
| Gangli (farm) | tissue | 6.32E-04 | 2.06E-03 | 3.43E-03 | 0.0061 |
| shell | 8.02E-04 | 2.65E-03 | 5.72E-03 | 0.0091 | |
| Bhairab river | tissue | 3.09E-04 | 1.77E-03 | 2.29E-03 | 0.0043 |
| shell | 3.82E-04 | 2.35E-03 | 2.29E-03 | 0.0050 | |
| Satkhira (farm) | tissue | 7.06E-04 | 1.77E-03 | 3.11E-03 | 0.0055 |
| shell | 8.53E-04 | 3.24E-03 | 3.27E-03 | 0.0073 |