Mercury, Lead, and Cadmium in the Muscles of Five Fish Species from the Mechraâ-Hammadi Dam in Morocco and Health Risks for Their Consumers

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Trace metals</td><td class="align_center">Reference value (mg/kg) ± SD</td><td class="align_center">Observed value (mg/kg) ± SD</td><td class="align_center">Recovery (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Cd</td><td class="align_center">6.2100 ± 1.5100</td><td class="align_center">6.0655 ± 0.2636</td><td class="align_center">97.67</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Pb</td><td class="align_center">0.0526 ± 0.0232</td><td class="align_center">0.0515 ± 0.0083</td><td class="align_center">97.91</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Hg</td><td class="align_center">0.1080 ± 0.0455</td><td class="align_center">0.1085 ± 0.0129</td><td class="align_center">100.46</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>SD: standard deviation.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Trace metal determination in proficiency tests (FAPAS canned fish samples).</div>

Journal of Toxicology

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Table 2: Mercury, Lead, and Cadmium in the Muscles of Five Fish Species from the Mechraâ-Hammadi Dam in Morocco and Health Risks for Their Consumers 