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Table 7 Comparison of the chronic daily intake (CDI) of heavy metals (mg/day) from cosmetics samples with the corresponding maximum tolerable daily intake (MTDI) (Shaheen et al. 2016) in the Bangladeshi population

From: Assessment of some heavy metals in selected cosmetics commonly used in Bangladesh and human health risk

CDI of metals (mg/day)

Sample

Total intake

MTDI

A

B

C

D

E

F

Pb

1.18E−07

7.20E−08

3.37E−08

8.35E−08

6.24E−08

3.57E−08

4.05E−07

0.21

Cd

1.47E−08

6.49E−09

5.62E−09

6.09E−09

5.81E−09

6.68E−09

4.54E−08

0.021

Cr

ND

ND

ND

6.61E−09

ND

ND

6.61E−09

0.2

Hg

3.94E−10

2.99E−10

1.13E−09

4.0E−10

6.84E−10

5.74E−10

3.49E−09

NA

  1. ND not detected, NA not available