Table 4. EDI (estimated daily intake) and TDI (tolerable daily intake) of heavy metals
Heavy metal | EDI (µg/kg b.w./day) | TDI (µg/kg b.w./day) | Reference |
Puntius ticto | Aspidoparia jaya | Eutropiichthys vacha | Mystus cavasius | Tenulosa ilisha |
Zn | 9.864 | 8.528 | 8.308 | 10.218 | 13.585 | 430 | SCF, 2003 |
Mn | 16.016 | 11.186 | 8.839 | 14.6856 | 19.042 | 50 | WHO, 2010 |
Cu | 0.940 | 1.202 | 0.976 | 1.216 | 1.365 | 60 | USEPA, 2015 |
Cd | 0.354 | 0.368 | 0.297 | 0.453 | 0.509 | 1 | WHO, 2010 |
Cr | 1.796 | 1.075 | 1.789 | 2.001 | 1.838 | 30 | EFSA, 2014 |
Pb | 1.718 | 1.853 | 1.741 | 1.874 | 1.896 | 2 | WHO, 2010 |
Ni | 1.534 | 0.955 | 1.534 | 2.206 | 2.489 | 20 | EFSA, 2015 |