Table 7. Cancer risk (CR) of Cu, Cd, Cr, Pb, and Ni in adult consumer of the edible muscle of fish collected from the Padma River, north-western region of Bangladesh

Species CR CRt
Cu Cd Cr Pb Ni
Puntius ticto 4.38 × 10–6 3.68 × 10–7 2.46 × 10–6 4.00 × 10–8 3.78 × 10–6 1.10 × 10–6
Aspidoparia jaya 5.59 × 10–6 3.82 × 10–7 1.47 × 10–7 4.31 × 10–8 2.35 × 10–6 9.85 × 10–6
Eutropiichthys vacha 4.54 × 10–6 3.09 × 10–7 2.45 × 10–7 7.92 × 10–8 3.78 × 10–6 1.12 × 10–5
Mystus cavasius 5.66 × 10–6 4.71 × 10–7 2.74 × 10–7 4.36 × 10–8 5.44 × 10–6 1.44 × 10–5
Tenulosa ilisha 6.35 × 10–6 5.30 × 10–7 2.51 × 10–7 4.74 × 10–8 6.13 × 10–6 1.56 × 10–5
CRt, total carcinogenic risk.