“…Similar behavior was shown by Zn and Cu (Table III). Levels of Fe showed a wide variation world over, ranging (Voegborlo, 1999), 0.022 Iran (Khansari, 2004), 0.28 Denmark (Larson, 2002), 1.03 Pakistan (Tariq, 1993), 0.25 Nigeria (Onianwa, 2000), 0.07-0.14 Malaysia (Zahari, 1987), (0.006-0.088) US (FDA, 2000), (0.06-0.16) Spain (Olga Marta, 1991) Ni 0.41-1.33 0.20 Denmark (Larson, 2002), 1.33 Pakistan (Tariq, 1993), 3.11 Nigeria (Onianwa, 2000) Zn 10.38-16.15 11.0 US (Dudek, 1989), 2.10 Pakistan (Tariq, 1993), 19.9 Nigeria (Onianwa, 2001) Cu 1.02-2.26 1.10 Pakistan (Tariq, 1993), 2.46 Canada (Dick, 1950), 2.25 Nigeria (Onianwa, 2001) Cr 0.18-0.31 0.102 Pakistan (Tariq, 1993), 1.14 ± 0.73 US (Aucoin, 1999) Fe 2.94-6.80 6.0 US (Dudek, 1989), 2.95 Pakistan (Tariq, 1993), 64.1 Canada (Dick, 1950) from 2.95 to 64.1 μg-g −1 . Our results also lie within the limits laid down by United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) in fish, i.e., for Cr (8.0 μg-g −1 ), Cu (120 μg-g −1 ), Pb (4.0 μg-g −1 ) and Zn (480 μg-g −1 ) (Aucoin et al, 1999).…”