Monitoring of Heavy Metal Content in Fruits and Vegetables Collected from Production and Market Sites in the Misurata Area of Libya

Table 3

Estimation of heavy metal intake through consumption of fruits and vegetables in Misurata, Libya.

Foodstuffs (g/person/day)	Mean level (mg/kg)
	Pb	Intake μg/day	Cd	Intake μg/day	Zn	Intake mg/day	Cu	Intake mg/day	Co	Intake μg/day	Ni	Intake mg/day
Fruits (78)	0.473	36.89	0.071	5.54	3.7	0.288	2.63	0.205	0.58	45.24	1.49	0.116
Vegetables (98)	0.25	24.8	0.14	13.3	8.15	0.8	3.36	0.33	0.51	49.7	0.24	0.0231