Assessment of the potential health risks associated with the aluminium, arsenic, cadmium and lead content in selected fruits and vegetables grown in Jamaica

DOI: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2017.03.006

Keywords: AAS, atomic absorption spectrophotometry, ATSDR, Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry, EDI, estimated daily intake, FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, GTHQ, global target hazard quotient, HI, hazard index, IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency, INAA, instrumental neutron activation analysis, JECFA, Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on food additives, LOAEL, lowest observed adverse effect level, NATA, National Air Toxics Assessment, NIST, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NOAEL, no observed adverse effect level, PTWI, provisional tolerable weekly intake, RfD, oral reference dose, RSL, regional screening levels, TCR, target cancer risk, THQ, target hazard quotient, US EPA, United States Environmental Protection Agency, WHO, World Health Organization Risk assessment, Heavy metals, Target hazard quotient, Target cancer risk, Hazard index, Food, Jamaican crops, Estimated daily intake

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