Mineral Element Contents in Commercially Valuable Fish Species in Spain

Table 5

Accumulation level of metals in humans due to consumption of studied fish week⁻¹Kg⁻¹ body wt.

Element	Total	T. trachurus	T. mediterraneus	T. picturatus
Pb (μg kg^−1)
PTWIstd	25	25	25	25
TWIcal	0.0409	0.0336	0.0407	0.0484
(TWIcal /PTWIstd) × 100	0.1636	0.1346	0.1630	0.1937
Cd (μg kg^−1)
PTWIstd	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
TWIcal	0.0119	0.0126	0.0070	0.0160
(TWIcal /PTWIstd) × 100	0.47	0.5068	0.2824	0.643
As (μg kg^−1)
PTWIstd	15	15	15	15
TWIcal	0.001702	0.001602	0.00215	0.001252
(TWIcal /PTWIstd) × 100	0.0113	0.01068	0.0413	0.00834
Hg (μg kg^−1)
PTWIstd	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6
TWIcal	0.01061	0.0073	0.0102	0.014
(TWIcal /PTWIstd) × 100	0.663	0.457	0.638	0.895

PTWI_std: standard provisional tolerable weekly intakes; TWI_cal: calculated tolerable weekly intakes.