Research Article

Horizontal and Vertical Distribution of Heavy Metals in Farm Produce and Livestock around Lead-Contaminated Goldmine in Dareta and Abare, Zamfara State, Northern Nigeria

Table 4

Daily intake (mg/day) of heavy metals through consumption of the different animal compartments (tissues).

Animal tissuePbCdZnCrCuMgNi

LChD10.04600.00120.02520.02020.00540.22720.0051
LChD20.01580.00200.02010.01450.00300.15140.0105
LChD30.00430.00100.01280.02680.00350.13470.0132
LChD40.00430.00160.03610.01230.00610.21700.0093
LChD50.03450.00040.01810.01590.00820.12360.0027
LChD60.01440.00200.05730.00650.00740.24690.0000
LChD70.03020.00120.02860.00650.00720.21370.0000
LCAb80.01440.00000.01510.02020.00870.15880.0267
LCAb90.03170.00310.01550.01300.02640.12790.0315
LCAb100.00580.00100.00790.02100.00500.14760.0102
LCAb110.01580.00070.03540.01810.01670.17300.0072
LCAb120.02450.00240.02130.02310.04120.14850.0216
LCAb130.00580.00140.04900.01300.02120.15530.0087
KChD140.02590.00170.01750.03540.00630.15050.0123
MChD 150.04170.00200.01180.02170.00390.14330.0063
BMChD 160.06620.00070.05160.00000.00670.35910.0042
BMChD 170.16260.00200.09290.00000.00520.33150.0246
LgChD 180.00430.00100.01280.02680.00350.13470.0105
LgChD 190.04460.00160.03610.01230.00610.21700.0132
IChD 200.02020.00020.01820.02890.00740.14730.0105
IChD 210.00430.00080.01390.02310.03580.17970.0087
BChD 220.04320.00210.02640.03540.02820.38840.0168
BChD 230.05760.00220.01490.02020.02600.11760.0147

L: liver tissue; C: cattle; Ch: chicken; D: Dareta; Ab: Abattoir; K: kidney; M: muscle; BM: bone-muscle; Lg: lung; I: intestine; B: brain.