Research Article
Safety of Potato Consumption in Slovak Region Contaminated by Heavy Metals due to Previous Mining Activity
Table 3
Contents of heavy metals in potato tubers.
| Locality | Cultivar | Cd | Pb | Ni | (mg/kg FM) |
| Odorin | Laura | | | | Marabel | | | | Red Anna | | | |
| All cultivars | Min. | 0.022 | n.d. | 0.078 | Max. | 0.033 | 0.230 | 0.530 | Average | 0.028 | 0.083 | 0.229 | STDEV | 0.004 | 0.056 | 0.126 |
| Matejovce | Arlet | | | | Malvina | | | | Megan | | | | Spinela | | | | Svella | | | | Timea | | | |
| All cultivars | Min. | 0.000 | n.d. | 0.069 | Max. | 0.022 | 0.155 | 0.464 | Average | 0.011 | 0.053 | 0.206 | STDEV | 0.008 | 0.033 | 0.096 |
| Spissky Stvrtok | Laura | | | | Smart | | | | Victoria | | | | Vivaldi | | | |
| All cultivars | Min. | 0.033 | 0.024 | 0.086 | Max. | 0.065 | 0.163 | 0.589 | Average | 0.045 | 0.068 | 0.243 | STDEV | 0.009 | 0.036 | 0.127 |
| EC No. 1881/2006 (FC SR) | 0.1 (0.1) | 0.1 (0.1) | — (0.5) |
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Notes: n.d.: not detected, a, b, c, and d: statistically significant differences between potato cultivars in the same locality, and value < 0.05.
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