Health Risk Assessment of Potentially Toxic Elements Contamination of Commonly Consumed Fruits in Bahir Dar Town, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 2

Mean concentration of potentially toxic elements in selected fruits in Bahir Dar town, Northwest Ethiopia (, ).

Types of fruit		Mean concentration of elements (mgkg^-1, dry weight)
		Pb	Cd	Cr	Cu
Banana		ND
	%RSD	—	0.8	1.3	1.5
Mango
	%RSD	1.6	0.7	1.0	0.3
Orange		ND
	%RSD	—	0.7	3.3	0.7
FAO/WHO limit (mgkg^-1) [20]		0.3	0.2	2.3	40

ND: not detected; SD: standard deviation; RSD: relative standard deviation.