Risk Assessment of Kumasi Metropolis Population in Ghana through Consumption of Fish Contaminated with Formaldehyde

Table 5

The EDI results for carcinogenic risk evaluation expressed in mg/kg body weight/day.

	A		B		C		D		E		F		G
Fish Name	EDI	HQ	EDI	HQ	EDI	HQ	EDI	HQ	EDI	HQ	EDI	HQ	EDI	HQ
Bluefish	1.632	10.880	1.445	9.633	-	-	-	-	1.084	7.229	1.645	1.0.97	1.702	11.35
Butterfish
Cassava Croaker	1.224	8.160	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cassava fish	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.931	19.54
Catfish	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.692	4.611	-	-
Dark Redfish	-	-	-	-	0.910	6.065	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
European Barracuda	1.247	8.314	2.359	1.573	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glasseye Snapper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.988	19.92
Herrings	2.920	19.46	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.172	14.48	1.974	13.16	-	-
Horse Mackerel	1.688	11.25	0.785	5.233					2.752	18.35	1.599	10.66	2.478	16.52
Pacific Hake (Kako)	-	-	-	-	3.661	24.40	1.064	7.091	1.245	83.01	0.949	6328	9.699	6.466
Redfish	1.238	8.252	1.953	13.02	-	-	-	-	2.935	19.57	2.443	16.29	-	-
Salmon	1.964	13.10	1.732	11.55	1.495	9.965	3.295	21.97	1.667	11.12	1.749	11.66	1.417	9.446
Salmonete	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.945	12.96	3.561	23.74	2.923	19.49
Sea bream	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.195	7.966	1.623	10.82	-	-
Sole Fish	-	-	1.428	9.518	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
African moonfish	1.187	7.913	1.402	9.347	-	-	-	-	1.197	7.979	-	-	2.046	13.64
Threadfin fish (Sukwei)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.810	1.873	-	-	2.176	14.50
Warwas Grouper	-	-	-	-					2.694	1.796	-	-	-	-

The EDI and HQ values are to the power 10^–3.