Health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements via consumption of vegetables irrigated with polluted river water in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Environmental Systems Research

Table 5 Average daily intake of PTEs through consumption of vegetables (mg/kg-day)

Elements	Individual	Eth. Kale	Lettuce	Cabb.	S.Chard	Carrot	Potato	Average	R_fD
Cr	Adults	0.010	0.016	0.010	0.012	0.014	0.009	0.012	1.500
Cr	Children	0.011	0.018	0.012	0.014	0.016	0.010	0.014	1.500
Mn	Adults	0.174	0.262	0.181	0.908	0.087	0.033	0.274	0.140
Mn	Children	0.200	0.302	0.208	1.040	0.100	0.038	0.315	0.140
Fe	Adults	1.100	2.990	2.210	2.240	1.320	0.628	1.750	0.700
Fe	Children	1.260	3.440	2.540	2.570	1.520	0.722	2.010	0.700
Cu	Adults	0.030	0.069	0.020	0.072	0.045	0.032	0.045	0.040
Cu	Children	0.034	0.080	0.023	0.082	0.052	0.037	0.051	0.040
Zn	Adults	0.231	0.304	0.149	0.357	0.142	0.090	0.212	0.300
Zn	Children	0.265	0.349	0.172	0.410	0.163	0.104	0.244	0.300
As	Adults	0.0005	0.0006	0.0005	0.0007	0.0003	0.0002	0.0005	0.0003
As	Children	0.0005	0.0007	0.0006	0.0008	0.0004	0.0002	0.0005	0.0003
Sr	Adults	0.631	0.190	0.404	0.283	0.132	0.017	0.276	0.600
Sr	Children	0.724	0.218	0.465	0.325	0.151	0.019	0.317	0.600
Cd	Adults	0.0005	0.0006	0.0002	0.0006	0.0003	0.0002	0.0004	0.001
Cd	Children	0.0006	0.0007	0.0003	0.0007	0.0003	0.0002	0.0005	0.001
Ba	Adults	0.288	0.112	0.195	0.427	0.116	0.012	0.192	0.200
Ba	Children	0.331	0.128	0.225	0.491	0.134	0.014	0.221	0.200
B	Adults	0.134	0.131	0.105	0.208	0.110	0.038	0.121	0.200
B	Children	0.154	0.150	0.120	0.239	0.127	0.043	0.139	0.200
V	Adults	0.002	0.005	0.004	0.004	0.002	0.001	0.003	1.800
V	Children	0.003	0.006	0.004	0.005	0.003	0.001	0.004	1.800
Co	Adults	0.0003	0.0018	0.0013	0.0021	0.0009	0.0008	0.0012	0.043
Co	Children	0.0004	0.0021	0.0015	0.0024	0.0011	0.0009	0.0014	0.043
Ni	Adults	0.004	0.011	0.008	0.009	0.006	0.003	0.007	0.020
Ni	Children	0.004	0.013	0.009	0.010	0.007	0.004	0.008	0.020