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

Table 8

Health risk assessment of the different metals in the studied fish species.

Metals	Mean level (ppm)	EDI	HQ	EWI	%PTWI	CR	THI
Cu	2.048	1.0E − 03	0.0256	6.5E − 03	0.1853	—	0.293
Cr	1.398	7.0E − 04	0.2329	4.4E − 03	0.6322	3.5E − 04
Cd	0.066	3.0E − 05	0.0330	2.0E − 04	2.9857	2.1E − 04
Pb	ND	5.0E − 06	0.0013	3.1E − 09	0.1267	4.3E − 08

Values indicate CR above the acceptable limit (10⁻⁶–10⁻⁴) USEPA [45].