Research Article
Assessment of Health Risks in Wheat Crop Irrigated by Manka Canal, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
Table 4
Comparison of concentrations (mg/l) of essential and nonessential/toxic metals in reference and in studied water samples.
| Sample type | Essential elements | Nonessential elements | Cu | Fe | Mn | Zn | Cd | Ni | Pb |
| R1 | 7.94 | 45.50 | 23.95 | 10.70 | ND | 0.04 | 0.01 | Present work (average) | 6.40 ± 2.01 | 42.50 ± 5.41 | 19.89 ± 1.41 | 34.51 ± 4.01 | 0.04 ± 0.008 | 0.91 ± 0.05 | 0.99 ± 0.11 | WHO limit | 1.5 | 5.0 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 0.01 | 0.2 | 0.10 |
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