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From: Carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic human health risk assessment of some vegetables irrigated with wastewater in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria

Table 3

Estimated daily intake (EDI) of heavy metals through consumption of vegetables (mg/kg/bw/day)

Name of sample	Categories	Estimated daily intake
Name of sample	Categories	Cd	Pb	Cr	Cu	Zn
Spinach	Adults Children	0.039 0.079	0.006 0.012	0.047 0.096	0.022 0.044	0.005 0.010
Cucumber	Adults Children	0.040 0.082	0.008 0.015	0.039 0.080	0.025 0.052	0.004 0.006
Carrot	Adults Children	0.041 0.084	0.009 0.018	0.042 0.085	0.030 0.062	0.003 0.006
Bell pepper	Adults Children	0.041 0.085	0.009 0.017	0.039 0.079	0.025 0.051	0.003 0.007
Onion	Adults Children	0.046 0.094	0.015 0.031	0.043 0.087	0.015 0.031	0.003 0.007
Tomato	Adults Children	0.047 0.095	0.016 0.032	0.044 0.091	0.024 0.050	0.003 0.006
Lettuce	Adults Children	0.047 0.097	0.015 0.032	0.055 0.113	0.035 0.071	0.003 0.006
Pepper	Adults Children	0.048 0.098	0.015 0.030	0.043 0.089	0.018 0.036	0.003 0.005
RFD^#		0.001	0.004	1.500	0.040	0.300

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^# Source: US-EPA, (2019) [12]. RFD: risk-free dose