Contents of heavy metals in fruits and vegetables collected from Jinju district of Korea during June 1980 to March 1981 were determined.
Statistical analysis of the data showed the maximum, minimum, mean and standard deviation for each variable. The ranges of their amounts in fruits and vegetables were lead, trace∼0.802 ppm; mercury, ND∼0.368 ppm; cadmium, ND∼0.264 ppm; arsenic, trace∼1.289 ppm; copper, 0.200∼3.759 ppm; zinc, 0.327∼21.663 ppm; manganese, 0.828∼22.413 ppm; iron, 0.201∼32.425 ppm, respectively and the content of chromium was in trace for 4 samples.
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