Table 3.

Comparison of metal content in fish samples (μg/g) observed by different authors and other toxicology values.

Sample	Description		Cu	Cd	Cr	Pb	Reference
1	Taihu Lake fish samples	Muscle	0.21	0.12	0.34	0.61	Present study
		Gill	0.24	0.12	0.16	0.49	Present study
		Liver	1.45	0.12	0.35	0.60	Present study
		Kidney	0.36	0.15	0.07	0.52	Present study
		Intestine	0.44	0.14	0.15	0.45	Present study
2	Shahpura Lake, Bhopal	Muscle	–	BDL	0.33 mg/kg	6 mg/kg	[96]
3	Kolleru Lake, Kerala	Muscle	–	0.11	11	1.84	[97]
		Liver	–	0.22	19	2.98	[97]
		Gill	–	0.37	30	3.77	[97]
4	Pulicat Lake, India	Muscle	–	0.02	0.02	0.6	[98]
		Gill	–	0.5	0.2	1.1	Prabu Dass Batvari et al. (2008)
		Liver	–	0.5	0.3	1.6	Prabu Dass Batvari et al. (2008)
		Kidney	–	–	–	–	Prabu Dass Batvari et al. (2008)
		Intestine	–	0.4	0.2	0.9	Prabu Dass Batvari et al. (2008)
5	Dhanmondi Lake, Bangladesh	Muscle	–	–	–	2.08	[99]
6	Bedirkale Tokat, Turkey	Total	–	–	1.3	1.1	[100]
7	Akin Tokat, Turkey	Total	–	–	0.85	1.95	[100]
		Kidney
		Intestine
8	Taihu Lake, China	(total 4 fish species)		0.003–0.021	ND-0.387	0.177–0.287	[51]
9	Taihu Lake, China	(total 8 fish species)		0.01–0.07	0.06–0.18	0.08–0.43	[95]
	Permissible limit in fishes
	[101] a		–	2	1	1–6
	[102] b		3	–	0.15	2
	[103] c		1	–	1	–
	[104] d		1.3	–	0.15	2
	[105] c		0.5–1	0.5–1	0.5	–
	CFHC (1994) e		50 mg/kg	0.1 mg/kg	2.0 mg/kg	0.5 mg/kg	Criterion

^aFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (1983).

^bWorld Health Organization (2006).

^cEuropean Union (2001, 2008).

^dFederal Environmental Protection Agency (2003).

^eChinese Food Health Criterion (1994).