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Estimated intakes of lead were < 20% of ADIs for average and high use.
Average intakes of lead, cadmium, and mercury are below the WHO/FAO tolerable intakes for adults; such tolerable intakes have not been established for arsenic and selenium.
Total intakes of lead during the 60-week experimental period were: weanling and adult rats exposed to drinking water supplemented with 200 microgram of lead acetate/ml: 127 +/- 10 mg and 160 +/- 16 mg, respectively; weanling and adult rats dosed with lead acetate orally once per week: 132 mg and 161 mg, respectively.
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Excessive intake of lead can cause damage to the kidneys, bones and nervous system.
In Canada the dietary intake of lead may be calculated to 168 μg/week for a 60 kg person [23].
The dietary intake of lead, cadmium and nickel seem to be higher than the FAO/WHO PTWI.
Whereas the true intake of lead and cadmium for the cassava based meal were 19.42 and 0.049 g/kg respectively.
The estimated or the calculated intake of lead and cadmium according to Parkhurst equation is contained in Example of calculating true metal intake.
Whereas the true intake of lead and cadmium for the cassava based meal were 19.42 g/kg and 0.049 g/kg respectively.
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) reported that the average daily intake of lead from food sources in the general population is approximately 56.5 μg/day (ATSDR 2007a).
Although the present study has not employed the use of food intake diaries, the calculated/estimated intake of lead and cadmium using arithmetic mean, for a Nigerians on the popular staple foods namely rice or cassava were 3.53 - 19.42g/kg and 0.034 - 0.049 g/kg for lead and cadmium respectively.
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