Table 6.
Estimated weekly intake (EWI; μg/kg b.w.), Target hazard quotient (THQ), Total Target hazard quotient (TTHQ) and Target carcinogenic risk (CR) for each analyzed metals in the five age-categories considering an exposure time of 365 days year−1.
| Food | EWI (μg/kg BW) | THQ | CR | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| As | Cd | Cr | Hg | Ni | Pb | Zn | As | Cd | Cr | Hg | Ni | Pb | Zn | As | Cd | Cr | Ni | Pb | ||
| Beef | Baby (0–2 yr) | 0.35 | 0.03 | 0.77 | 0.45 | 0.55 | 2.16 | 262.40 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.64 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.51 | 1.1E-06 | 4.2E-07 | 7.9E-07 | 1.0E-06 | 7.2E-09 |
| Children (3–9 yr) | 0.11 | 0.01 | 0.25 | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.71 | 86.91 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.17 | 2.1E-06 | 8.4E-07 | 1.6E-06 | 2.0E-06 | 1.4E-08 | |
| Teenagers (10–17 yr) | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.20 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.56 | 67.69 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 3.8E-06 | 1.5E-06 | 2.8E-06 | 3.7E-06 | 2.6E-08 | |
| Adult (18–64 yr) | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.34 | 41.78 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 6.9E-06 | 2.8E-06 | 5.1E-06 | 6.7E-06 | 4.7E-08 | |
| Elderly (65–97 yr) | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.37 | 45.13 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 1.5E-05 | 5.9E-06 | 1.1E-05 | 1.4E-05 | 1.0E-07 | |
| Pork | Baby (0–2 yr) | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 40.87 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 3.0E-08 | 1.8E-08 | 3.3E-08 | 4.2E-08 | 3.8E-10 |
| Children (3–9 yr) | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.28 | 194.90 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 8.4E-07 | 5.0E-07 | 9.3E-07 | 1.2E-06 | 1.1E-08 | |
| Teenagers (10–17 yr) | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.14 | 100.59 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 1.0E-06 | 6.1E-07 | 1.1E-06 | 1.5E-06 | 1.3E-08 | |
| Adult (18–64 yr) | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 75.44 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 2.2E-06 | 1.3E-06 | 2.5E-06 | 3.2E-06 | 2.9E-08 | |
| Elderly (65–97 yr) | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 53.44 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 3.1E-06 | 1.9E-06 | 3.4E-06 | 4.5E-06 | 4.0E-08 | |
| Cow milk | Baby (0–2 yr) | 0.34 | 0.19 | 12.18 | 7.13 | 8.70 | 1.44 | 1014.76 | 0.16 | 0.01 | 0.58 | 10.19 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.48 | 1.0E-06 | 2.5E-06 | 1.2E-05 | 1.6E-05 | 1.1E-08 |
| Children (3–9 yr) | 0.06 | 0.04 | 2.28 | 1.33 | 1.63 | 0.27 | 189.60 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 1.90 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 1.2E-06 | 2.8E-06 | 1.4E-05 | 1.8E-05 | 1.3E-08 | |
| Teenagers (10–17 yr) | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.82 | 0.48 | 0.59 | 0.10 | 68.58 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.69 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 9.9E-07 | 2.3E-06 | 1.2E-05 | 1.5E-05 | 1.1E-08 | |
| Adult (18–64 yr) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.36 | 0.21 | 0.26 | 0.04 | 29.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 1.3E-06 | 3.0E-06 | 1.5E-05 | 2.0E-05 | 1.4E-08 | |
| Elderly (65–97 yr) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.45 | 0.26 | 0.32 | 0.05 | 37.15 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.37 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 3.1E-06 | 7.3E-06 | 3.7E-05 | 4.8E-05 | 3.4E-08 | |
| Seafood products | Baby (0–2 yr) | 1.80 | 0.02 | 0.24 | 12.60 | 0.13 | 1.18 | 81.09 | 0.86 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 2.38 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 5.5E-06 | 2.7E-07 | 2.5E-07 | 2.3E-07 | 2.1E-08 |
| Children (3–9 yr) | 1.68 | 0.02 | 0.22 | 11.77 | 0.12 | 1.10 | 75.74 | 0.80 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 2.23 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 3.1E-05 | 1.5E-06 | 1.4E-06 | 1.3E-06 | 1.2E-07 | |
| Teenagers (10–17 yr) | 1.27 | 0.01 | 0.17 | 8.86 | 0.09 | 0.83 | 57.03 | 0.60 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 1.68 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 5.4E-05 | 2.7E-06 | 2.4E-06 | 2.35E-06 | 2.0E-07 | |
| Adult (18–64 yr) | 0.70 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 4.92 | 0.05 | 0.46 | 31.63 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.93 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 8.8E-05 | 4.4E-06 | 3.9E-06 | 3.8E-06 | 3.3E-07 | |
| Elderly (65–97 yr) | 0.53 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 3.74 | 0.04 | 0.35 | 24.06 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.71 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 1.3E-04 | 6.5E-06 | 5.9E-06 | 5.6E-06 | 5.0E-07 | |
| Total | Baby (0–2 yr) | 2.50 | 0.25 | 13.22 | 20.21 | 9.40 | 2.27 | 1399.12 | 1.19 | 0.01 | 0.63 | 13.25 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 1.05 | |||||
| Children (3–9 yr) | 1.91 | 0.07 | 2.91 | 13.34 | 2.03 | 1.47 | 547.16 | 0.91 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 4.47 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.39 | ||||||
| Teenagers (10–17 yr) | 1.40 | 0.04 | 1.27 | 9.51 | 0.87 | 1.04 | 293.89 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 2.60 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.24 | ||||||
| Adult (18–64 yr) | 0.78 | 0.02 | 0.63 | 5.23 | 0.43 | 0.59 | 178.66 | 0.37 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 1.38 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.15 | ||||||
| Elderly (65–97 yr) | 0.62 | 0.02 | 0.69 | 4.10 | 0.48 | 0.47 | 159.77 | 0.29 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 1.23 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.14 | ||||||
Significant values are indicated in bold.