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Table 2 Average concentrations (mg/L) of heavy metals in the study canned food

From: Environmental exposure assessment of cadmium, lead, copper and zinc in different Palestinian canned foods

Food item

Pb

Cd

Zn

Cu

Conc. ± SDa

Corn

0.61 ± 0.05

0.06 ± 0.01

6.176 ± 0.36

0.91 ± 0.07

Chickpeas

0.46 ± 0.03

0.17 ± 0.02

9.9905 ± 0.7

1.98 ± 0.15

Beans

0.22 ± 0.02

0.27 ± 0.09

8.24 ± 0.72

2.62 ± 0.27

Mushroom

0.43 ± 0.04

0.044 ± 0.05

3.89 ± 0.23

1.13 ± 0.17

  1. aConc. ± SD: Concentration ± Standard deviation
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Agriculture & Food Security

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