1986
DOI: 10.1080/02652038609373602
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Intake of heavy metals from foods in Finland, West Germany and Japan

Abstract: Comparison of heavy metal intakes between Finland, West Germany and Japan suggests that the average oral exposure to lead and cadmium in Finland is 30-40% of that in the other two countries. Environmental contamination is the obvious cause of high heavy metal content of vegetables and liver in West Germany and Japan and this explains a part of the difference observed in the intake rates. For example cabbage and lettuce in West Germany contain on average over 10 times more lead than the corresponding Finnish pr… Show more

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“…23 In the current study, the average estimated daily intake of Cd of 2.4 µg was approximately 4 times the daily intake of 0.1, 0.6, and 0.5 µg of Cd from eggs reported for Finland, Germany, and Japan, respectively. 23 The difference in the daily intake of Pb and Cd in Ibadan and the reported daily intake in those countries may be traceable to differences in the eating habits of individuals from the different countries. For example, people consume the whole egg in Nigeria, whereas in many developed countries the yolk is generally avoided because it contains high concentrations of cholesterol and high heavy metal content.…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 49%
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“…23 In the current study, the average estimated daily intake of Cd of 2.4 µg was approximately 4 times the daily intake of 0.1, 0.6, and 0.5 µg of Cd from eggs reported for Finland, Germany, and Japan, respectively. 23 The difference in the daily intake of Pb and Cd in Ibadan and the reported daily intake in those countries may be traceable to differences in the eating habits of individuals from the different countries. For example, people consume the whole egg in Nigeria, whereas in many developed countries the yolk is generally avoided because it contains high concentrations of cholesterol and high heavy metal content.…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 49%
“…The amount of toxic metals in eggs, and the contribution of eggs to the dietary intake of heavy metals, have been reported in many countries, [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32] ) in Nigerian eggs and chicken feeds. We also investigated the relationship between the metal content of the feeds and that of the eggs, and finally, we estimated the daily intake by humans of metals from eggs.…”
Section: Trace Metal Content and Estimated Daily Human Intake From Chmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Among all foods in our study, cadmium was detected only in the liver sandwich. The contamination of liver with heavy metals has been reported by Louekari and Salminen (1986), mainly due to environmental pollution. In a study by Mykkanen et al (1986) on the dietary intake of heavy metals (mercury, lead, cadmium and arsenic) by Finnish school children cereals, potatoes, vegetables and milk products were the main sources of these metals in the diet.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Since traces of heavy metals are found in almost every food commodity, an estimation of the intake of food contaminants is essential and differs considerably from country to country (Louekari and Salminen, 1986). In Kuwait, data are not available on the levels of toxic metals in foods consumed by the various age groups nor are there any Kuwaiti standards at present on the permissible limits of these metals in various food commodities.…”
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