Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals from Smoked Corbicula fluminea Collected on Roadside Vendors at Kelantan, Malaysia
Table 2
The comparison of the estimated daily intake and estimated weekly intake with the recommended values for C. fluminea consumption.
C. fluminea (mg/kg ww)
EDI (μg/kg/day)
ADIa (μg/kg/day)
EWIb (μg/kg/week)
PTWI (μg/kg/week)
EWI : PTWI ratio (%)
Cd
0.23
0.28
1
0.84
7c
12.00
Cu
5.03
6.02
350
18.06
3500c
0.52
Mn
10.25
12.27
140
36.81
980d
3.76
Pb
0.62
0.74
3.57
2.22
25c
8.88
Zn
17.47
20.91
1000
62.73
7000c
0.90
aAccepted daily intake which was calculated from PTWI; bestimated weekly intake with a frequency of three times consumption per week; cPTWI set by FAO/WHO [33]; dreference dose of Mn established by USEPA [34].