Abstract
One hundred and twenty four daily meals collected in three areas of Belgium were analysed for their content of several metals. The following median values for 24-hr intakes were found: cadmium, 15 μg; lead, 95.7 μg; manganase, 2.6 mg; copper, 1.3 mg; chromium, 0.24 mg; mercury, 6.5 μg; calcium, 541 mg; zinc, 13.2 mg; arsenic, 11.5 μg. The distributions of the individual results suggest that about 1–2% of the daily meals sampled had mercury and cadmium contents that exceeded the tolerable level proposed by WHO; in the case of lead this level was exceeded in 10%.
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