Research Article

Heavy Metals Accumulation in Water and Human Health Risk Assessment via the Consumption of Labeobarbus intermedius Samples from Borkena River, Ethiopia

Table 7

The heavy metal concentrations in the fish (L. intermedius) organs sampled from the Borkena River.

OrgansMetal concentration
CuCrCdPb

Muscle2.048 ± 0.3831.398 ± 0.5060.056 ± 0.040ND
Kidney12.924 ± 3.4262.271 ± 1.5511.768 ± 1.361ND
Liver13.463 ± 5.28316.634 ± 25.8010.219 ± 0.189ND

ND represents not detected, and values with in the column are significant at the 0.05 level (Tukey test is applied).