Analysis of Mineral and Heavy Metal Content of Some Commercial Fruit Juices by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry

Table 3

Drinking water contaminants and maximum admissible limit by different international organizations.

	Heavy metals (μg/L)
	Cr	Mn	Co	Ni	Cu	Zn	As	Cd	Pb
US-EPA (2008)	100	50	100	100	1300	5000	10	5	15
WHO (2008)	50	400	^aNM	70	2000	NGL^b	10	3	10

^aNM: not mentioned.
^bNGL: no guideline, because it occurs in drinking water at concentrations well below those at which toxic effects may occur.