Table 6.

The estimated daily intake (EDI), non-carcinogenic (THQ) and carcinogenic (R) risks of studied contaminants.

Heavy metals	EDI			THQ			R
	Pangasius	Tilapia	MTDI (mg/kg bw/day)	Pangasius	Tilapia	RFD (mg/kg/day)	Pangasius	Tilapia	SF (mg/kg/day)−1
Pb	1.453	1.204	3.0 mg d−1 [43]	0.164	0.136	0.004 [38]	1.89 × 10−7	1.57 × 10−7	0.0085 [44]
Cd	0.007	0.006	0.5 mg d−1 [45]	0.006	0.005	0.001 [38]	4.16 × 10−8	3.64 × 10−8	0.38 [46]
Hg	0.023	0.019	0.03 mg d−1 [47]	0.231	0.188	0.0001 [38]	—	—	—
Cr	0.283	0.128	0.20 mg d−1 [48]	0.090	0.041	0.003 [38]	2.19 × 10−6	9.58 × 10−7	0.5 [38]
HI and RT	—	—		0.491	0.370		2.42 × 10−6	1.15 × 10−6

MTDI = Maximum Tolerable Daily Intake; R_FD = Oral reference dose; SF = Oral cancer slope factor; 1 mg/kg = 1 ppm.